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| Israel election: No clear winner, exit polls suggest | Israel election: No clear winner, exit polls suggest |
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| Neither Israel's governing Likud party nor the opposition Zionist Union has a clear lead in Israel's general election, exit polls suggest. | |
| Exit polls by two Israeli broadcasters gave both sides 27 seats each in the 120-seat parliament, the Knesset. | |
| Both sides would need support from other parties in order to form a coalition government. | Both sides would need support from other parties in order to form a coalition government. |
| More than 65% of those eligible voted in the election, which ended at 22:00 local time (20:00 GMT). | More than 65% of those eligible voted in the election, which ended at 22:00 local time (20:00 GMT). |
| Final results are not expected until Wednesday morning. | |
| When results are known, Israel's president will give the task of forming a government to a party leader who he thinks has the strongest chance of assembling a coalition. | |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could become Israel's longest-serving leader if he secures a fourth term. | |
| No party has ever won an outright majority under Israel's proportional representation voting system. | |
| Israel's Channel 1 and Channel 10 both projected 27 seats each for Likud and Zionist Union, while Channel 2 gave Likud a one-seat lead, with 28 seats. | |
| The Joint Arab List, an alliance of Israeli Arab-dominated parties, has come third with about 13 seats, exit polls suggest. | |
| It has said, however, that it will not take any positions in government. |