New Poll Shows Gantz Continuing to Hold Lead Over Likud

The National Unity party, headed by MK Benny Gantz, would win 27 seats if elections were held today, while the Likud Party headed by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu would win 26 seats, according to a new poll published by Ma’ariv on Friday.

The poll additionally found that Yesh Atid would win nineteen seats, Shas would win nine seats, the United Torah Judaism party would win seven seats, Meretz, Hadash-Ta’al and Yisrael Beytenu would each win six seats, the Religious Zionist Party and Otzma Yehudit would each win five seats and Ra’am would win four seats. The Labor Party would not pass the electoral threshold.

The poll results leave the current opposition with 68 MKs (although Hadash-Ta’al does not traditionally sit in coalitions and is usually counted as its own bloc in polls) and the current coalition with 52 MKs.

Earlier last week, a poll by Channel 12 found that the National Unity party would win 28 seats, while the Likud would win only 24 seats.

That poll left the current coalition with 52 seats and current opposition with 68 seats as well.

Additionally, a poll by Channel 14 last week found that the Likud would win 30 seats, the National Unity party would win 29 seats, Yesh Atid would win 14 seats, Shas would win 10 seats, the United Torah Judaism party would win seven seats, Yisrael Beytenu would win six seats, the Religious Zionist party, Ra’am and Hadash-Ta’al would win five seats each and Otzma Yehudit and Meretz would win four seats each.

The Channel 14 poll left the current coalition with 57 MKs and the current opposition with 63 MKs.