Netanyahu's alliance secures 53 seats against 48 for Gadi Eisenkot's alliance and 19 for the Arabs after counting 100% of the votes, excluding soldiers
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The results of the vote count in the Israeli elections, excluding votes in double envelopes, showed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's alliance obtained 53 seats, compared to 48 seats for Gadi Eisenkot's alliance, while Arab parties obtained 19 seats.
At the level of parties and lists, the Likud party obtained 26 seats, the "Yashar" party led by Eisenkot obtained 21 seats, while both the Joint List and the "Beyachad" party led by Naftali Bennett obtained 12 seats each, and the "Democrats" party obtained 8 seats.
The parties "Yisrael Beiteinu", "United Arab List (Ra'am)", "United Torah Judaism", "Otzma Yehudit", and "Shas" each obtained 7 seats, while the "Religious Zionism" list obtained 6 seats.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said that every effort must be made to avoid holding a new round of elections.
