Elections, Polls

New Poll: Gantz, Netanyahu, and Lapid all losing seats

A new poll Kantar poll for Kann shows the big parties losing seats, but both coalitions holding steady.

Israeli elections. Illustration. (Photo: Melinda Nagy/Shutterstock)

A new Kantar poll for Kann released today (Friday) shows the big parties of Gantz, Netanyahu, and Lapid all losing seats - from 23 to 22, 22 to 20, and 16 to 14, respectively.

If the elections were held today, State Camp would receive 22 seats, Likud 20, Yesh Atid 14, Israel Beytenu 13, Otzmah Yehudit, Shas, and the Democrats 10, UTJ 7, Hadash-Ta'al and Ra'am 5, Religious Zionism 4.

Netanyahu's coalition has 51, Gantz's 64, Hadash-Ta'al 5.

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