After long months during which Israeli citizens got used to seeing the "Machane HaMamlachti" party leading in polls and becoming the largest party in the Knesset, a new mandate poll published tonight on Channel 12 News presents a turnaround, with the Likud under Netanyahu's leadership once again leading with the largest number of mandates.
According to the poll conducted by the "Midgam" Institute under the leadership of Mano Geva, if the elections were held today, the distribution of mandates would look as follows:
Likud: 28
HaMachane HaMamlachti: 27
Yesh Atid: 18
Shas: 10
Religious Zionist Party + Otzma Yehudit: 9
Torah Judaism: 7
Yisrael Beiteinu: 6
Joint List (Hadash-Ta'al): 5
Meretz: 5
Ra'am (United Arab List): 5
According to the division into blocs:
Coalition bloc: 54 mandates.
Opposition bloc: 61 mandates.
Joint List (Hadash-Ta'al): 5 mandates.