2009 Israeli legislative election suggest that the coalition's complete breakup was imminent and that new elections would take place by January 2013. 2009 Israeli legislative election Elections for the 18th Knesset were held in Israel on 10 February 2009. These elections became necessary due to the resignation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as leader of the Kadima party, and the failure of his successor, Tzipi Livni, to form a coalition government. Had Olmert remained in office or had Livni formed a coalition government, the elections would have been scheduled for 2010 instead. Although the incumbent prime minister's party, Kadima, won the most seats in
2013 Israeli legislative election Israeli media of Tzipi Livni's possible return to politics as the head of a new party of her own. Those reports eventually turned out to be true on 27 November, when the logo for her new party titled "Hatnuah - headed by Tzipi Livni" was initially published. At a press conference held during the same day, Livni officially announced the establishment of the Hatnuah party which would be headed by her and which would participate in the upcoming elections. "Hatnuah" (התנועה) means "The Movement" in Hebrew. Immediately after the establishment of Hatnuah party, seven Knesset members from the Kadima (Meir