The end of counting the ordinary votes for the elections to the Knesset (parliament) With the end of the counting of the ordinary votes for the elections to the parliament in Israel, the state of separation between the seats of the central political blocs was announced. The Likud coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu managed to obtain 53 mandates from the normal votes. The "Change" coalition or the opposition movement led by Gadi Eisenkot won 48 mandates and the Arab parties also managed to win 19 mandates. About 600,000 votes remain, known as "double envelopes", and the process of counting them will end by tomorrow.