Former Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s centrist National Unity party leads the Likud in two of the three polls released Sunday evening, with the Coalition factions failing to achieve a majority in all three of the polls.
The first poll, conducted by Direct Polls on behalf of Channel 14, gave the most favorable results for the Likud and the Coalition, with the Likud rising from 30 seats in the previous Direct Polls survey, published on April 16th, to 31 seats – down just one seat from the party’s current 32 mandates.
National Unity tumbled slightly in the poll, falling from 29 seats to 28, while Yesh Atid held steady at 14 seats – down from its current 24.
The Coalition as a whole fell six seats in the poll, from 64 in the current Knesset to 58 – an increase of one compared to the previous poll.
Shas and United Torah Judaism held steady at 11 and 7 seats respectively.
Yisrael Beytenu received six seats in the poll, followed by the Religious Zionist Party, the United Arab List (Ra’am) and Hadash-Ta’al with five seats each.
Otzma Yehudit and Meretz barely crossed the 3.25% electoral threshold with four seats apiece, while Labor and Balad both failed to reach the minimum threshold.
The second poll, produced by Kantar for Kan, projected a more lopsided result favoring the left-wing bloc if new elections were held today, with the left-wing – Arab bloc rising from 61 seats in the previous poll, released in late March, to 63 seats, while the right-wing – religious bloc fell from 53 seats to 51. Yisrael Beytenu rose from five seats to six.
National United soared by nine seats in the poll, from 21 to 30, while Yesh Atid sank from 22 to 18. The Likud held steady at 25 seats.
Shas and United Torah Judaism received 10 and 7 seats respectively, the same as in the previous poll, while the Religious Zionist Party alliance with Otzma Yehudit fell from 11 seats to 9.
Labor and Meretz both barely crossed the minimum threshold with four seats each, while Hadash-Ta’al and the United Arab List (Ra’am) each received five seats. Balad did not cross the threshold.
The least favorable poll for the current government was produced by Project Midgam for Channel 13, and projected that the right-wing bloc would win just 49 seats if new elections were held today. That marks a three-seat increase compared to the previous Project Midgam poll, released earlier this month.
The Likud rose from 20 seats to 22, while the Religious Zionist Party alliance with Otzma Yehudit held steady at 11 seats.
Shas and UTJ received nine and seven seats respectively, while Yisrael Beytenu rose by one seat to six mdandates.
National Unity slid by one seat, falling to 28, while Yesh Atid tumbled three mandates, to 18.
Labor failed to cross the minimum threshold, while Meretz received five seats, as did UAL and Hadash-Ta’al. Balad narrowly passed the threshold with four seats.