A Channel 13 poll published Wednesday projects that the bloc of parties supporting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will win 54 seats, narrowly leading the bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot, which receives 52 seats. However, Likud drops to 18 seats, one fewer than in the previous poll and its lowest tally in recent months.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism party and Ofer Winter’s Am Yisrael party each gain two seats. Arab parties win 14 seats.
According to the poll, Eisenkot’s Yashar party is the largest with 22 seats, followed by Likud with 18. Naftali Bennett’s Beyachad party drops by one seat to 12, while The Democrats maintain their strength with 10 seats. Otzma Yehudit receives eight seats, down one from the previous poll. Religious Zionism, Yisrael Beiteinu and the Joint List also receive eight seats each.
United Torah Judaism holds seven seats, one fewer than the previous poll, as does Shas. Ofer Winter’s Am Yisrael party takes six seats, matching Ra’am. Parties failing to cross the electoral threshold include HaMiluimnikim led by Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha (3.1 percent) and Blue and White (0.8 percent).
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The poll was conducted by HaMadad (Shmuel Rosner, Noah Slepkov) in cooperation with Stat-Net (Yousef Maklada), HaMidgam Project (Dr. Ariel Ayalon) and Askaria (Dudi Dror). 886 people responded to the poll, and the margin of error is 3.3 percent.