Less than a month to elections

Eisenkot leads, but Netanyahu bloc hits 53

Channel 16 survey shows Eisenkot's party at 21 mandates, Likud at 19, Shas and Otzma Yehudit at 8 each, United Torah Judaism at 7 • Winter and Hendel-Zelikha cross threshold

Gila Isaacson

SEP 30, 2026 19:05

1 min read

A new mandates survey by the Maghar Mochot Institute for Channel 16 presents a striking political picture: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition bloc leads with 53 seats, facing 51 mandates for the opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot. The poll comes with less than a month remaining until election day.

According to the survey data, Eisenkot's "Yashar!" party leads the political map with 21 mandates. Netanyahu's Likud ranks second with 19 seats, while Naftali Bennett's "Yachad" party takes 14 mandates.

In the chareidi and right-wing sector, Shas and Otzma Yehudit each receive 8 mandates. United Torah Judaism stands at 7 seats, and Religious Zionism–Zehut takes 6 mandates. Together, the chareidi parties reach 15 seats.

A central finding in the poll is the entry of Ofer Winter's "Imcha Yisrael" party into the Knesset with 5 mandates. The Hendel-Zelikha list also manages to cross the threshold and receives 4 seats.

On the left and Arab side of the political map: the Democrats party receives 9 mandates. Yisrael Beiteinu and the Joint List each stand at 7 seats, and Ra'am takes 5 mandates.

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