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Livni may not be able to form gov't due to large right-wing bloc (JPOST.COM, 2/10/09)

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.