Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main
challenger, former military chief Benny Gantz, were locked in a neck and
neck race Tuesday as exit polls showed no clear winner in an election
that was seen as a referendum on the long-serving leader.
With final results hours away, the early indications were that Netanyahu suffered a setback by failing to score a decisive victory. The 69-year-old prime minister's fate is clouded by a series of corruption investigations.
Two Israeli TV stations showed Gantz's Blue and White Party with a narrow lead over the Likud. Channel 12 TV had Blue and White with 37 seats to Likud's 33 seats, while Kan TV put Blue and White ahead 37-36. Channel 13 had the two parties deadlocked with 36 seats apiece.
With both parties far short of a majority in the 120-seat parliament, they would have to search for smaller ideological allies to cobble together a majority.
The Kan and Channel 13 polls projected Likud and its hard-line allies to have the upper hand in being able to form a coalition, while a Channel 12 showed them with 60 seats apiece.
The mixed results provided each side with an excuse to declare victory.
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Israeli exit polls show Netanyahu, main rival in tight race
With final results hours away, the early indications were that Netanyahu suffered a setback by failing to score a decisive victory. The 69-year-old prime minister's fate is clouded by a series of corruption investigations.
Two Israeli TV stations showed Gantz's Blue and White Party with a narrow lead over the Likud. Channel 12 TV had Blue and White with 37 seats to Likud's 33 seats, while Kan TV put Blue and White ahead 37-36. Channel 13 had the two parties deadlocked with 36 seats apiece.
With both parties far short of a majority in the 120-seat parliament, they would have to search for smaller ideological allies to cobble together a majority.
The Kan and Channel 13 polls projected Likud and its hard-line allies to have the upper hand in being able to form a coalition, while a Channel 12 showed them with 60 seats apiece.
The mixed results provided each side with an excuse to declare victory.
Read more at:
Israeli exit polls show Netanyahu, main rival in tight race
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