Two Israeli TV stations showed Gantz's Blue and White Party with a narrow lead over the Likud. Claiming to represent the largest party, Gantz urged President Reuven Rivlin to give him the opportunity to form the next government. Israeli exit polls are notoriously imprecise, meaning the final results could still swing in either direction. Yohanan Plesner, a former lawmaker and head of the nonpartisan Israel Democracy Institute, called the close and conflicting exit polls "an unprecedented situation." But the exit polls showed it falling short and not entering parliament.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 09, 2019 22:30 UTC