Latest Polls Show Eisenkot Leading in Most Surveys, No Bloc with Clear Majority
Translated & summarized from Davar by baba
Four recent Israeli election polls show varying results, with Gadi Eisenkot's Yishar! party leading in three surveys and Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party leading in one. No political bloc appears to have a clear majority. Eisenkot's bloc ranges from 47 to 56 mandates, while Netanyahu's bloc ranges from 50 to 55 mandates across the polls. Several smaller parties are shown to be hovering around or failing to pass the electoral threshold.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Three of four recent polls show Gadi Eisenkot's Yishar! party leading, while one shows Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud ahead.
- No political bloc has secured a clear majority in the latest Knesset election surveys.
- Eisenkot's bloc is projected to win between 47 and 56 mandates in the polls.
- Netanyahu's bloc is projected to win between 50 and 55 mandates in the surveys.
- Several parties, including Reservists and the Economic party, are shown to be near or below the electoral threshold.
Four recent Knesset election polls released Friday present a divided picture of Israeli political power. Three of the polls, from Kan News, Channel 12, and Channel 13, place Gadi Eisenkot's Yishar! party in the lead. However, a poll by i24NEWS shows Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party ahead with 26 mandates compared to Yishar!'s 21.
When calculating blocs, three polls indicate that Eisenkot's bloc, comprising Yishar!, Together, Democrats, and Yisrael Beiteinu, ranges from 47 to 56 mandates. Conversely, Netanyahu's bloc, including Likud, Shas, United Torah Judaism, Otzma Yehudit, Religious Zionism, and Identity, garners between 50 and 55 mandates across the four surveys.
The Kan News poll shows Eisenkot's bloc with 52 mandates and Netanyahu's bloc with 50. In this poll, Yishar! receives 22 mandates, Likud 20, and Together 14. The Joint List gets 9 mandates, while Democrats, Yisrael Beiteinu, Otzma Yehudit, and United Torah Judaism each receive 8. Shas and the combined Religious Zionism and Identity list each get 7 mandates, and Ra'am secures 5. The Reservists and the Economic party passes the electoral threshold with 4 mandates, but the Am Israel party does not.
The Channel 12 poll projects Eisenkot's bloc with 56 mandates and Netanyahu's with 50. Yishar! leads with 23 mandates, Likud with 21, and Together with 15. Democrats receive 10 mandates, and the Joint List 9. Yisrael Beiteinu, Shas, and Otzma Yehudit each get 8 mandates, while United Torah Judaism receives 7. Religious Zionism and Identity garner 6 mandates, and Ra'am 5. Reservists and the Economic party, and Am Israel fail to pass the threshold.
Channel 13's poll shows Eisenkot's bloc with 54 mandates and Netanyahu's with 50. Yishar! obtains 22 mandates, Likud 19, and Together 14. Democrats receive 10 mandates, the Joint List 9, and Yisrael Beiteinu, Religious Zionism and Identity, Otzma Yehudit, and United Torah Judaism each get 8. Shas and Ra'am each receive 7 mandates. Reservists and the Economic party and Am Israel do not pass the threshold.
Finally, the i24NEWS poll indicates Netanyahu's bloc with 55 mandates and Eisenkot's bloc with 47. Likud leads with 26 mandates, Yishar! with 21, and Together with 12. The Joint List receives 9 mandates, while Otzma Yehudit, Democrats, and Shas each get 8. United Torah Judaism receives 7 mandates, Religious Zionism and Identity, and Yisrael Beiteinu each get 6, and Ra'am receives 5. Am Israel passes the threshold with 4 mandates, but Reservists and the Economic party and the Haredi Public party do not.
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