<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1255"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, voter turnout was significantly less than 70%...  At 8:00 P.M.  they estimated 63.5%.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Looking at various exit polls:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Channel 1 (Nationally owned) gives Likud 36 mandates while Channel 2 (commercial T.V) gives Likud 33</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ha'aretz: Likud 34</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Channel 1: Labour 18</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Channel 2: Labour 19</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ha'aretz: Labour 17</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shinui won big...They either tied or are only a couple seats behind Labour: </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Channel 1: Shinui 14</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Channel 2: Shinui 17</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ha'aretz: 17</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shas moved from 17 last election to</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Channel 1: Shas 13</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Channel 2: Shas 9</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ha'aretz: Shas 10</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>National Unity Party (ultra-right-wing under Avigdor Lieberman)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Channel 1: 8</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Channel 2: 10</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Meretz:</DIV> <DIV>Channel 1: Meretz 5</DIV> <DIV>Channel 2: Meretz 7</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mafdal (National Religious Party)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Channel 2: 5</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hadash moved up from 3 mandates last time (socialist party, joint Arab/Jewish):</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Channel 1: Hadash 4</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Channel 2: Hadash 4</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Balad (Azmi Bishara):</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Channel 1: 3</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Channel 2: 3</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And the Green Leaf Party didn't get any seats....</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Etcetera...obviously these are only exit polls and things may change a bit, but not by that much.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>