Poll Shows Right-Wing Bloc Securing Majority in Upcoming Israeli Election
Translated & summarized from Mignews by baba
A Channel 14 poll projects the right-wing bloc will win 62 seats in the upcoming Israeli Knesset elections, potentially forming a stable majority government. Benjamin Netanyahu's "Likud" leads with 30 seats, followed by Gadi Eisenkot's "Yashar" with 20. Religious parties show gains, while "Yisrael Beiteinu" has dropped to six seats. The survey of 1,954 adults was analyzed by Shlomo Filber.
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- Right-wing bloc projected to win 62 seats in Israeli Knesset elections, per Channel 14 poll.
- Likud leads with 30 seats, Yashar follows with 20 seats.
- Religious parties Shas and BeYahad gain, each projected for 10 seats.
- Yisrael Beiteinu's seat projection drops to six, nearing electoral threshold.
- Benjamin Netanyahu leads Gadi Eisenkot in head-to-head prime ministerial preference.
- Several smaller parties fail to cross the 3.25% electoral threshold.
A new poll released by Israel's Channel 14 indicates that the right-wing bloc is projected to win a majority of 62 seats in the upcoming Knesset elections. The "Likud" party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, remains the frontrunner, securing an estimated 30 seats. The "Yashar" party, headed by Gadi Eisenkot, is in second place with 20 seats.
The poll also shows significant gains for religious and traditionalist parties. The "Shas" movement and the "BeYahad" alliance are each projected to win 10 seats. Yair Golan's Democratic Party is expected to secure nine seats, while Itamar Ben-Gvir's "Otzma Yehudit" list and the Arab alliance "Hadash-Taal-Balad" are each projected to win eight seats.
The "United Torah Judaism" bloc is predicted to fall to seven seats, with the joint list of "Religious Zionism" and "Zehut" also expected to receive seven seats. The "Ra'am" faction, led by Mansour Abbas, is projected to win six seats, as is the "Yisrael Beiteinu" party, which has seen its projected representation decrease by one seat in the past six days and is now close to the electoral threshold.
In a head-to-head comparison for prime minister, Netanyahu garnered 55% of respondent support compared to Eisenkot's 45%. When asked about suitability for the role among a broader range of candidates, Netanyahu received 53% approval, Eisenkot 33%, and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett 9%.
The survey, conducted by NEXT DATA, sampled 1,954 adult Israeli citizens. Shlomo Filber provided expert analysis of the data. Several smaller political movements, including "Reservists/Economy," "Amcha Israel," and "Noam," failed to cross the 3.25% electoral threshold.
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