Israel's elections commission said on Wednesday, November 4, that it had investigated all parties' fraud claims about the October 27 vote and found "no evidence of irregularities that compromised the integrity of the election or affected its results." Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and supporters had claimed, without evidence, that Arab-led parties "stole" the election. Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara also rejected a request to question elected officials without supporting evidence.

President Isaac Herzog accepted the certified results and began consultations with party leaders. Neither Netanyahu's coalition (53 seats) nor opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot's bloc (48) has the 61 needed to govern; Arab-led parties won a record 19. Ra'am said it would recommend Eisenkot, bringing his expected support to 56, per Ynet; the Joint List's 11 seats could push him past 61. Degel HaTorah said it would back neither man. Once talks end, Herzog picks a nominee, who gets 28 days to form a government, with a possible 14-day extension. He urged both camps to compromise to avoid another election.