Israeli election poll: Blue and White party leads as coalition struggles to gain majority

After several days of political turmoil and against the background of impending renewal of the legislative reforms, another election survey was conducted on Sunday evening on Channel 12 News.

According to the survey, the Blue and White party led by Benny Gantz continues to lead with 28 mandates.

The ruling Likud party is slightly behind with 27 mandates. Yesh Atid, the opposition party [led by Yair Lapid], achieved 18 mandates. The Religious Zionist party, together with Otzma Yehudit, stands at 10 mandates, as does Shas, the party led by Arye Deri.

United Torah Judaism has seven mandates, while Yisrael Beytenu and Ra'am have six mandates each and Hadash-Ta'al and Meretz have four seats. Those who did not pass the threshold this time are Balad, and the Labor Party led by Merav Michaeli.

The current opposition stands together with 62 mandates, while the coalition has only 54 mandates (Hadash-Ta'al with four mandates). 

Suitability for prime ministership

In terms of suitability for the position of prime minister, Benny Gantz at 39% compared to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 21% responded "none of them" and 5% said they "don't know." 

Against Lapid, on the other hand, Netanyahu stands at 38% compared to Yair Lapid's 29%. 26% responded "none of them" and 7% said they "don't know."

Regarding the willingness to support the move of Lapid and Gantz to join the government and the establishment of a unity government led by Netanyahu, 48% opposed, 29% supported and 23% responded that they "don't know."