A right-wing - religious parties coalition led by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emerged as the winner in the Israeli elections held on November 1- the fifth such election in four years - controlling 64 seats in the 120- member Knesset (the Israeli Parliament).
As no bloc is seen clinching the 61-lawmaker majority in the 120-seat parliament, multiple opinion polls predict an incredibly tight race between parliament's two blocs, with a possibility of further stalemate.