Israeli voters: hope and despair as election ballots are counted
Israeli voters in Tel Aviv expressed mixed emotions as ballots were counted after the election. With 70% of the votes tallied, no clear winner looked likely to emerge. Some voters remained ‘optimistic’, while others spoke of their fear and ‘shock’.
Netanyahu and Smotrich rail against Arab voters as rival political camps face an uncertain path to power.
‘MLC elections in 28 seats across 4 big States — Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar and Karnataka. PM Modi said in a post on 'X'
to hold National Election Security Confab By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has unveiled an intelligence-led security framework to curb violence ahead of the 2027 General Election, vowing to hunt down anyone who threatens its ad-hoc staff, National Youth Service Corps NYSC members or permanent personnel. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan SAN, disclosed this in Gombe on Tuesday while declaring open the North-East Zonal Interactive Meeting with Staff and Readiness Assessment for the 2027 General Election.
Voting has begun in Israel, with over seven million eligible voters expected at the polls.
Governor Dauda Lawal and 19 other governorship candidates would scramble for 2.3 million votes in the February 2027 governorship election in Zamfara state. The Zamfara INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Mahmuda Isah, disclosed this during the election stakeholders’ meeting on the 2027 general elections and PVC collection on Wednesday in Gusau, Zamfara.
Early exit polling and results show incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc in a near neck-and-neck race with the opposition, with neither group securing enough seats to form government.