Israelis vote in parliament election

An election campaign sticker showing leaders of Zionist Union Isaac Herzog (L) and Tzipni Livni is seen on the back of the jacket worn by a boy carried by a woman as she comes to vote in the parliamentary election at a polling station in Tel Aviv March 17, 2015. [Photo/Agencies]

- Polling stations are generally open from 7 am to 10 pm. In small towns, jails and hospitals, polling stations are open from 8 am to 8 pm.

- National elections to the Knesset are held once every four years, unless circumstances call for early elections.

- Every Israeli citizen 18 years of age or over is eligible to vote for one registered political party. Every Israeli citizen who is 21 years old and up may be elected. Israel had previously experimented with a direct vote for the prime minister, but has since gone back to the current electoral system.

- After the elections, President Reuven Rivlin will hold consultations with the parties elected to the Knesset and assigns the task of forming the new government to a Knesset member. This legislator is usually the leader of a party or coalition winning the most seats in the Knesset.