Turnout in Israel’s fourth national election in two years slumped on Tuesday afternoon, recording the lowest rates since 2009 as of 8 p.m. at 60.9 percent — a drop of 4.7% from the same time on election day a year ago, the Central Elections Committee said.
In response, and with only a few hours before the polls were set to close, politicians made last-ditch attempts to galvanize their supporters to go out and vote, in what has come to be known in Israel as “gevalt” tactics (a Yiddish term for doomsaying).
Turnout was said to be particularly low in Arab communities, with the predominantly Arab Joint List party estimating a final turnout of some 55% by the end of the day. It stood at around 23% by 2 p.m., the Joint List said. Final Arab turnout in the March 2020 election stood at some 65%, a two-decade high.
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