Israel election: Netanyahu may be able to build coalition with far-right allies, exit polls suggest

Turnout for fifth general election in just four years reaches 23-year high as voters attempted to break political deadlock

The former Israeli prime minster, Benjamin Netanyahu, may have scraped a razor-thin election win with the help of new far-right allies, according to exit polls in the country's fifth vote in four years.

His Likud party is projected to win 30 or 31 seats, Israel's public broadcaster and two private channels said when polls closed at 10pm (8pm GMT) on Tuesday. The longtime leader's rightwing religious bloc is set to win 61 or 62 seats overall - just clinching a majority in the 120-seat Knesset.