Exit polls from the Israeli parliamentary election indicate that Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party is projected to be the largest single party, with his right-wing bloc expected to secure 52 out of 120 Knesset seats. However, neither side, including the opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot (projected to win 49 seats), has secured the 61 seats needed to form a governing majority. Voter turnout for this election reached 77.7%, the highest since 1999. Netanyahu has declared Likud's dominance and called for the formation of a "national right-wing government," while Eisenkot stated that the Israeli public voted for change and will usher in a "new era."