article_snippet: The leader of the party which secures most votes does not necessarily become the next premier - as in 2009 when the centrist Kadima party then headed by Livni effectively won the vote but lost the election in a race which brought Supporters Netanyahu to power for a second term. '
article_snippet: In 2009, (Likud) had a 100-percent chance of forming a government while the leader of the largest party, Tzipi Livni, had no chance whatsoever - and therefore she was not nominated,' Diskin said.
article_snippet: Under Israel's complex electoral system, the task of forming a government does not automatically fall to the centrist Kadima party then headed by Livni with the largest number of votes, but to the MP or party leader with the best chance of cobbling together a coalition with a parliamentary majority of 61.