A shake-up on the left: Yair Lapid fails to pass the electoral threshold, Eisenkot strengthens to 13 seats

Haredim 10
April 16, 2026   
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Data from a mandate survey conducted by Shlomo Filber and published this evening (Thursday) on Channel 14 indicates that the Right-wing bloc continues to receive 65 mandates.

According to the survey data, Likud is the largest party with 35 seats - followed by Gadi Eisenkot's "Yashar" party with 13 seats, one more than last week's survey.

The Joint List increases in mandates - to 12 seats. Deri and Bennett also increase in mandates, receiving 11 seats each. Yair Golan's Democratic Party continues with 10 seats.

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Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu party with 9 seats, and United Torah Judaism, which is down by one seat and stands at 8 seats. Otzma Yehudit with 7 seats.

The list is closed by Religious Zionism with 4 seats.

Yesh Atid does not pass the threshold, receiving only 2.91% of the vote. The Blue and White party led by Benny Gantz also does not pass the threshold, receiving 1.21% of the vote.

Distribution of blocs: 65 seats for the right-wing bloc, 43 for the left-wing bloc, and 12 for the Arab parties.

On the question of suitability for the premiership, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads with 52% support. He is followed by Gadi Eisenkot with 21% support. Naftali Bennett is in third place with 18%. The other candidates receive significantly lower support: Avigdor Lieberman with 5%, Yair Lapid with 3% and Benny Gantz with only 1%.

The survey, with the participation of 511 adults from the general population, was conducted today, April 16, 2026. Data analysis: Shlomo Filber


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