Poll Shows Netanyahu Opponents Leading Knesset Seat Count
Translated & summarized from NEWSru Israel by baba
A poll released by "Midgam" for "Keshet-12" on October 12 shows parties opposing Prime Minister Netanyahu winning 67 seats in the Knesset. "Yashar" would be the largest party with 23 seats, while "Likud" would have 20. The current coalition would hold 49 seats. In head-to-head matchups, Aizenkot is favored over Netanyahu for prime minister.
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- Opposition parties would win 67 Knesset seats, while Netanyahu's coalition would have 49, according to a poll.
- The "Yashar" party leads with 23 seats, followed by "Likud" with 20 seats in the "Midgam" poll.
- Ofer Vinter's "Amcha Israel" and Benny Gantz's "Kachol LaVan" failed to pass the electoral threshold.
- 45% of respondents prefer Aizenkot for prime minister over Netanyahu's 35% support.
- The poll surveyed 509 respondents with a 4.4% margin of error on October 12.
A poll conducted by the Midgam institute and published by Keshet-12 on Monday, October 12, indicates that parties opposing Prime Minister Netanyahu would win 67 seats in the Knesset if elections were held today. The "Yashar" party emerged as the largest faction with 23 seats, followed by "Likud" with 20 seats, and "Be'eyahad" with 13.
Other parties projected to enter the Knesset include "Yisrael Beiteinu" with 9 seats, "Democratim" with 9, the Joint List of Arab parties with 8, Shas with 8, "Otzma Yehudit" with 8, "Yahadut HaTorah" with 7, "Tzionut Datit"-"Zeut" with 6, and Ra'am with 5. The "Miluimnikim"-"Kalkalit" list would receive 4 seats.
Notably, Ofer Vinter's "Amcha Israel" party and Benny Gantz's "Kachol LaVan" party failed to cross the electoral threshold and would not enter the Knesset. The current coalition would hold 49 seats, while the list of Hendel and Zelicha, considered a third bloc, would secure four seats.
In a question regarding preferred prime minister, 45% of respondents favored Aizenkot, compared to 35% for Netanyahu. A previous poll showed a 3% gap between Aizenkot and Netanyahu. When compared against Lieberman, Netanyahu maintained an advantage with 35% support versus 27% for Lieberman.
The survey included 509 respondents, with a maximum statistical margin of error of 4.4%.
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