Legislative in Israel: Benyamin Netanyahu and his right allies win a clear majority of seats

According to the final count of the electoral commission, the right block of the former Prime Minister on that of the outgoing, the centrist Yaïr Lapid.

Le Monde with AFP and Reuters

Benyamin Netanyahu and his right allies won the clear majority of seats in Parliament after Tuesday’s legislative elections, the Israeli electoral commission announced on Thursday, November 3.

According to the final count, the Likoud of the former Prime Minister wins 34 seats, the ultra-Orthodox parties 18 seats and the extreme right alliance 14. The right block therefore controls 64 of the 120 seats of the Knesset . Opposite, the block of the outgoing Prime Minister Yaïr Lapid, centrist, won 51 seats.

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