Israel’s parliamentary election may not produce any clear winner, with exit polls showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud emerging as the largest party, but the opposition bloc led by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot projected to win more seats than the ruling coalition in estimates by three major broadcasters.
The projections for Tuesday’s parliamentary election from Channel 13, Channel 12 and public broadcaster Kan put Netanyahu’s bloc at 50 seats in the 120-member Knesset, short of the 61 needed for a majority.
The opposition bloc is projected to win 52-53 seats, while Arab-led parties are expected to secure 17-18 seats.
According to the Central Elections Committee, 77.7 per cent of voters cast their ballots, an increase of 7.1 per cent from-2022, and the highest since 1999.
A separate exit poll by i24NEWS gave a more favourable projection to Netanyahu’s camp, putting his bloc at 55 seats against 49 for Eisenkot’s bloc, with Arab-led parties projected to win 16 …
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