Likud weakened, Balad and Shaked under the blockade: Is there a decision between the blocs?

September 28, 2022   

33 days to the elections for the 25th Knesset: The first mandate survey in 2018 by the Midgam Institute headed by Mano Geva, published this evening (Wednesday) in the main edition of News 12, shows that the Likud, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, is weakening by two mandates, but is still the largest party - with 32 mandates. The Yesh Atid party is strengthening by a mandate and receives 24 mandates according to the survey. The State Camp party, led by Benny Gantz, is also strengthening by a mandate and rises to 13 mandates. The party of Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir is also strengthening by a mandate and rises to 12 mandates. Aryeh Deri's Shas receives 8 mandates, United Torah Judaism 7 mandates, Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu with 6 mandates, and Meretz led by Zehava Galon - 5 mandates. Labor, led by Merav Michaeli, also receives 5 seats. And how did the split in the Joint List affect it? Hadash and Ta'al, led by MK Ayman Odeh, receive only 4 seats in the current poll. Ra'am, led by Mansur Abbas, is weakened by a seat and receives 4 seats and is close to the blocking percentage. Jewish Home, led by Ayelet Shaked, drops and receives only 1.6% - far from the blocking percentage. Balad Party, led by MK Sami Abu-Shehadeh - with only 1.1%. According to the poll, Netanyahu's bloc is moving away from the 61st seat, and in the current poll receives only 59 seats - one seat less than in the previous poll. Lapid's bloc, which includes Ra'am, Ayman Odeh and Ahmed Tibi, receives 61.