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Exit Polls: Kadima Wins Narrow Victory in Israeli Elections
With voting stations officially closed, exit polls at 10 p.m. suggested that Kadima would win Tuesday’s general elections.
However, due to the dramatic rise in support of the Likud and Israel Beiteinu compared with the previous election, it seemed that Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu would have a better chance than Kadima head Tzipi Livni of forming the next coalition.
According to Channel 1, the right-wing bloc won 63 Knesset seats and the left wing 57; Channel 2 predicted 64 for the right and 56 for the left; and Channel 10, like Channel 1, predicted 63 and 57.
At Likud headquarters, activists dismissed Kadima’s edge and predicted Netanyahu would be tapped to form the next government.
Channel 10 quoted Netanyahu as saying “I will be the next
prime minister of Israel.”
Also reacting to the polls, Likud MK Gideon Sa’ar said, “Netanyahu will succeed in building a coalition.”
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