Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party has led the early parliamentary election count with more than 24 percent of the vote, followed by former army chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party with 16 percent, Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth daily reported.
The Central Elections Committee counted 30 percent of total ballots cast, according to media reports.
The Together alliance, headed by former prime minister Naftali Bennett, followed in third place with 8.8 percent.
The Joint List received 5.9 percent, whilst the United Arab List (Ra'am) stood at 2.75 percent.
Authorities noted that the partial tally does not yet establish the final distribution of seats within the 120-member Knesset.
Exit poll projections and turnout
The initial counting follows fluctuating projections from major broadcasters.
Earlier, a revised Channel 12 exit poll projected 52 seats for Netanyahu's right-wing bloc, 49 for the opposition alliance led by Eisenkot, and 19 for Arab parties.
Updated exit polls from Israel’s public broadcaster and Channel 13 put the two main blocs at 51 seats each, with 18 seats projected for Arab parties.
Neither broadcast projection gave either camp the 61 seats needed to secure an absolute parliamentary majority.
Exit polls represent voter surveys conducted outside polling stations, separate from the formal counting of physical ballots.
Voter turnout reached 77.7 percent across the country, marking the highest participation rate recorded in an Israeli national election since 1999, according to data confirmed by the Central Elections Committee.
