Poll: 'Never Bibi' bloc reaches 62-seat majority

• Published date: 01 March 2021
• Author: David Rosenberg
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

According to the new poll, which was conducted by Panels Politics and published Monday morning on Radio 103FM, if new elections were held today, the left-wing – Arab bloc would win 42 seats. That's up from 40 seats in the previous Panels Politics poll, which was released on February 26th.

The right-wing – religious bloc fell from 59 seats in the previous poll to 58 seats.

The two right-of-center parties who are committed to unseating Netanyahu – New Hope and Yisrael Beytenu – received a total of 20 seats.

The Likud remains the largest party in the Knesset, but according to the new poll it has lost its double-digit lead over its nearest rival, Yesh Atid. While the Likud led Yesh Atid by 12 seats in the previous Panels Politics poll, in Monday's poll the Likud's lead fell to nine seats.

The poll found that if new elections were held today, the Likud would win 28 seats, down from the 36 seats it won last year, while Yesh Atid would win 19 seats.

The New Hope party fell to 13 seats in the new poll, down from 14 in last week's poll, while Yisrael Beytenu held steady at seven seats.

The Joint Arab List received nine seats, while the United Arab List (Ra'am) which split from the Joint Arab List failed to cross the 3.25% electoral threshold.

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