Channel 14 Poll: Liberman's party now third largest

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.