elections in Israel; Unprecedented participation of "31.5%" by noon According to the announcement of the Central Election Commission in Israel, the turnout in the parliamentary elections reached 31.5 percent by Tuesday, October 27, which was the highest turnout at this time of the election day since 1973. In 1973, the first elections were held in Israel after the Yom Kippur War. This is the first time that Israelis go to the polls since the attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023 and the beginning of the war in the Middle East. In the 2022 elections, a voter participation rate of 28.4% was announced until election day at noon. The polling stations in Israel started operating at seven in the morning and are open until ten at night local time. In these elections more than seven million Israeli citizens are allowed to vote. The CEO of the Provisional Election Committee announced that queues had formed in "many" polling stations.

elections in Israel; Unprecedented participation of "31.5%" by noon According to the announcement of the Central Election Commission in Israel, the turnout in the parliamentary elections reached 31.5 percent by Tuesday, October 27, which was the highest turnout at this time of the election day since 1973. In 1973, the first elections were held in Israel after the Yom Kippur War. This is the first time that Israelis go to the polls since the attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023 and the beginning of the war in the Middle East. In the 2022 elections, a voter participation rate of 28.4% was announced until election day at noon. The polling stations in Israel started operating at seven in the morning and are open until ten at night local time. In these elections more than seven million Israeli citizens are allowed to vote. The CEO of the Provisional Election Committee announced that queues had formed in "many" polling stations.