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Final results from Israel's election have kept the Kadima party, led by Tzipi Livni, with a slight lead over Benyamin Netanyahu's Likud.
The official results, released on Thursday after all votes were counted, gave Kadima 28 seats in the 120-member parliament and Likud 27 seats.
These figures were in line with preliminary results released after Tuesday's election, which also gave most of the remaining seats to rightist parties.
The majority of the remaining seats went to other parties of the right, with the hard-right Yisrael Beitenu of Avidgor Lieberman taking 15 and Labor slipped into fourth place with 13 seats.
Israel's election commission released the final results after counting votes by soldiers, prisoners and diplomats, about 100,000 out of a total of 3.3 million cast.
The additional votes did not change the allocation of seats in the parliament tallied after the election.
Coalition race
The results give both Livni and Netanyahu far less than the majority each would need to govern as the two are already hard at work trying to line up potential coalition partners.
Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Livni wins Israel final vote tally
The official results, released on Thursday after all votes were counted, gave Kadima 28 seats in the 120-member parliament and Likud 27 seats.
These figures were in line with preliminary results released after Tuesday's election, which also gave most of the remaining seats to rightist parties.
The majority of the remaining seats went to other parties of the right, with the hard-right Yisrael Beitenu of Avidgor Lieberman taking 15 and Labor slipped into fourth place with 13 seats.
Israel's election commission released the final results after counting votes by soldiers, prisoners and diplomats, about 100,000 out of a total of 3.3 million cast.
The additional votes did not change the allocation of seats in the parliament tallied after the election.
Coalition race
The results give both Livni and Netanyahu far less than the majority each would need to govern as the two are already hard at work trying to line up potential coalition partners.
Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Livni wins Israel final vote tally
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