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Israel election turnout is the highest since 1981

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In Israel's parliamentary elections, 1.2 million voters, or 16.7% of those eligible, had cast ballots as of 10:00 a.m. According to the Central Elections Committee, this is the highest figure for that hour since 1981; in 2022 it was 15.9%. According to the army, turnout among military personnel was 30%. These are the first elections since the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023.

Coverage timeline

Who reported first and how the others caught up. Each bar shows how many of that side's outlets covered the story.

First to report: Armenpress · 14:55 · Pro-government

Pro-government 2 / 6 First: Armenpress, 14:55
Balanced 2 / 14 First: 1in.am, 1 h 55 min later
Opposition 4 / 21 First: 24news.am, 18 min later

Foreign outlets: 1, first: TASS, 00:46

Timeline as a list
  1. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  2. 24news.am (Opposition)
  3. Iravunk (Opposition)
  4. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  5. 1in.am (Balanced)
  6. Livenews.am (Opposition)
  7. Factor (Balanced)
  8. TASS (Foreign)
  9. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)

All sources

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