- 🇮🇱 Tomorrow at 7 a.m. Jerusalem time the elections will begin in captivity and will usually last until ten o'clock, so the election mechanism must be clarified before the coverage begins.
First - how do the elections in Israel work?
People vote for parties, not directly for the prime minister.
The Israeli parliament is called the Knesset, and it consists of 120 seats.
Parties that win seats try to form a government coalition, and the required majority is usually 61 seats.
The president tasks a Knesset member to try to form a government.
If he succeeds in obtaining the necessary support, the government will be formed and its head will assume the role of prime minister.
The process usually takes several weeks to several months, depending on the ease of agreement between the parties.
Publication of official results: within 8 days of the election date.
First candidate - 28 days to form the government, with the possibility of an extension of 14 days.
If he fails, other attempts to form a government may begin, and thus the period will be extended. This means that we will probably know the results of the elections tomorrow, but the formation of the new government may take a month or more. During this period, the current government continues to manage the affairs of the state.
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