At present, it appears the political left and right is evenly divided with 60 votes each as the nation prepares for the general election on 10 February. Likud and Kadima also fighting for support as they are in a deadlock for first place, with Likud showing 31 votes vs. Kadima’s 30.
The numbers are based on a poll commissioned by the daily Yisrael HaYom on Wednesday.
The poll, involving 625 adults, representing a cross section of eligible Israelis voters, were asked how they would vote if elections were held today. (margin of error +/- 4%). Parenthesis indicates number of mandates in the current Knesset.
Likud 31 (12)
Kadima 30 (29)
Labor 13 (19)
Shas 10 (12)
Arab parties 10 (12)
Yisrael Beitenu 8 (11)
NRP/National Union 6 (9)
United Torah Judaism 5 (6)
Meretz 5 (5)
Green Party 2 (-)
The Pensioners Party, with 7 mandates in the current Knesset, it not expected to pass the minimum threshold in the upcoming election.
It must be noted that the numbers appearing above from the poll represent figures after the undecided or those refusing to respond were taken out of the picture. They represent 30% of the total number of eligible voters and have the capability of drastically changing the post-election reality in Israel.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
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That represents a big shift to the right. Last election the Left-Right-Arab (anti-zionist only) was 60-50 in favor of the left. Based on the above it would be in favor of the right. If Likud can get the Hareidi parties and Yisrael Beiteinu to tolerate each other, he’ll probably be able to form a right-center government, and at the least Kadima won’t be able to form a government with some religious or nationalist parties, regardless of whether she has support from anti-zionist Arabs.