Direct Poll: Saar fails to pass, Smotrich rises, right-wing bloc strengthens

March 31, 2024   

A special survey by the Direct Polls Institute published this evening (Sunday) in the main edition of Channel 14 shows that about three weeks since he left the "state camp" and only a week after he announced his resignation from the government, MK Gideon Saar's party, the "State Right", does not pass the threshold. In the latest survey by the Direct Polls Institute, the "State Right" party received no less than six seats, but it seems that the momentum has been lost and Saar is returning to the shuffle that characterized his party in the previous election campaign. According to the data from the new survey, the Likud party is the largest party with 24 seats, a decrease of one seat from the previous survey. The state camp of Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot maintains its strength and receives only 22 seats. The Yesh Atid party led by Yair Lapid is strengthening in terms of seats and rising to 13 seats. Aryeh Deri's Shas with 10 seats, as does Otzma Yehudit led by Itamar Ben-Gvir, which is gaining strength in seats. United Torah Judaism maintains its strength with 8 seats and Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beytenu drops another seat and receives only 8 seats. Religious Zionism gains strength with two seats from the previous poll and rises to 6. The poll data also shows that Ra'am remains in the same place with 6 seats and the Labor Party gains strength and rises to 5 seats. Meretz drops and receives 4 seats. Hadash Ta'al with only 4 seats. Balad does not pass the threshold. [Gallery]