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Likud fans in Tel Aviv celebrated after the exit surveys were released.
3 projections gave Mr Netanyahu’s conservative Likud celebration 36 or 37 seats, and Mr Gantz’s centrist Blue and White alliance between 32 and 34.
However, the surveys recommended Likud and its right-wing allies may fall simply short of a bulk in parliament.
But the exit surveys published by Israel’s three primary broadcasters showed Likud was on course to win between 3 to 5 more seats than Blue and White.
The Joint List alliance of Arab parties was forecasted to get 14 or 15 seats; the ultra-Orthodox celebrations Shas and United Torah Judaism 16 or 17 between them; the nationalist Yisrael Beitenu party six or 7; the conservative Yamina alliance 6 or 7; and the centre-left Labour-Gesher-Meretz list six or 7.
If the exit polls are precise, it would mean that Likud and its conservative allies end up with 59 or 60 seats – one or two seats shy of a bulk in parliament.
The preliminary results are anticipated on Tuesday, and exit surveys have actually displayed errors in the past.
The exit surveys put Mr Netanyahu within touching distance of forming a union government.
They aren’t the real results; we’ll need to wait a lot more hours for those.
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