Surveys of Israeli voters leaving the polls showed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to secure a strong parliamentary majority in today's elections, while Netanyahu described the vote as a major victory for the right.
The results of the election samples for the three Israeli television channels kept the results of the elections without a clear conclusion, as the camp of Prime Minister Netanyahu's supporters granted between 53 and 54 seats out of 120 seats in Parliament, while the camp of his opponents was granted 59 seats.
According to the sample results, the Likud Party was the top with between 31 and 33 seats, followed by the "There is a future" party, which won between 16 and 18 seats.
The results of the electoral samples also indicate that the Joint List of Arab Parties won between 8 and 9 seats, while the "Blue and White" party won 7 seats.
The far-right coalition supporting Netanyahu also won between 6 and 7 seats.
Likely party
It is expected that the decision will be in the hands of the right-wing religious party "Yamina" headed by former Defense Minister Naftali Bennett, which won between 7 and 8 seats.
Commenting on the election sample results, Netanyahu described the Israeli elections as a "great victory for the right and the Likud party," and said that the majority of the voters "want a strong right-wing government."
If Bennett - whose party is the most likely party in the Knesset elections - joins Netanyahu, that will be enough for the outgoing prime minister to form a right-wing government, and Bennett disagrees with Netanyahu over his management of the political crisis.
The non-final official results of the Israeli elections are expected to be published tonight, and the polling committee said it might announce the final results on Friday.
Leaders of the United Arab List speak at a press conference about today's elections (Anadolu Agency)
Netanyahu, 71, is the most surviving Israeli prime minister, and was able to seize power after two years of inconclusive elections, despite being tried on corruption charges, and he is currently on trial on charges of bribery and abuse of power, and he in turn denies these accusations.
He is also the most prominent political figure of his generation, and has held power since 2009, but Israeli voters are deeply divided about him, as his supporters call him "King Bibi", while his opponents call him "the criminal of ministers" instead of the prime minister.
Today’s elections are the fourth in Israel in two years. The rate of participation in it until eight o'clock in the evening on Tuesday reached 60.9%, which is 4.7% lower than it was at this hour of the previous elections, and this percentage of voters is considered the lowest since the 2000 elections. .