Israel has taken a step towards possible early elections after both coalition and opposition lawmakers supported a bill to dissolve the 25th Knesset in a preliminary vote on May 20.

Axar.az informs, citing Jerusalem Post, the coalition’s bill to dissolve the Knesset passed its preliminary reading on Wednesday in the Knesset plenum.

The Knesset dissolution bill passed with a large majority of 110 lawmakers in favor, with none against.

Passage of the bill begins the process to move the election date forward slightly from October 27.

The coalition’s bill will now be brought to the Knesset’s House Committee for debate and will need to pass a total of three readings to come into effect.

The bill proposes to determine the election date in debates held in the committee.

Even if elections are moved forward from the current scheduled date of October 27, they cannot take place in August because at least 90 days must pass after a Knesset dissolution bill is approved before elections can be held.

This means the election date could be moved up to either September or mid-October.