With 99.8% of votes tallied, Right and Left blocs tie with 60 seats each; voter turnout 66.6%; Likud-Beytenu receive 31 seats, Yesh Atid 19, Labor 15, Bayit Yehudi, Shas 11, Livni, Meretz 6 each, UAL-Taal 5, Hadash 4, Kadima 2.

Israel goes Leftward as Right bloc's majority razor-thin; voter turnout 66.6%; Likud Beytenu plummets; Labor polled to get 17 seats, Bayit Yehudi 12, Shas 11, Livni and Meretz 7 each, UTJ 6.

Initial Israeli exit polls show the combined Likud-Yisrael Beiteinu ticket won the highest vote total while the new center-left Yesh Atid unexpectedly came in second.

Central Elections Committee reports record voter turnout; Prime Minister Netanyahu still expected to form next government, but fears traditional Likud strongholds' low turnout could hurt party strength.

Israelis started voting on Tuesday in an early election that is expected to see Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu win a third term in office.

Netanyahu, Yacimovich, Bennett nudge citizens in final vote push.