Israel’s elections 2026 explained in maps and charts
Summary
Israel will hold elections on October 27 to choose members of the 26th Knesset, the Israeli parliament. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is running for another term while facing corruption charges, and no single party is expected to win a majority, making coalition talks necessary.Key Facts
- Israelis vote for parties, not individual candidates, to fill 120 parliament seats.
- A party needs at least 3.25% of the vote to enter the Knesset.
- About 7.3 million Israeli citizens can vote, including Jewish Israelis, Palestinian citizens of Israel, and settlers in occupied territories.
- Around 3 million Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem cannot vote in Israeli elections.
- The Knesset’s 120 seats are distributed in proportion to each party’s share of the national vote.
- After elections, parties have up to 42 days to form a coalition holding more than half the seats (61).
- Main election issues include security, judicial reforms, military draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jews, and ongoing wars and tensions with Palestinians.
- No party has ever won an outright majority in the Knesset, so coalition governments are the norm.
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