The Likud Party would only win 16 seats if elections were held today, according to a poll published by Channel 13 with Benny Gantz’s National Unity the largest party at 38 seats and Yesh Atid with 15.
Additionally, Shas would win nine seats, Otzma Yehudit and Yisrael Beytenu eight each, United Torah Judaism would earn seven seats, Ra’am six, the Religious Zionist Party five, and Meretz and Hadash-Ta’al would win four seats each.The Labor Party and Balad would not pass the electoral threshold, according to the poll, which was published Thursday night.
The poll results would leave the current coalition with 45 seats and the former coalition with 71. Hadash-Ta’al traditionally does not sit in coalitions.
How many seats could Yossi Cohen get?
The poll additionally found that if former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen headed the Likud instead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the party would win 23 seats, while the National Unity Party would fall to 33 and Yesh Atid and Yisrael Beytenu would lose one seat each.
When adjusted for a scenario in which three new parties headed by former prime minister Naftali Bennett, Cohen, and Yair Golan, Bennett’s new party would earn 15 seats, Cohen would earn six seats, and Golan would earn seven seats. In that situation, the National Unity Party would earn 23 seats, the Likud would earn 15 seats, and Yesh Atid would earn 10 seats.