Expectations of Israeli election results.. How will Knesset seats be distributed among the parties?

The curtain has come down on one of the most important and influential elections in years in Israel, and now the decisive stage of counting the votes and determining the features of the next government begins.

The vote count will take a few days to finish, but exit polls suggest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party has taken a hit; However, a clear winner with an outright majority has yet to emerge.

Exit polls on Tuesday evening showed that there was no clear winner in the Israeli elections. Neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his main rival, Gadi Eisenkot, were able to reach the threshold of 61 seats necessary to form a ruling majority in the Knesset, which includes 120 seats.

With more than 50% of the votes counted, Channel 12 and Ynet expected that Netanyahu's bloc would obtain 55 seats, a decline from the 68-seat coalition that he led in the outgoing Knesset. However, the Likud Party under its leadership remains the single largest party.

The opposition also faces a complex path to power.

The parties opposing Netanyahu have a clear majority, as the latest estimates from Ynet and Channel 12 indicate that they are on track to win 65 seats. But this opposition suffers from fragmentation and division between the right, left and center movements, as well as between the Jewish and Arab parties.

The "Yashar" party, led by Eizenkot, is the largest among the opposition ranks, with expectations indicating that it will obtain 21 seats. However, his accession to power requires cooperation with the Arab parties - which are expected to win 16 seats - a scenario that not all opposition party leaders are willing to accept.

This picture may change as the actual votes are counted, and the final counting process is expected to take a few days.

About 5.7 million voters cast their ballots out of nearly 7.3 million eligible voters, representing a participation rate of 77.7%, the highest percentage since 1999, according to the Central Elections Commission.