Election Index · national elections, sourced

Calendar › Israel

Israel legislative election 2026

Polling day · date declared · local times in Asia/Jerusalem (hover for UTC) · last verified 2026-09-23

RaceBodySeatsPolls closeNowCounting authority
Knessetlegislature-unicameral120ScheduledCentral Elections Committee

Knesset

Count stages

StageExpected fromExpected byReplaced on the live pageConfidenceBasis
election-night final-result · precedent2022: 86% counted by 2 Nov; the count including the double-envelope votes (soldiers, diplomats, prisoners) was complete by 3 Nov, two days after polling day (i24, 3 Nov 2022). The window closes at the end of Thursday 29 Oct, IST. Its opening at midnight local is an estimate.
final-result — announcedThe committee's timeline as relayed by the Jerusalem Post (13 Jul 2026), not read on bechirot.gov.il: official results confirmed on 4 Nov 2026, appeals until 18 Nov. 2022: the committee released the final official results on 9 Nov, eight days after the 1 Nov polling day — the same gap.
government —— precedentNo government before the President tasks a member, which follows the official results. 2022: President Herzog began consultations on 9 Nov, the day the results were published, and tasked Netanyahu on 13 Nov; the government was sworn in on 29 Dec 2022. The window opens once the 4 Nov results day ends.

Sources

URLRoleKindCan answer a results questionLast check
bechirot.gov.ilresults-liveemb homeno (site root: cannot answer a results question)OK 2026-09-24

Government formation

After the results the President consults the factions and tasks a Knesset member with forming a government; extensions are common (2022: extended to 21 Dec). A government market needs a deadline beyond the longest precedent. Precedents: 58, 82 days from polling day.

Questions and answers

When is the Israel legislative election 2026?
Polling day is 2026-10-27 (declared).
When will the final result of the Knesset race be official?
Expected between 2026-11-03T22:00:00Z and 2026-11-04T21:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. The committee's timeline as relayed by the Jerusalem Post (13 Jul 2026), not read on bechirot.gov.il: official results confirmed on 4 Nov 2026, appeals until 18 Nov. 2022: the committee released the final official results on 9 Nov, eight days after the 1 Nov polling day — the same gap.
Where are the official Knesset results?
No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Central Elections Committee (https://www.bechirot.gov.il/).

Data

Provenance: seed calendar (CC BY 4.0). Cite as: Election Index, "Israel legislative election 2026", https://electionindex.org/election/israel-legislative-2026, dataset 2026-09-24.29d6dd3f.