Kadima polls close; ballot count underway

The Kadima Party's ballots closed at 10 pm Tuesday, bringing the party's somewhat sluggish primary elections to their close. The party stationed 197 ballots across Israel, to serve its 95,000 registered members, but as of 9 pm only 40% of the party's members had cast their vote.

Party primaries pitted current Chairwoman Tzipi Livni and her adversary MK Shaul Mofaz. The low voter turnout noted throughout the day had both urging registered members to cast their vote. (Attila Somfalvi)