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Likud Primary Exit Sample Puts Ohana First, Levin Second, Eli Cohen Third

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Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of a street outside a Likud primary polling station: a bearded man in a dark suit and black kippah strides from left to right across the foreground, hands at his sides, passing a stone wall papered edge to edge with tall blue Likud campaign banners; each banner carries a candidate's portrait in a suit and tie above a large slate-blue panel with a bold ballot number, the posters overlapping in a row that fills the frame behind him, and trampled campaign lea

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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