Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni now is ahead of Transportation and Road Safety Minister Shaul Mofaz (Kadima) by 479 votes, although he says the margin is closer to 400 votes and that he will appeal the results. The final tally still is not completed. She appears to have won slightly more than 45 percent of the vote, more than four percent ahead of the runner-up and passing the 40 percent threshold needed to prevent a second round.
Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit won less than eight percent of the ballots, and Public Security Minister Avi Dichter received 5.6 percent.