Two seat polls published after the Likud primaries place the party in first place and Gadi Eisenkot’s "Yashar" party in second. However, the polls show significant differences in the strength of the blocs and in the results of several parties.
In the i24NEWS poll, conducted by Direct Polls, headed by Tzuriel Sharon, Likud gains one seat compared with last week and receives 31 seats. "Yashar" also gains one seat and receives 24, the Democrats rise from 10 to 11, and Naftali Bennett’s "Beyachad" party rises from 8 to 9 seats.
United Torah Judaism and Yisrael Beytenu receive 8 seats each in this poll, after losing one seat each, while Shas remains at 8. Otzma Yehudit drops to 6 seats, while Ra’am, Religious Zionism, and Hadash-Ta’al receive 5 seats each.
According to the poll, the coalition receives 58 seats, the opposition 52, and the Arab parties 10. Below the electoral threshold are Moshe Feiglin’s Zehut, Balad, Yaron Zelekha’s Economic Party, Hilik Tropper and Yoaz Hendel’s Zionist Home, Gilad Erdan’s Unity Party, Blue and White, and Noam LeYisrael.
In a Channel 14 News poll published this evening, Likud receives 32 seats, one seat fewer than in the previous poll. Eisenkot’s "Yashar" receives 24 seats, an increase of one, followed by Shas with 10 seats and the Democrats with 9.
Otzma Yehudit rises by two seats in the poll to 8, Yisrael Beytenu and United Torah Judaism receive 7 seats each, and Religious Zionism remains at 6. Bennett’s "Beyachad" party receives 6 seats, compared with 9 in the i24NEWS poll.
Among the Arab parties, the Channel 14 News poll gives Ra’am 6 seats and Hadash-Ta’al 5. According to the poll, the right-wing bloc stands at 63 seats, the left-center bloc at 46, and the Arab parties at 11 seats.
Below the electoral threshold are Balad with 2.1%, Reservists’ Zionist Home with 1.2%, Zehut with 1.1%, and Ofer Winter with 0.9%. Blue and White receives 0.4% and Gilad Erdan 0.1%.