Channel 13 Poll Update Shows Significant Gain for Likud and Right-Wing Bloc
Translated & summarized from Now 14 by baba
An updated Channel 13 poll shows the Likud party gaining significantly, projected to win 27 seats, making it the largest party. The right-wing bloc is projected to secure 62 mandates, aligning with other polls. The final voter turnout was the highest since 2001 at 77.7%. The Central Elections Committee has begun releasing initial results.
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- Channel 13's updated poll projects the Likud party will win 27 seats, a significant increase from earlier projections.
- The right-wing bloc is projected to secure 62 mandates in the updated Channel 13 and Channel 14 polls.
- Final voter turnout reached 77.7%, the highest since 2001, potentially impacting seat distribution.
- Pollster Shlomo Filber suggests Yisrael Beiteinu may fall below the electoral threshold.
- The Central Elections Committee has started releasing initial election results.
An updated poll released by Israel's Channel 13 news overnight showed a dramatic increase in support for the Likud party, projecting it to win 27 seats in the Knesset. This represents a significant jump from an earlier poll by the same network that had placed Likud at only 19 seats. The updated Channel 13 poll also indicated that the right-wing bloc would secure 62 mandates, a figure that aligns with an earlier projection from Channel 14.
The revised Channel 13 numbers show the Likud party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, as the largest party with 27 seats. "Yashar!" led by Gadi Eisenkot is projected to receive 22 seats, "Achva" led by Naftali Bennett 13, the Joint List 11, the Democrats led by Yair Golan 9, Ra'am 7, and Yisrael Beiteinu also 7 seats. Other parties like United Torah Judaism, Otzma Yehudit, Shas, and Religious Zionism are each projected to win 6 seats.
According to this latest update, the coalition and the change bloc each stand at 51 mandates, with Arab parties collectively holding 18. This contrasts sharply with the earlier Channel 13 poll, which had given Likud only 19 seats and projected a 50-seat right-wing bloc, a 12-seat deficit compared to Channel 14's poll.
Pollster Shlomo Filber's updated Channel 14 poll also showed the right-wing bloc at 62 seats, with the left bloc at 40 and Arab parties at 18. In Filber's projection, Likud strengthens to 31 seats, "Yashar!" receives 20, Shas rises to 10, and United Torah Judaism, Religious Zionism, and Otzma Yehudit each get 7 seats. Notably, Filber's poll suggests Yisrael Beiteinu, led by Avigdor Lieberman, falls below the electoral threshold.
Filber commented on the possibility of Lieberman not making it into the next Knesset, suggesting this could increase the right-wing's seat count to 61 or more. The final voter turnout was reported at 77.7% by the Central Elections Committee as of 10 PM, the highest since 2001 and an increase of about 7.1 percentage points from the previous election. This high turnout could impact the distribution of mandates and the chances of smaller parties crossing the 3.25% electoral threshold.
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