Turnout at 55.7% as of 4 p.m., up 8 percentage points from same time in 2022 and highest ever recorded

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A Border Police officer casts her ballot at a school serving as a polling station during the Knesset election in Jerusalem, October 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Voter turnout stood at 55.7% as of 4 p.m., according to the Central Elections Committee, up from 47.5% at the same time in the 2022 election.

It is the highest turnout ever recorded at this hour. Hourly figures have been measured since 1973.

Dean Livne, acting director general of the Central Elections Committee, says that more than 4 million voters have cast their ballots so far.

He says the large city with the highest voter turnout as of 4 p.m. is Modiin, with 60.7%, followed by Tel Aviv with 50.5%, Jerusalem with 47.7%, and Haifa with 46.3%.