He surprised nearly everyone by securing a decisive electoral victory, winning a third consecutive term in office after his right-wing Likud party gained a five-seat advantage in the Knesset over its main rival, the center-left Zionist Union.
Contra todos los pronósticos, obtuvo una contundente victoria electoral y se aseguró un tercer mandato consecutivo, después de que su partido de derecha, el Likud, le sacó cinco asientos de ventaja en el Knesset a su principal rival, la Unión Sionista de centroizquierda.