
Neither of the two main parties reaches the 61 seats needed for a majority in the Knesset
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The Knesset consists of 120 seats and requires a majority of 61 to form a government.
The elections for the renewal of the Israeli Knesset (LIVE UPDATES) ended with a head-to-head match.
The final results should arrive tomorrow, October 28, but according to the first exit polls neither of the two main political parties in the country would have reached the 61 seats needed to obtain a majority (there are 120 seats in total).
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party obtained a relative majority, but the coalition of which it is part - according to Channel 12 data - stopped at 50 seats. The opposing coalition, that of Gadi Eisenkot's block of change, obtained 52.
While waiting for the final results, both sides claim their success.
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Publication of final results
Very likely · Within days

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