Turnout at 4 p.m. up to 47.5%, highest at that hour since 1999

Sue Surkes is The Times of Israel's environment reporter

Israelis cast their ballots in the  general elections, at a voting station in Jerusalem on November 1, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Israelis cast their ballots in the general elections, at a voting station in Jerusalem on November 1, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Central Elections Committee director general Orly Ades announces that as of 4 p.m., 47.5% of eligible voters have voted.

So far some 3,224,350 Israelis have voted.

This compares to 42.3% of the public who had voted by this time in the last election.

It is the highest percentage since 1999, when 51.8% had voted by this stage.

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