Israel Election: Prime Minister Netanyahu Wins

January 23, 2013 15:46

Xinhua News Agency reported that according to the final official results announced on January 23, the right-wing Likud-Beitenu alliance of incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu officially won the election, when it won 31 seats in the parliamentary election held on January 22.

Xinhua News Agency reported that according to the final official results announced on January 23, the right-wing Likud-Beitenu alliance of incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu officially won the election, when it won 31 seats in the parliamentary election held on January 22.

The centrist Yesh Atid Party came in second with 19 seats and the Labor Party came in third with 15 seats.



Incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Source: AFP/TXVN)

Previously, on January 22 (Hanoi time), at 7:00 a.m. (local time), polling stations across Israel and Jewish settlements in the West Bank officially opened to welcome voters to cast their ballots for the country's 19th parliament.

According to a VNA correspondent in the Middle East, the Israeli Election Commission said a total of 10,132 polling stations nationwide opened to welcome about 5.65 million eligible Israeli voters.

Security was tightened with more than 20,000 police and volunteers deployed to ensure security for the election./.


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