Official results of Israel's elections were published on Thursday night, showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party has beaten the main rival, the Blue and White party.

 

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The results were released by the Central Election Committee after two days of counting ballots¹ and delays caused by computer malfunctions², according to the committee chairman, Judge Hanan Melcer.

 

Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party won 36 seats while the centrist Blue and White, led by an ex-army chief, gained 35 seats, the results showed.

 

Netanyahu now needs to form a governing coalition³ with at least 61 members in Israel's 120-seat parliament, or the Knesset. He already said he intends to build a coalition with right-wing and ultra-Orthodox parties.

 

His likely partners include Shas, with eight seats, and United Torah Judaism, with seven seats, both Jewish ultra-Orthodox parties.

 

The United Right, a new alliance of pro-settler lists and another likely partner in Netanyahu's coalition, gained five seats.

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