New Poll Shows Ofer Vinter's Party Failing to Pass Electoral Threshold
Translated & summarized from Arutz Sheva by baba
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- Gadi Eisenkot's "Yesher!" party leads a new poll with 23 mandates.
- Ofer Vinter's "Amcha Yisrael" party fell below the electoral threshold.
- Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party is second with 21 mandates.
- Naftali Bennett's "Bayahad" party strengthened to 12 mandates.
- Eisenkot leads Netanyahu in suitability for prime minister.
- Bloc calculations show Eisenkot's bloc with 52 mandates.
A new poll by Kan News indicates that Gadi Eisenkot's "Yesher!" party is leading with 23 mandates, followed by Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud with 21 mandates. Naftali Bennett's "Bayahad" party shows strengthening, reaching 12 mandates.
For the first time since its establishment, the "Amcha Yisrael" party, led by Ofer Vinter, has fallen below the electoral threshold in the Kan News poll. The survey, published Sunday evening, shows "Yesher!" as the largest party with 23 mandates, while the Likud maintains 21 mandates. Bennett's "Bayahad" gains one mandate to reach 12.
Other parties' results include Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu with 9 mandates. Following with 8 mandates each are Yair Golan's Democrats (weakened by one mandate), Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit (strengthened by one mandate), Shas, United Torah Judaism (each strengthened by one mandate), and the joint list of Hadash-Ta'al and Balad (strengthened).
Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionism-Identity party secures 6 mandates, maintaining its strength. Ra'am receives 5 mandates. The coalition of Yoaz Hendel's Reservists Union and Yaron Zelekha's Economic party gains 4 mandates, successfully passing the electoral threshold.
Falling below the threshold are "Amcha Yisrael," Blue and White, the "Haredi Public" party, and Noam. This shift impacts the bloc calculations, with Eisenkot's bloc now at 52 mandates and Netanyahu's bloc at 51. Arab parties collectively have 13 mandates, and the Hendel-Zelekha union has 4.
In a question regarding suitability for the prime minister role, Eisenkot has regained the lead over Netanyahu.
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