New Poll Shows Bennett's Party Gaining, Winter's Party Surges Ahead of Elections
Translated & summarized from Kipa by baba
A new Direct Polls survey shows former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's "Bechaim" party gaining 11 seats ahead of elections. Gadi Eisenkot's "Yashar!" party holds 20 seats, and Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud leads with 26 seats. Retired General Ofer Winter's "Am Israel" party is projected to win four seats, surpassing the electoral threshold. The right-wing bloc, including Winter's party, is one seat shy of a Knesset majority with 60 seats.
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- Naftali Bennett's "Bechaim" party is projected to win 11 seats in a new Direct Polls survey.
- Gadi Eisenkot's "Yashar!" party holds 20 seats, while Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud leads with 26 seats.
- Retired General Ofer Winter's "Am Israel" party is projected to win four seats, surpassing the electoral threshold.
- The right-wing bloc, including Winter's party, is projected to have 60 seats, one short of a Knesset majority.
- The survey of 504 respondents has a maximum margin of error of 4.3%.
A new poll conducted by Direct Polls and published by i24NEWS indicates a surge for former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's "Bechaim" party, which is projected to win 11 seats. Gadi Eisenkot's "Yashar!" party remains the second-largest with 20 seats, while Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud leads with 26 seats.
A notable surprise in the survey is the performance of retired General Ofer Winter's "Am Israel" party. After facing criticism from coalition parties, particularly the Likud, Winter's party has recovered, surpassing the electoral threshold to secure four seats.
Other projected results include Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit with nine seats, Yahadut HaTorah with eight, Shas with seven, and Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu also with seven seats. The Joint List is expected to receive seven seats, Religious Zionism and Zehut six, and Ra'am five.
The survey of 504 respondents, with a maximum margin of error of 4.3%, shows the "Miluimnikim and HaKalkalit" party falling below the electoral threshold with only 2.3% of the vote.
In bloc calculations, the right-wing bloc, including Winter's party, reaches 60 seats, one seat short of a Knesset majority. Conversely, the parties led by Bennett, Eisenkot, Lieberman, and "HaDemokratim" together garner 48 seats, with Arab parties securing 12 seats.
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