Exit polls from Israel's election suggest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing alliance has emerged the winner despite losing ground to centre-left parties.
The polls predicted the Israeli leader's Likud party and allied ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu would still be the biggest bloc in the 120-seat assembly.
The centre-left Yesh Atid (There is a Future) party is believed to have come second, followed by Labour.
The BBC reports Mr Netanyahu is expected to seek an alliance with a new nationalist party, Habayit Hayehudi (Jewish Home).
According to the exit polls, Likud-Beitenu would get 31 seats in the Knesset and Habayit Hayehudi 12.
The parties' campaigns have focused largely on social and economic issues rather than the prospects for a permanent peace agreement with the Palestinians.
There have been unprecedented protests against the rising cost of living and a recent report said nearly one in four Israelis lived in poverty.
