Quiz: The Knesset Count So Far. What Do You Know About Where the Candidates With Bukharian Ties Stand?

Counting continues in Israel’s Oct. 27 election for the 26th Knesset. Test what you know about the partial results and the five candidates with Bukharian roots and ties. Every answer comes from the reports linked below. The results are partial and will change.

1. How many seats are needed for a Knesset majority?

• A. 55
• B. 60
• C. 61
• D. 65

2. How many seats does Shas hold in the partial count published around midday Wednesday, Israel time?

• A. 5
• B. 7
• C. 9
• D. 11

3. Rabbi Yosef Elnatanov, described as the Bukharian community’s representative on the Shas list, holds which place?

• A. 7
• B. 8
• C. 11
• D. 15

4. What is the electoral threshold a list must pass to win seats?

• A. 2%
• B. 3.25%
• C. 4%
• D. 5%

5. Roughly how many double-envelope ballots, mostly from soldiers, does the elections committee estimate are still to be counted?

• A. 60,000
• B. 160,000
• C. 600,000
• D. 1.6 million

6. How many seats did Shas hold in the outgoing Knesset?

• A. 7
• B. 9
• C. 11
• D. 13

Answers

• 1 – C. 61 of the Knesset’s 120 seats.
• 2 – B. Seven, according to committee figures cited by Kipa (77.6% of votes counted, 12:40 p.m. Israel time).
• 3 – C. No. 11, according to the list the party filed in September, as reported by Ynet. With Shas at seven seats, he is outside for now.
• 4 – B. 3.25%. Noam, on whose list Yiska Haimov ran, received 0.16% at 70.7% counted, according to JFeed.
• 5 – C. About 600,000, according to The Times of Israel, which noted that each seat is worth roughly 40,000 votes.
• 6 – C. Eleven, according to the Israel Votes 2026 results tracker.

Some answers were translated from Hebrew by Bukharian Jewish Post from coverage by Kipa and Ynet.

Sources: The Times of Israel live blog, Oct. 28, 2026; Kipa, 2026 election results (in Hebrew); Kipa, Shas results page (in Hebrew); JFeed, Oct. 28, 2026; Ynet, Shas list report (in Hebrew); Israel Votes 2026 results tracker.