There are 5.8 million eligible voters in Israel ahead of the Sept. 17 election, according to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics.
Since the April 9 election, the number of eligible voters has increased by 0.8%, or 48,000. Of all eligible voters, 79% are Jewish; 16% are Arabs, and 5% belong to other sectors.
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The Central Elections Committee's voter rolls include some 6.4 million names, some 570,000 or roughly 10% more than the Central Bureau of Statistics.
The discrepancy between the number of eligible voters counted by the CBS and the number of names on the voter rolls can be explained by the fact that the CBS counts only Israelis living in Israel, whereas the voter rolls, as per election law, include Israeli citizens who have been living abroad for an extended period of time.
The CBS says that some of the Israelis abroad have died and the Interior Ministry's Population Registry does not reflect that.
According to the numbers, some 14% of eligible voters are ages 18-24, while 30% are ages 25-39. Another 31% are ages 40-59. Voters age 60 and over account for 25% of eligible voters.
