Polls Show No Clear Majority Ahead of Israeli Elections
Translated & summarized from Maariv by baba
Recent Israeli election polls show Gadi Eisenkot's "Yashar!" party leading Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud, but no bloc is projected to secure a 61-seat majority. Averages from four polls indicate the opposition bloc may reach 54 seats and the coalition bloc 49.5, with Arab parties taking around 14.5 seats. The "Reservists-Economic" party is narrowly projected to pass the electoral threshold, while Ofer Vinter's "Amcha Israel" is expected to fall short.
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- Gadi Eisenkot's "Yashar!" party leads Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud in four recent Israeli election polls.
- No Israeli political bloc is projected to reach the 61 seats needed to form a government.
- The opposition bloc is averaging 54 seats, while the coalition bloc is projected at 49.5 seats.
- Arab parties are expected to collectively win approximately 14.5 seats in the upcoming elections.
- Ofer Vinter's "Amcha Israel" party is projected to fall below the electoral threshold.
- The "Reservists-Economic" party is narrowly projected to pass the electoral threshold.
Four recent Israeli election polls indicate that the "Yashar!" party, led by Gadi Eisenkot, is projected to outperform Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party. However, none of the major blocs are expected to reach the 61-seat majority required to form a government.
The polls, averaged from reports by Channel 12, Channel 13, Kan 11, and Maariv, suggest a close race between the two main blocs. The opposition bloc, led by "Yashar!", is averaging around 54 seats, while Netanyahu's coalition bloc is projected to receive approximately 49.5 seats. Arab parties are expected to collectively win about 14.5 seats, leaving neither bloc with a clear path to forming a government without additional support.
Specific party projections vary across the polls. "Yashar!" is averaging 22 seats, with Likud at around 19.75 seats. Naftali Bennett's "Yachad" party is polling at an average of 14.5 seats, followed by Yair Golan's "Democrats" with 9.5 seats and Avigdor Lieberman's "Yisrael Beiteinu" with eight seats.
On the coalition side, Otzma Yehudit is averaging 7.75 seats, while Shas and United Torah Judaism are each polling at 7.5 seats, and Religious Zionism-Identity at seven seats. The "Reservists-Economic" party is narrowly projected to pass the electoral threshold in some polls, averaging 3.10% support, just above the 3.25% threshold.
Notably, Ofer Vinter's "Amcha Israel" party is failing to cross the electoral threshold in any of the surveyed polls, averaging 2.88% support. Parties led by Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelicha are also projected to fall short of the threshold in some reports.
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