New Poll Shows Coalition Gains, But Vinter's Party Emerges
Translated & summarized from Maariv by baba
A Channel 13 News poll projects the coalition bloc winning 55 seats and the opposition 50. The poll shows a tie between Gadi Eisenkot and Benjamin Netanyahu's parties at 20 seats each. Ofer Vinter's new Amcha Israel party is projected to pass the electoral threshold with 5 seats. Several parties, including Benny Gantz's Blue and White, did not meet the threshold.
The story in 6 lines · by baba
- Coalition bloc projected to win 55 seats, opposition 50, in new Channel 13 poll.
- Gadi Eisenkot and Benjamin Netanyahu's parties tied at 20 seats each.
- Ofer Vinter's Amcha Israel party crosses electoral threshold with 5 seats.
- Naftali Bennett's party gains a seat, projected to win 12 mandates.
- Benny Gantz's Blue and White party fails to pass electoral threshold.
- Arab parties not aligned with blocs projected to win 15 seats combined.
A new poll conducted by Channel 13 News indicates a significant strengthening of the coalition, projecting it to win 55 seats in the next election. The opposition bloc is projected to receive 50 seats, while Arab parties not aligned with either bloc would secure 15 seats. The poll also shows a close race between Gadi Eisenkot and Benjamin Netanyahu, with each of their respective parties receiving 20 mandates.
Among individual parties, Naftali Bennett's Together party gains one seat to reach 12 mandates. Yair Golan's Democrats are projected to win 10 seats, and Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu, Yaakov Asher's Yahadut HaTorah, and Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit each receive 8 seats. Aryeh Deri's Shas party is projected to get 7 seats, while Bezalel Smotrich and Moshe Feiglin's Religious Zionism-Identity party secures 6 seats.
The Joint List is expected to win 9 seats, and Mansour Abbas's Ra'am party gains one seat to reach 6. Notably, Ofer Vinter's Amcha Israel party crosses the electoral threshold, securing 5 seats.
Several parties failed to pass the electoral threshold, including Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelicha's HaMiluimnikim-HaKalkalit party with 2.9% of the vote, the Haredi Public party with 1.1%, and Benny Gantz's Blue and White party with 0.8%.
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