Likud Primary Exit Sample Puts Ohana First, Levin Second, Eli Cohen Third
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A sample taken as Likud members left polling stations placed Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana at the top of the party's slate, with Justice Minister Yariv Levin second and Eli Cohen third. The DRI institute surveyed 700 voters at the exit and released the ordering when voting closed at 21:00, listing Almog Cohen, Moshe Saada, Miri Regev and Boaz Bismuth in the next four places. Turnout reached 53.5 percent, with 75,177 members casting ballots. The sample is not official, and counting continues. With eight slots reserved for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu inside the top 30, about half of sitting Likud MKs are expected to lose realistic places.
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Sources factually disagree on the size of the Likud membership roll: Israel Hayom reports roughly 142,000 members, while B'Hadrei Haredim reports about 140,000 eligible members. The remaining facts are uniform: the DRI institute sampled 700 members leaving polling stations, turnout was 53.5 percent with 75,177 ballots cast, polls closed at 21:00, and all three sources publish the identical position-for-position ordering led by Amir Ohana, Yariv Levin and Eli Cohen.
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