Strange election day in Israel

Bryan Atinsky bryan at indymedia.org.il
Tue Jan 28 12:30:08 PST 2003


Well, voter turnout was significantly less than 70%... At 8:00 P.M. they estimated 63.5%.

Looking at various exit polls:

Channel 1 (Nationally owned) gives Likud 36 mandates while Channel 2 (commercial T.V) gives Likud 33 Ha'aretz: Likud 34

Channel 1: Labour 18 Channel 2: Labour 19 Ha'aretz: Labour 17

Shinui won big...They either tied or are only a couple seats behind Labour: Channel 1: Shinui 14 Channel 2: Shinui 17 Ha'aretz: 17

Shas moved from 17 last election to Channel 1: Shas 13 Channel 2: Shas 9 Ha'aretz: Shas 10

National Unity Party (ultra-right-wing under Avigdor Lieberman) Channel 1: 8 Channel 2: 10

Meretz: Channel 1: Meretz 5 Channel 2: Meretz 7

Mafdal (National Religious Party) Channel 2: 5

Hadash moved up from 3 mandates last time (socialist party, joint Arab/Jewish): Channel 1: Hadash 4 Channel 2: Hadash 4

Balad (Azmi Bishara): Channel 1: 3 Channel 2: 3

And the Green Leaf Party didn't get any seats....

Etcetera...obviously these are only exit polls and things may change a bit, but not by that much.

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