“The final results of the elections for the 21st Knesset will be published in Reshumot by Wednesday, April 17, 2019. By this date, the results may be revised due to the various control and examination processes that the committee conducts on the election results.” Source: Israeli Central Committtee Elections Website: https://votes21.bechirot.gov.il/cityresults?cityID=99999
Note: The official results will be certified by Central Election Committee Justice Meltzer on Wednesday. There are a number of polling stations that will be looked at again such as the ones in Bat Ayin, Gevaot Bar & Itamar. The magic number for HaYamin HeHadash to get in is 1,461 votes. I will post again on Wednesday an updated bracket of the final percentage points.
| Vote Percentage | Knesset Seats | Outgoing seats | Party | Leader/s |
| 26.45% | 36 | [29] | Likud | (Netanyahu) |
| 26.11% | 35 | [11] | Blue & White | (Gantz, Lapid, Yaalon & Ashkenazi) |
| 5.99% | 8 | [07] | Shas | (Deri) |
| 5.77% | 7 | [06] | United Torah Judaism | (Litzman) |
| 4.49% | 6 | [05] | Hadash-Taal | (Odeh & Tibi) |
| 4.44% | 6 | [18] | Labor | (Gabbai) |
| 4.02% | 5 | [05] | Yisrael Beitenu | (Liberman) |
| 3.70% | 5 | [05] | United Right List | (Peretz, Smotrich & Ben Gvir) |
| 3.63% | 4 | [05] | Meretz | (Zandberg) |
| 3.54% | 4 | [10] | Kulanu | (Kahlon) |
| 3.34% | 4 | [08] | Raam-Balad | (Abbas) |
| Under 3.25% electoral threshold: | ||||
| 3.22% | 0 | [03] | Hayamin Hehadash | (Bennett & Shaked) |
| 2.73% | 0 | [–-] | Zehut | (Feiglin) |
| 1.73% | 0 | [01] | Gesher | (Orly Levy) |
| 0.74% | 0 | [01] | All other parties | Oren Hazan, Gal Hirsch & Others |
| 65 | [66] | Current Right-Religious Bloc | Netanyahu | |
| 55 | [54] | Current Center-Left-Arab Bloc | Gantz |
Meltzer Decision that was sent to the parties and published a few minutes before midnight between Thursday night and Friday morning. The translation to English is my own:
Re: Election results for the 21st Knesset
Further to my announcement today, at 19:30, I submit to you the results of the elections for the 21st Knesset, as prepared by the Central Elections Committee for the Knesset, as of this time. I would like to emphasize that these results are published after many control procedures carried out by the Central Elections Committee. However, these are not the official results to be published on April 17 2019, in accordance with Article 11 of the Basic Law: The Knesset, and shall be submitted to the President of the State. We reserve the right to examine the results in various other control tools that the committee operates, in order to reflect accurate results, in a manner that is beneficial and in accordance with the Knesset Elections Law [Consolidated Version], 1969, and therefore these results are still subject to changes and adjustments. Before these results were published, I was presented with a request from the United Torah Judaism faction, which was submitted to me in writing, as well as a telephone call from Minister Ayelet Shaked to the Legal Advisor to the Committee, Adv. Dan Livneh, who requested to delay this publication, since the results set to be published are not final. After examination of the request and the appeal I found that there is no room to accept it because of course this is the publication of “interim” results, which are still subject to change. And I believe that it has an inherent advantage, since it increases the transparency of the results to the public, and enables the public and the parties to examine the results of the publication of the results. I would like to mention that in previous election campaigns, the results of the elections were published in a similar format, which were later modified and adjusted – on the Election Committee website, and I was not given any clear reason to deviate from this practice. Therefore, soon after the letters are sent to members of the Central Elections Committee and to the lists of candidates, the results will be posted on the committee’s website.
Jeremy's Knesset Insider 
Just to address some of the rumors I saw credible journalist fall for today such as Meretz or Kulanu are getting an extra seat:
Meretz’s final average was 3.63%
In the double envelopes they had 3.38%
Kulanu’s final average was 3.54%
In the double envelopes they had 3.34%
There was a good reason why I chose not to publish the results until there was an actual update on the numbers. It is more important to get it right.
(First off, thanks for your very insightful blog. I will be very careful in my comments, Jeremy, since I now know that you moderate this site rather throroughly.)
What a shame that Hayamin Hehadash failed to enter this Knesset! Now, with 65 mandates, that means that ANY party besides Kulanu can alone bring down the government if chooses to…to think what an extra four (or in the end, three or even two) extra mandates could have done to this coalition in terms of stability!
The political horse trading this time around is going to be ferocious!
My sentiments too, I was so looking forward to Shaked continuing with the much needed reform of the Judiciary. The other surprises are Feiglin exploding and Shas doing better than expected.
Yamin hachadash actually needs 2,461 cause you didn’t count the invalid votes which count towards the 3.25% threshold. including those invalid votes it rises excactly 1,000 and makes it 2,461
You are incorrect. Threshold is determined after you throw away the invalid votes. Take another look at the law.
Ok I see Tnx
And can you please send me a link or something to where I can see how the votes are counted
Ok I see Tnx
And can you please send me a link or something to where I can see how the votes are counted
Tnx
If Netanyahu is forced to step down and new elections are triggered again I really hope that Bennett and Feiglin will put ego aside and run on the same list. Put Ayelet as Nr. 1 if the boys can’t agree on who goes first… Zehut and HaYamin Hachadash both clearly have libertarian ideas on the economy and even socially, coupled with their very simlar stand on the conflict with the Arabs there should be no idealogical reason preventing them for running together.
I know it does not work like that – put adding up their votes in the current election would have made them the 3rd largest party even ahead of Shas. Very sad that all these votes are now for nothing.
Jeremy,
I have read that Kulanu may possibly combine with the Likud prior to the formation of a new government. Is it legal for two parties to merge (in some sense at least) after the election but before the formation of the new government?
If yes, then Naftali Bennett should find a way to combine his party with Tzomet. Tzomet received 2,430 votes (much more than the 1,461 needed), which is more than enough to put New Right over the top. Perhaps the deal could be that Oren Hazan gets #4 slot on New Right list?
What law prevents this deal from happening and giving New Right over 140,900 votes instead of 138,491?
anyone can merge after the elections, but its irrelevant, the seats get distributed according to election results, the only way bennett can pass the 2,430 votes he needs, if he goes to court and gets the 2,000 invalid votes to be counted.
Black & White,
You did not cite a law that prevents Naftali Bennett from striking a deal with Oren Hazan to unite New Right with Tzomet (2,430) votes). Alternatively the deal could be struck with Shield of Israel (3,439 votes). Either one gets him over the 1,461 he needs.
Everyone know that seats get distributed according to election results. So combine two parties to get enough votes to get 4 seats in the Knesset. What law prevents this from happening?
Shlomo you are talking nonsense.
You just can not consolidate the votes of 2 different parties.
There would need to be a law which would allow this to happen and not a question of a law preventing it happening.
“You just can not consolidate the votes of 2 different parties.”
Two different parties have merged in Israeli politics many times in the past. If it has happened in the past then it can happen again.
If there is no law preventing two parties from merging after elections and before the final vote counts are finalized, then two parties can merge after elections and before the final vote counts are finalized. Until the vote counts are official, final, certified and delivered to the President, it is not too late.
You can say this is nonsense, but it is the only way New Right will enter the next Knesset. If there is no law against it (and there is no law against it as far as I know) then it is legal.
152,712 people voted for Kulanu in the 4.9.19 election. There is talk in the media of certain people pushing for Kulanu to join Likud.
https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Likuds-Bitan-calls-on-Kulanu-to-join-Likud-586481
The 152,712 people who voted for Kulanu could have voted for the Likud but they did not do so.
Is it illegal for Kulanu to join Likud and sit in the Knesset as one single unified political party? If it is not illegal for Kulanu to do this THEN WHY would it be illegal for Tzomet or Shield of Israel to merge with New Right and sit in the Knesset as one single unified political party?
“You just can not consolidate the votes of 2 different parties.”
I agree. But Oren Hazan and Naftali Bennett can do it. Also Naftali Bennett and the leader of Shield of Israel can do it. I cannot, though.
Shlomo they can’t do it. The deadline to set your list was before the election.
“Shlomo they can’t do it. The deadline to set your list was before the election.”
My proposal was not and is not for New Right to change its list.
My proposal was for New Right and Tzomet to do what Kulanu and Likud appear likely to do, merge their parties.
If Kulanu and Likud merge their parties they will have 39 seats based on combining the votes they each received. Why can’t New Right and Tzomet or New Right and Shield of Israel do what Kulanu and Likud may do? Many parties have done this in Israel political history
They can merge their parties Shlomo but that’s still 0 seats for each. The results are calculated on the pre-election alliances, not post-election alliances.
The deadline for 2 parties to merge was February 21st. It would be a brilliant idea to combine bennet party with Tzomet, BEFORE February 21st,
had they merged before the deadline, yes he would have been able to combine both parties votes, and pass the threshold,
but bennet had big ego, he wouldn’t agree to merge with anyone before the elections, now its to late, sorry.
Bennett tried to topple the Jewish Homes party, and it backfired, the voters were angry and didnt forgive him what he did, thats why Jewish Homes won and Bennet lost.
“You just can not consolidate the votes of 2 different parties.”
Two different parties have merged in Israeli politics many times in the past. If it has happened in the past then it can happen again.
If there is no law preventing two parties from merging after elections and before the final vote counts are finalized, then two parties can merge after elections and before the final vote counts are finalized.
You can say this is nonsense, but it is the only way New Right will enter the next Knesset. If there is no law against it (and there is no law against it as far as I know) then it is legal.
Bennett’s political enemies used illegal means to keep him out of the Knesset. It’s time Bennett used unsavory but legal means to get into the Knesset. For Eretz Israel.
it is utter nonsense, the results and counts are according to the parties that passed the threshold on election day, not some concocted parings after the event to fit your narrative.
You seem upset Judah. No need to get angry or perturbed.
“it is utter nonsense”
It is just an idea.
“the results and counts are according to the parties that passed the threshold on election day”
I certainly never disputed this.
“not some concocted parings after the event to fit your narrative”
I have no narrative. It’s not a concocted pairing – it is just a proposal. It is a proposal that will never happen – but not for the reason you appear to think.
Although what Shlomo is saying is utter nonsense. There is some injustice in the system. We could have had a scenario whereby that Kulanu and Yisroel Batenu both not having got 3.25%. You could have had a scenario that although 62% had voted for a right /religious government . The centre left could have won.
The deadline for submitting joint lists for the election was February 21st. Any agreement to combine parties afterwards doesn’t apply for this election.