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2026 Israeli legislative election
27 October 2026 (2026-10-27)
All 120 seats in the Knesset
61 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Party Leader Current seats
Likud Benjamin Netanyahu 32[a]
Together (Israel) Naftali Bennett[b] 24[c]
Shas Aryeh Deri 11
Blue and White (political party) Benny Gantz 8
RZP–Zehut Bezalel Smotrich 7[d]
UTJ Yitzhak Goldknopf 7
Otzma Yehudit Itamar Ben-Gvir 6
Yisrael Beiteinu Avigdor Lieberman 6
Ra'am Mansour Abbas 5
Joint List[e] Yousef Jabareen 5
Democrats[f] Yair Golan 4
New Hope[a] Gideon Sa'ar 4
Noam Avi Maoz 1
Incumbent Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu
Likud

Legislative elections are scheduled to be held in Israel on 27 October 2026, to elect all 120 members of the 26th Knesset and determine the governing coalition that succeeds the 37th government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The outgoing 25th Knesset became the first Israeli legislature to complete its full four-year term without early dissolution since 1988, ending the prolonged political crisis of 2018–2022 that saw five consecutive snap elections. However, the government's tenure was marked by political turmoil, including mass protests over judicial reform, the 7 October attacks and subsequent Gaza war, and recurring coalition crises over Haredi military conscription.

In this proportional representation system, parties must meet a 3.25% electoral threshold to enter the legislature.

  1. 1 2 Likud currently has 32 seats, but has agreed to merge with New Hope ahead of the elections, which will bring its pre-election seat total up to 36.
  2. ↑ Together is a joint list between Bennett 2026, headed by Bennett, and Yesh Atid, headed by Yair Lapid, with Bennett heading the combined list.[1]
  3. ↑ The 24 seats mentioned here are Yesh Atid's.
  4. ↑ The 7 seats mentioned here belong to the Religious Zionist Party.
  5. ↑ The alliance includes Hadash and Ta'al, which ran together in the 2022 election, winning five seats, and Balad, and which did not pass the threshold in that election.
  6. ↑ The Democrats' members sit in the 25th Knesset as members of the Israeli Labor Party.[2]
  1. ↑ Sokol, Sam (26 April 2026). "Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid announce united run under Bennett in 2026 elections". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  2. ↑ Rubin, Bentzi; Breuer, Eliav (25 February 2025). "Coalition denies Labor Party's bid to change name to The Democrats". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 27 July 2026.