A poll conducted by Shlomo Filber for DirectPlus polling for Channel 14 shows an upheaval among Arab parties, with Balad passing the electoral threshold at the expense of Hadash-Ta’al.
In addition, Israel Beiteinu is now the third largest party, with 11 seats to Yesh Atid’s 10.
The full numbers:
State Party maintains its strength with 27 seats, the same as last week.
Likud – 24 (-1)
Israel Beiteinu – 11 (+1)
Yesh Atid – 10 (-4)
Shas – 10 (+1)
Oztmah Yehudit – 10 (+1)
UTJ – 8
Meretz – 6 (+2)
Religious Zionism – 5 (same as last week)
Ra’am - 5
Balad – 4
Hadash-Ta’al fall below the electoral threshold due to Balad’s 4.
The coalition bloc gets 57 seats per this poll, and the center-left bloc gets 54 seats. The Arab parties hold the balance with 9 seats.
The poll was conducted on Tuesday with over 20,000 participants, and was broadcast on Channel 14.