Jerusalem: The right-wing Likud party is leading the governing Kadima in an opinion poll published today, indicating it has a better chance of forming a government after the February 10 election.
Likud would win 33 of the 120 seats in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, up from 12 now, while Kadima would get 28, one less than it has at present, according to the poll published by the Israel Hayom newspaper.
The Labour party would get only 11 seats, compared to 19 at present and the religious Shas party would have 10,down two.
The opinion poll indicates that Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu, a former prime minister, would be in a better position that Foreign Minister and Kadima leader Tzipi Livni to form a majority coalition.
The survey was conducted among 623 people and has a margin of error of four per cent.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who stepped down over corruption scandals, will remain at the helm of a caretaker government until after the election.
