Segal announced the unprecedented increase in election participation and said that 44.9 percent participation by 2:00 p.m. Not recorded since at least 1969. According to him, the main reason for this jump is the widespread participation of the Arab community, mainly the supporters of the Ream party in the south, and then the voters of the center and the left. On the other hand, the increase in participation in cities supporting the Likud party led by Netanyahu was more limited and a slight decrease was recorded among the ultra-Orthodox. The participation of the Arabs exceeded the total participation of the previous elections and became the variable factor of the election equations; An event that can greatly affect the calculations of the Netanyahu bloc and Eisenkot.