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<p>Early indications suggest it will be some time before the shape of new government and who will lead it is clear</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/oct/27/israel-elections-knesset-netanyahu-likud-eisenkot-gaza-latest-updates">Israel election – live updates</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oc

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3949,w_5923/743924' alt='Yisrael Beiteinu party chairman MK Avigdor Liberman at the party’s election headquarters in Tel Aviv, on Israel’s general election night, October 27, 2026. (photo credit: Tal Gal/Flash90)' title='Yisrael Beiteinu party chairma

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_5464,w_8192/743925' alt='Democrats party chairman Yair Golan and members of his party celebrate at the party’s election headquarters in Tel Aviv, following the release of exit poll results on Israel’s general election night, October 27, 2026. (photo c

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<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2832,w_4256/743922' alt='Joint List party chairman Yousef Jabareen and supporters gather at the party’s election headquarters in the northern Israeli city of Nazareth, following the closing of polling stations on Israel’s general election night, Octob

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UPDATE, with revised 860 attendance percentage: Broadway’s big-name fall stars continued putting seats in the seats last week, with Billy Crystal’s 860, Other Desert Cities with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ed Harris and Allison Janney, and A Few Good Men with Bradley Whitford and Tom Blythe selling out (or coming very close) and pulling seven-figure grosses. Especi

High turnout in vote widely described as the most consequential in Israel's history.

Premier Chris Minns has warned of the One Nation risk, as the government focuses on the possibility it could lose power.

Polling for the Pune Graduates’, Nagpur Graduates’, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad) Graduates’, Pune Teachers’ and Amravati Teachers’ constituencies took place on October 23, recording a voter turnout of 72.96%, as per officials

PETALING JAYA, Oct 27 &mdash; MCA has yet to reach a decision on its position in the Melaka state election, with party p...

‘When a Member abandons that vote within weeks, not for any compelling cause but to change sides, he does not merely leave a seat. He breaks the trust on which representative democracy rests’

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1440,w_2160/743551' alt='A young supporter of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu poses with an electoral banner next to a musician in a market area in Jerusalem on October 21, 2026. (photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD / AFP)' title='A young supporter of

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2072,w_3108/743476' alt='US Senator Jon Ossoff speaks during a joint midterm campaign rally with Democratic gubernatorial nominee Keisha Lance Bottoms (not pictured) at the Cobb Convention Center in Atlanta, Georgia, US, October 17, 2026. (photo credi

PETALING JAYA, Oct 25 &mdash; MCA leaders walked out of a Barisan Nasional event in Melaka after objecting to what the p...

Patna Graduates constituency recorded the highest turnout at 57.56%, followed by Darbhanga and Kosi at 54.73% each and Tirhut at 48.51%

Elections to five Teachers’ and Graduates’ Constituencies in the Maharashtra Legislative Council were held on October 23

MELAKA, Oct 24 &mdash; Barisan Nasional (BN) will stick to its agreement to allocate seven seats it is not contesting to...

Of the total 3.43 lakh voters, 2.01 lakh voters cast their votes in the four constituencies that went into polls

A senior police official said no untoward incident was reported, even as the RJD alleged police harassment of its Patna Teachers’ candidate and firecrackers were burst outside JD(U) MLA Anant Singh’s residence for Jan Suraaj Party’s Anuj Kumar Singh; counting is on October 27

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1201,w_2160/743176' alt='Election campaign billboards featuring Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot and Likud party chairman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside opposition leaders are displayed along a roadside in the northern Isra

The Saran Teachers’ constituency recorded the highest turnout at 13.56%, as the Patna Graduates seat drew attention over a rift within the JD(U)

The combined electorate stands at 5,32,847, including 1,46,611 women and 37 third-gender voters, across 933 polling stations

BJP member, Nisha Pradeep, votes in favour and an Independent member, Ramani Roopesh, switched sides, giving the UDF 10 votes to oust the LDF.

Trump-aligned PACs are pouring hundreds of millions into House and Senate races as Republicans defend an expanding midterm election battleground map.

Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia changed its ratings in 28 House races on Tuesday, with Democrats now favored in more than 220 seats. Sabato's Crystal Ball managing editor Kyle Kondik and CBS News executive director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto join to discuss.