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ElectionNazarethWednesday 21 October 2026

Pollsters expect Arab turnout near 63%, well up on 2022

Stat-Net forecasts 63%; Maariv's poll found intent to vote among Arab-party supporters up to 81%.

School entrance with election posters on polling day.
Election day at a polling station in Lod, 2 March 2020. Photo: DGtal, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

The Stat-Net Research Institute forecast Arab turnout of 63% on 27 October, Reuters and the Times of Israel reported, compared with 56% in 2022 by its measure. Other outlets put 2022 Arab turnout at about 53-54%.

In Maariv's poll of 19-22 October, expected turnout among supporters of Arab parties rose from 74% on 8 October to 81%. A Joint List poll cited by the Christian Science Monitor projects more than 60%.

A Moshe Dayan Center survey in May had projected 53%, rising to 67% if the Joint List reunited, which it did.

  • 63%Stat-Net forecast
  • 81%Arab-party supporters sure to vote (Maariv)
  • 53-56%Arab turnout 2022 (sources differ)

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