Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s right-wing bloc won 53 seats in Israel’s 120-member Knesset, or parliament, results released by election officials on Thursday showed, well below the 68 it had controlled at its peak in the previous parliament.

The bloc supporting Netanyahu’s main rival, Gadi Eisenkot , won 48 seats in an extremely tight election race , meaning neither secured the 61 seats needed to form a government.

The count is complete, but the results still need to be certified and submitted to President Isaac Herzog next Wednesday.

Herzog will then consult with party chairs and choose a candidate ⁠who he thinks has the best chance to form a government.

Yashar Party leader Gadi Eisenkot at a polling station in Herzliya on Tuesday.…