Latest news: As of Wednesday morning, 37% of the kosher votes have been counted. However, the final results of the elections to the 26th Knesset will become clear only after the counting of the double envelopes, which is expected to be completed only tomorrow, and may lead to major changes in the distribution of mandates. The experience of the previous elections in 2022 shows that the effect of the double envelopes is limited, but it is almost always noticeable, and the percentage of voters this way usually varies between 3% and 5% of the total votes, and their counting usually results in a change of the seat map by at least one or two mandates. But in light of the ongoing war, the Central Election Commission conducted an unprecedented amount of duplicate envelopes before the polls opened. In the 2022 elections, over 460,000 Israelis voted this way, and the committee estimated this time that the number would jump between 600 and 650,000 voters who could not vote in the polling stations where they registered. This increase is mainly due to the large number of reservists who voted this time away from their homes. They are actually talking about 15 mandates that will be allocated after tonight's results. The direction of the change is largely consistent: because of the composition of the electorate, which includes soldiers, diplomats, policemen and prisoners, the counting usually hurts the ultra-orthodox and Arab parties and improves the position of the Israeli parties. Most voters with double envelopes serve in the Israeli army, while the percentage of ultra-Orthodox and Arabs among them is much lower than their percentage of the population. In the last elections to the 25th Knesset. Before counting the double envelopes, the division of seats gave the United Torah Judaism party 8 seats and the Yisrael Beitenu party 5 seats. In the final results, Torah Judaism decreased to 7 seats, and Israel Beytinu increased to 6, meaning that one seat was transferred from the ultra-orthodox party to Lieberman's party.

Latest news: As of Wednesday morning, 37% of the kosher votes have been counted. However, the final results of the elections to the 26th Knesset will become clear only after the counting of the double envelopes, which is expected to be completed only tomorrow, and may lead to major changes in the distribution of mandates. The experience of the previous elections in 2022 shows that the effect of the double envelopes is limited, but it is almost always noticeable, and the percentage of voters this way usually varies between 3% and 5% of the total votes, and their counting usually results in a change of the seat map by at least one or two mandates. But in light of the ongoing war, the Central Election Commission conducted an unprecedented amount of duplicate envelopes before the polls opened. In the 2022 elections, over 460,000 Israelis voted this way, and the committee estimated this time that the number would jump between 600 and 650,000 voters who could not vote in the polling stations where they registered. This increase is mainly due to the large number of reservists who voted this time away from their homes. They are actually talking about 15 mandates that will be allocated after tonight's results. The direction of the change is largely consistent: because of the composition of the electorate, which includes soldiers, diplomats, policemen and prisoners, the counting usually hurts the ultra-orthodox and Arab parties and improves the position of the Israeli parties. Most voters with double envelopes serve in the Israeli army, while the percentage of ultra-Orthodox and Arabs among them is much lower than their percentage of the population. In the last elections to the 25th Knesset. Before counting the double envelopes, the division of seats gave the United Torah Judaism party 8 seats and the Yisrael Beitenu party 5 seats. In the final results, Torah Judaism decreased to 7 seats, and Israel Beytinu increased to 6, meaning that one seat was transferred from the ultra-orthodox party to Lieberman's party.