JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s occasion held a lead in Israel’s fourth election in two years, exit polls projected Wednesday morning, however neither his right-wing alliance nor a numerous bloc of opposition events had a clear path to a majority coalition, creating a stalemate that would lengthen Israel’s political impasse for weeks if not months.

Three broadcasters’ exit polls had projected on Tuesday that Mr. Netanyahu’s coalition may win a majority with the assistance of an unbiased, Naftali Bennett.

But early Wednesday, when the polls had been adjusted to mirror early outcomes, the outlook modified.

Two of the three tv polls gave Mr. Netanyahu’s conservative Likud occasion and his wider right-wing and spiritual bloc 53 seats, and solely 60 when including in Mr. Bennett’s projected seven seats, simply wanting the 61 wanted to kind a majority within the 120-seat Parliament.

The third ballot gave the anti-Netanyahu bloc of events an fringe of 61 seats, doubtlessly blocking Mr. Netanyahu’s path to victory and making the election too shut to name.

The uncertainty is probably going to lead to weeks if not months of negotiations, and presumably one more election.