Exit polls published by television channels in Israel on Tuesday night predicted that the bloc led by Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu will win 61 or 62 seats, enough to form a government.

Channel 12 News exit poll:

Likud - 31 seats, Yesh Atid - 23, Religious Zionist Party - 14, National Unity - 11, Shas - 10, United Torah Judaism - 7, Yisrael Beytenu - 5, Labor - 5, Meretz - 4, Ra'am - 5, Hadash-Ta'al - 5.

Netanyahu's bloc has 62 seats in this poll.

Kan 11 News exit poll:

Likud - 30, Yesh Atid - 23, Religious Zionist Party - 15, National Unity - 12, Shas - 10, United Torah Judaism - 7, Yisrael Beytenu - 5, Labor - 5, Meretz - 4, Ra'am - 5, Hadash-Ta'al - 4.

Netanyahu's bloc has 62 seats in this poll.

Channel 13 News exit poll:

Likud - 32, Yesh Atid - 23, Religious Zionist Party - 13, National Unity - 11, Shas - 10, United Torah Judaism - 7, Yisrael Beytenu - 6, Labor - 5, Ra'am - 5, Meretz - 4, Hadash-Ta'al - 4.

Netanyahu's bloc has 62 seats.

Channel 14 exit poll:

Likud - 31, Yesh Atid - 23, Religious Zionist Party - 12, National Unity - 11, Shas - 10, United Torah Judaism - 8, Yisrael Beytenuy - 6, Labor - 6, Meretz - 5, Hadash-Ta'al - 4, Ra'am - 4.

Netanyahu's bloc has 61 seats.

All the exit polls had Balad and the Jewish Home not passing the electoral thresholds.

MK Bezalel Smotrich, whose Religious Zionism party received 14-15 seats, celebrated his achievement:

"Today Religious Zionism made history with the largest achievement ever for a religious Zionist party since the founding of the state, the achievement joins what would appear to be a victory for the nationalist camp. Now we wait patiently for the official results so we can G-d willing safely form a rightwing, nationalist, Jewish, and Zionist government."