They’re saying that 99.8% of votes have been counted and it stands 60-60.
However the official tally will be released Thursday morning.
Netanyahu will have to put together a coalition of 61 seats. If he can’t than the election will have to be held again.
And yes, it’s ridiculous that the press defines this as a battle between the “far right” and “center left”. Of course the media also portrays our politics that way, they just don’t often use terms like that so openly.
Right wing bloc has won 61 seats. Kadima survives with 2.09% of vote.
Likud-Beytenu (31 seats) received 880,972 ballots, 23.32% of the general vote.
Yesh Atid (19): 541,033 (14.32%)
Labor Party (15): 430,305 (11.39%)
Jewish Home (12): 344,028 (9.11%)
Shas (11): 330,359 (8.74%)
United Torah Judaism (7): 195,577 (5.18%)
Hatnua (6): 188,425 (4.99%)
Meretz (6): 171,660 (4.54%)
United Arab List (4): 137,983 (3.65%)
Hadash (4): 113,336 (3.00%)
Balad (3): 96,788 (2.56%)
Kadima (2): 79,064 (2.09%)