Kan public broadcaster exit poll shows 62 seats for Netanyahu's bloc

The Kan broadcaster (Channel 11), in its exit poll, also projects that former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be able to build a coalition majority with his Likud and allied parties.

It puts the Netanyahu-led right-wing / ultra-Orthodox bloc on 62 seats in the 120-member Knesset. The outgoing coalition, led by Prime Minister Yair Lapid, is projected to win 54 seats.

The parties score as follows in the Kan poll, which will be adjusted over the coming hours as actual votes are counted: Likud, 30 seats; Yesh Atid, 22; Religious Zionism, 15; National Unity, 13; Shas, 10; United Torah Judaism, 7; Yisrael Beytenu, 5; Labor, 5; Ra’am, 5; Meretz, 4; and Hadash-Ta’al, 4.