In the 1 November 2022 general election, 6,788,804 citizens were eligible to vote, with 4,794,593 ballots cast (70.63% turnout, of which 4,764,742 were valid and 0.62% invalid). Out of 39 contesting lists, exactly 10 crossed the 3.25% threshold. Over the course of the 2022–2026 parliamentary term, internal splits reshaped the chamber before its dissolution for the October 2026 election.
Official 2022 Election Results vs Outgoing 2026 Seat Distribution
| Party / Parliamentary List | Ideological Orientation | Nov 2022 Vote Share (%) | Seats Won (Nov 2022) | Outgoing Seats (Oct 2026) | 2022–2026 Term Evolution & Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Likud (Benjamin Netanyahu) | National-Conservative / Right | 23.41% | 32 | 32 | Anchor of the 37th Government; absorbed Gideon Sa’ar onto its 2026 list. |
| Yesh Atid (Yair Lapid) | Liberal Centrist | 17.78% | 24 | 24 | Principal opposition party; merged with Naftali Bennett to form Beyachad (Together) for 2026. |
| Religious Zionism – Otzma Yehudit – Noam | Far-Right / Religious Nationalist | 10.84% | 14 | 14 (Split: RZP 6, Otzma 7, Noam 1) | Ran on a joint technical ticket in 2022; split immediately after the election into three separate factions. |
| National Unity(Benny Gantz) | Centre / Security-Focused | 9.08% | 12 | 12 (Split: Blue & White 8, New Hope 4) | Entered emergency war cabinet after 7 Oct 2023; New Hope (4) and Gadi Eisenkot later departed. |
| Shas (Aryeh Deri) | Sephardi/Mizrahi Ultra-Orthodox | 8.25% | 11 | 11 | Key coalition partner in Netanyahu’s bloc. |
| United Torah Judaism (UTJ)(Yitzhak Goldknopf) | Ashkenazi Ultra-Orthodox | 5.88% | 7 | 7 | Alliance of Agudat Yisrael (Hasidic) and Degel HaTorah (Lithuanian); clashed with coalition over the Haredi military draft. |
| Yisrael Beiteinu(Avigdor Lieberman) | Secular Right-Wing Nationalist | 4.48% | 6 | 6 | Opposition faction representing secular nationalists and Russian-speaking Israelis. |
| Ra’am – United Arab List(Mansour Abbas) | Arab Conservative / Islamist | 4.07% | 5 | 5 | Pragmatic Arab faction advocating socio-economic integration. |
| Hadash–Ta’al(Ayman Odeh / Ahmad Tibi) | Arab-Jewish Socialist / Arab Nationalist | 3.75% | 5 | 5 | Reunited with Balad ahead of 2026 to reform the Joint List. |
| Labour (Merav Michaeli → Yair Golan) | Social Democratic / Centre-Left | 3.69% | 4 | 4 | Merged with Meretz (which won 3.16% and 0 seats in 2022) to establish The Democrats. |
