This post includes two tables. The final election results and the Double Envelopes (Absentee Voting).
There are still 14 ballot boxes that have various issues with them but the combined total is not enough to change the seat allocation. Therefore these are the final results but not the official results. The official results must be certified by September 25th so the vote total could change slightly before the results are certified.
President Rivlin received permission from Central Elections Committee Chairman Justice Meltzer to start the Phase 2 consultations before the Phase 1 results are certified. The Phase 2 consultations will be conducted Sunday and Monday. The President is expected to grant the mandate to form the next government on Monday.
Assuming neither candidate receives 61 nominations the President will still need to choose a candidate to form a government. It will be at his discretion in the event neither candidate reaches 61 nominations, but he must choose one of them. If the first candidate fails so the mandate will be returned to the President. The President can either conduct another round of consultations or grant the mandate to the alternative candidate from the first consultations. If the second candidate the President chooses fails to form a government so the mandate will be transferred from the President to the Knesset. The Knesset may put forth a third candidate to the President for his approval by submitting 61 MKs signatures. In the event the third candidate fails to form a government a snap-election will automatically be triggered and take place 84-90 days later on a Tuesday.
Table 1: Final Results
| Eligible Voters | Total Voters | Turnout | Kosher Votes | Disqualified Votes |
| 6,394,030 | 4,458,167 | 69.72% | 4,430,566 | 27,601 |
| Party | Leader | Seats | Percentage | Votes |
| Blue & White | Gantz | 33 | 25.93% | 1,148,700 |
| Likud | Netanyahu | 31 | 25.09% | 1,111,535 |
| Joint List | Odeh | 13 | 10.62% | 470,611 |
| Shas | Deri | 9 | 7.44% | 329,834 |
| Yisrael Beitenu | Lieberman | 8 | 6.99% | 309,688 |
| UTJ | Litzmna | 8 | 6.06% | 268,688 |
| Yamina | Shaked | 7 | 5.88% | 260,339 |
| Labor | Peretz | 6 | 4.80% | 212,529 |
| Democratic Union | Horowitz | 5 | 4.34% | 192,261 |
| Under the 3.25% Electoral Threshold | ||||
| Otzma | Ben Gvir | 0 | 1.88% | 83,266 |
| Tzomet | Green | 0 | 0.33% | 14,817 |
| Other Parties | Various | 0 | Each under 0.15% | Each under 6,000 |
Table 2: Absentee Votes/Double Envelopes
| Total Voters | Kosher Votes | Disqualified Votes |
| 279,412 | 277,212 | 2,200 |
| Party | Percentage | Votes |
| Blue & White | 30.18% | 83,670 |
| Likud | 27.81% | 77,096 |
| Yamina | 8.85% | 24,543 |
| Shas | 6.29% | 17,434 |
| Yisrael Beitenu | 5.01% | 13,879 |
| Democratic Union | 4.95% | 13,711 |
| Labor | 4.72% | 13,074 |
| Joint List | 4.28% | 11,858 |
| UTJ | 4.17% | 11,559 |
| Otzma | 2.35% | 6,520 |
| Other Parties | Each under 0.4% | Each under 1,100 |
Jeremy's Knesset Insider 
Youdont have the decency to admit how terribly wrong your predictions were??? Likud 38?????
On Fri, Sep 20, 2019, 15:32 Jeremy’s Knesset Insider wrote:
> Knesset Jeremy posted: ” This post includes two tables. The final election > results and the Double Envelopes (Absentee Voting). There are still 14 > ballot boxes that have various issues with them but the combined total is > not enough to change the seat allocation. Therefore thes” >
I have already said I will devote a separate post to that.
I’ll note all the other parties are within a margin of error of 2 seats.
Stanley,
Calm Down, Likud Nosedived Fast After Jeremy’s Findings Then Postings. There Is A delay Effect To These Things.
Also, Why Not Give Him Credit For All The Things He Got right, And There Is A Whole Lot Of That.
Yeah, lay off. I definitely fall on the other side of the political map than Jeremy, but appreciate the reporting he does. His reporting is always clear, objective and well thought out. Thanks Jeremy!
Gantz letting Netanyahu go first to form a government is like the prosecution letting OJ try on the gloves in front of the jury. Will backfire for sure.
As someone who would like to see Gantz as PM, I agree. Too clever by half. If you want to claim victory, you can’t defer like that. Almost seems like Bibi baited them into it.