
Data from a survey conducted by the Direct Polls Institute, headed by Tzuriel Sharon, and published this evening (Thursday) in the i24 channel's "Main Edition", indicates that if the elections were held today, Likud would be the leading party with 31 seats - even after a drop of three seats from the previous survey, conducted a month ago.
Naftali Bennett's party, 'Bennett 2026', is in second place with 18 seats - an increase of one seat from the previous poll.
Those surveyed were asked: If elections were held today and these were the parties running, which party would you vote for?
Likud: 31 seats.
Bennett 2026: 18 seats.
Democrats: 10 seats.
Shas: 10 seats.
United Torah Judaism: 9 seats.
Yisrael Beiteinu: 9 seats.
New party led by Ofer Winter: 7 seats.
Eisenkot's Yashar: 6 seats.
Otzma Yehudit: 6 seats.
Hadash: 5 seats.
Ra'am: 5 seats.
Religious Zionism: 4 seats.
Benny Gantz's Blue and White, Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid, Boaz Hendel's Reservists, and Balad do not pass the threshold.
Divided into blocs: Right-wing bloc - 67, Netanyahu's opponents bloc - 43, Arabs - 10.
Amid the uproar over the victory of Israel-hater Zoharan Mamdani as mayor of New York - 83% of survey participants think Mamdani is anti-Semitic, and 46% said they would prefer to avoid visiting the city during his term. 36% said they would continue to visit it as usual, while 20% said they did not know.
The sample was collected and compiled by Direct Polls Ltd., headed by Tzuriel Sharon, for i24NEWS, on November 6, 2025, using a digital system combined with a panel, among 501 adult sampled individuals (18+) who constitute a representative sample of the general population in Israel. The statistical sampling error is ±4.4% with a probability of 95%.