Poll shows balance of power ahead of Knesset elections

A Channel 14 poll: Likud gets 32 seats, Shas 10, Democrats 9. The right-wing bloc reaches 63 seats, crossing the 61-seat threshold. BALAD, Beit Tzioni, Zeut and others fail to pass the 3.25% barrier.

A poll conducted by Israel's Channel 14 shows that if Knesset elections were held now, the Likud party led by Benjamin Netanyahu would receive 32 seats and take first place. In second place is Shas with 10 seats, followed by Democrats with 9, Otzma Yehudit with 8, Yahadut HaTorah and Yisrael Beitenu with 7 each. Yahad, Religious Zionism and Ra'am each get 6 seats, Hadash-Ta'al 5. Right-wing and religious parties together receive 63 seats, center-left 46, Arab parties 11. Thus, the right-wing bloc crosses the 61-seat threshold and can form a coalition without opposition. Several parties fail to pass the 3.25% electoral barrier: BALAD (2.1%), Beit Tzioni (1.2%), Zeut (1.1%), Ofer Winter's list (0.9%), Kahol-Lavan (0.4%) and Gilad Erdan's list (0.1%). The poll reflects the possible seat distribution at the time it was conducted and is not an actual election result. Earlier, Kursor reported that the Likud primaries led to changes in the intra-party balance, and according to an i24NEWS poll, the party gained an additional seat, now projected at 31.

Poll shows balance of power ahead of Knesset elections