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Eli Cohen Leads Likud Primary in First Counted Ballots, Reversing the Exit Sample

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Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of a school gymnasium converted into a Likud primary polling station: a row of blue voting booths and folding tables staffed by seated polling officials runs along the far wall beneath basketball hoops, wall fans and air conditioners, small clusters of voters stand and queue beside the booths, and a steward in a yellow high-visibility vest walks toward the viewer across the empty varnished wooden court with its painted centre-circle and sideline markings i

Energy and Infrastructure Minister Eli Cohen led the Likud slate after the first ballot boxes from Monday's primary were counted. One count, with 11 percent of ballot boxes tallied, placed Eli Cohen first, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana second and Justice Minister Yariv Levin third, followed by Ofir Katz, Miri Regev and Amichai Chikli. A later report, after 14 percent of votes were counted, again showed Eli Cohen ahead. The partial returns reverse Monday night's exit sample, which had put Ohana first, Levin second and Eli Cohen third. Ballots are counted at local committees and rechecked at a central control center in Jaffa, with final results expected Tuesday morning.

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