The end of the counting of the election votes in Israel, Israeli Channel 14: Coalition of the Prime Minister of Israel.
Benjamin Netanyahu won 53 mandates and the opposition coalition led by Gadi Eisenkot won 48 mandates. Arab parties also won 19 seats. Thus, the overall election results did not change compared to the initial statistics, and only one of the prime minister's coalition mandates went from the Shas party to Netanyahu's Likud party. The elections in Israel ended while none of the coalitions managed to obtain a majority in the parliament, so Netanyahu and Eisenkot have difficult days to form the government. Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog will consult with the party leaders on who they want as prime minister after the final vote count, and then choose the candidate he believes has the best chance of forming a cabinet. Herzog's chosen candidate has up to 42 days to form a cabinet, but if he fails, others will have a chance to form a cabinet. If no cabinet is formed during this period, further elections will be held and the current cabinet will continue to work as a temporary cabinet.