Election Polls Shift: Right-Wing Bloc Gains as Night Progresses
Translated & summarized from Now 14 by baba
Initial election exit polls from Israel's Channel 12 showed a slight lead for the bloc opposing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. However, subsequent updates throughout Wednesday night indicated a shift, with the right-wing bloc gaining strength. The latest projections show the right-wing bloc with 52 mandates compared to 49 for the left-wing bloc, with Arab parties receiving 19 mandates. Similar trends of Likud strengthening were reported by Channels 13 and Kan 11.
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- Initial election polls showed a lead for the anti-Netanyahu bloc, but later updates favored the right-wing bloc.
- The Likud party is projected to win 27 seats, making it the largest party in the updated projections.
- The right-wing bloc is now estimated to have 52 mandates, while the left-wing bloc is projected at 49.
- Arab parties collectively received 19 mandates in the updated projections.
- Updated polls from Channels 13 and Kan 11 also indicated a strengthening of the Likud party.
Initial election exit polls released by Israel's Channel 12 news on Wednesday night initially showed a slight advantage for the bloc opposing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. However, updates throughout the night significantly altered the projected outcome, indicating a strengthening of the right-wing bloc.
The revised projections suggest the Likud party, led by Netanyahu, will secure 27 seats, making it the largest single party. Gadi Eisenkot's Yishar party is projected to receive 21 seats, and Naftali Bennett's Together party is estimated to win 12 seats.
According to the latest figures, the right-wing bloc is now projected to garner 52 mandates, while the left-wing bloc is estimated at 49 mandates. Arab parties collectively received 19 mandates. This shift represents a change from the initial projection of a two-mandate lead for the anti-Netanyahu bloc to a lead for the right-wing bloc.
Similar trends were observed in updated polls from Channel 13 and Kan 11. Channel 13 pollster Smuel Rosner commented on the discrepancy between early surveys and the updated results, noting that while the Likud strengthened, its smaller allied parties appeared to have been "crushed." Kan 11's updated poll also showed the Likud rising to 27 seats, with Yishar at 21, Otzma Yehudit at 6, and Democrats at 9. These updates across the major networks indicate a convergence in the assessment of the Likud's strength, though significant differences in bloc allocations persist.
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