It is expected that 6 million 788 thousand voters will vote in the general elections to be held for the fifth time in the last four years following the dissolution of the parliament.
The polls, which start at 07:00 local time, will close at 22:00. As of October 20, 3,636 out of 4,560 Israeli voters in 101 Israeli diplomatic missions around the world cast their ballots last week. While the Israeli Central Election Committee announced the participation rate abroad as 74 percent, it was reported in the Israeli press that 18 thousand policemen will be on duty in the early general elections throughout the country.
The elections held to determine the 27th Assembly in Israel have the distinction of being the fifth election to be held in the last 3.5 years due to various coalition crises. Netanyahu, who has been tried on corruption charges in the country’s elections and who has been in the prime minister’s seat for the longest time in the country, wants to return to power with his right-wing allies, and the opposing bloc led by Prime Minister Yair Lapid, where different views come together, wants to prevent this. Netanyahu’s party Likud is expected to come first.
Official results must be announced within a maximum of eight days.
The current Prime Minister in the country, Yair Lapid, had decided to choose after the coalition was shaken.