CNN News: 以色列一年内举行第三次选举

 
The Middle Eastern country of Israel has just wrapped up its third election in 11 months. The other two which were held last year resulted in deadlocks in Israel's government. So the question is, will this election break it? Here's why there's been a stalemate. In Israel's Knesset, its parliament, there are 120 seats. 
 
中东国家以色列刚刚结束了11个月来的第三次选举。去年的另外两次选举导致了以色列政府的僵局。现在问题是，这次选举会打破僵局吗?僵局出现的原因是，在以色列议会中，有120个席位。

A political party needs to have a simple majority, at least 61 of those seats to take control and choose the prime minister but there are dozens of political parties in Israel. No single one of them is likely to get that 61 seat majority in an election, so they have to team up to form a coalition to make things work. 
 
一个政党需要有简单多数，至少61个席位来控制和选择总理，但以色列有几十个政党。他们中没有一个人可能在选举中获得61个多数席位，所以他们必须联合起来组成联盟来解决问题。

But after last April's election and for the first time in Israel's history, no one was able to form that coalition government including the party of Israel's current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. So he called for a second round of elections, those were held in September and again deadlock. 

但是在去年4月的选举之后，也就是以色列历史上第一次选举，没有人能够组建联合政府，包括以色列现任总理本杰明·内塔尼亚胡所在的政党。因此他呼吁进行第二轮选举，选举在9月举行，结果再次陷入僵局。

So what happened last night? 
 
那么昨晚发生了什么事情呢？

We don't have the final results but all three of the main exit polls in Israel projected that a coalition led by the incumbent prime minister was on track to secure 60 seats. That's one short of the simple majority and this same coalition secured 60 seats in the first election last April but wasn't able to form a government. 
 
我们还没有最终的结果，但以色列三个主要的出口民调都显示，现任总理领导的联盟有望获得60个席位。这个联盟在去年4月的第一次选举中获得了60个席位，但未能组建政府。


Still, Prime Minister Netanyahu called Mondays votes a great victory for Israel and if a coalition government is formed this time around, the nation will avoid a fourth election. 
 
尽管如此，以色列总理内塔尼亚胡称周一的投票是以色列的一大胜利，如果这次联合政府组建成功，国家将避免第四次选举。