12 more days until the elections: A new mandate survey, published tonight (Thursday) on Channel 14, shows that if the elections were held today, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would have 62 mandates to form a right-wing government.
According to the survey data, conducted by the “Direct Falls” Institute, the Likud and Yes Atid parties maintain stability and receive 34 and 23 mandates respectively. The state camp strengthens to 13 mandates, while religious Zionism remains on 12 mandates. Shas wins 9 mandates, and Torah Judaism with 7 mandates.
Yisrael Beitenu drops by one mandate – to 6. The Labor and Meretz parties receive 4 mandates each, as do the Arab parties Hadash-Ta’al and Ra’am. Balad with 2.1% of the votes and the Jewish Home with 1.9% do not pass the threshold.
As mentioned, the right-wing ultra-Orthodox bloc wins a total of 62 seats in the survey. Gush Lapid and the Arab parties – with 58 mandates.