Kadima Party wins in Israel, Likud could still run the country
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Show's the complexity of Israel, both politically but philosophically doesn't it?
JERUSALEM, (AFP) --
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's Kadima party won a razor-thin victory in the Israeli election Wednesday, gaining one more seat than right-wing rival Likud, according to a final ballot count.
Israel's central election commission said Kadima won 28 seats in the 120-member parliament, followed by Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party with 27.
Avigdor Lieberman's ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu party came in third with 15 seats -- its best-ever showing -- and the centre-left Labour party fell to 13, its worst performance in any Israeli election.
The ultra-Orthodox Shas party came in fifth with 11 seats.
In Israel's unusual political system the party with the most seats does not necessarily lead the next government, and Netanyahu stands a good chance of becoming prime minister on the back of overall gains by right-wing parties.
JERUSALEM, (AFP) --
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's Kadima party won a razor-thin victory in the Israeli election Wednesday, gaining one more seat than right-wing rival Likud, according to a final ballot count.
Israel's central election commission said Kadima won 28 seats in the 120-member parliament, followed by Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party with 27.
Avigdor Lieberman's ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu party came in third with 15 seats -- its best-ever showing -- and the centre-left Labour party fell to 13, its worst performance in any Israeli election.
The ultra-Orthodox Shas party came in fifth with 11 seats.
In Israel's unusual political system the party with the most seats does not necessarily lead the next government, and Netanyahu stands a good chance of becoming prime minister on the back of overall gains by right-wing parties.
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