Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party would hold 30 seats if elections were held today, a new poll from Channel 2 found Monday.
Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid was second with 19 mandates, Zionist Union third with 15, while the Joint List gained 12 seats.
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Naftali Bennett's Bayit Yehudi gathered 8 seats, while Moshe Kahlon's Kulanu got 7 seats and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael Beitenu also got 7 seats.
Meretz and Shas both would get five seats, the poll found.