page_title: 2009 Israeli legislative election
section_title: Results
hierarchical_section_title: 2009 Israeli legislative election / Results
caption_attribution_description: עברית: פתקיות בבחירות לכנסת ה-18English: Ballot tickets for Israeli legislative election, 2009
context_page_description: Elections for the 18th Knesset were held in Israel on 10 February 2009. These elections became necessary due to the resignation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as leader of the Kadima party, and the failure of his successor, Tzipi Livni, to form a coalition government. Had Olmert remained in office or had Livni formed a coalition government, the elections would have been scheduled for 2010 instead.
  Although the incumbent prime minister's party, Kadima, won the most seats in the parliament, the Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu was able to form a majority coalition government and become the new prime minister.
caption: Ballot papers
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