Israeli Politics

Bennett's Party Drops to Six Seats in Poll

Bennett's Yachad party falls to just six Knesset seats in latest survey, while Likud maintains lead with 32 seats and right-wing bloc holds 63-seat majority

Gila Isaacson, Kikar Hashabbat

AUG 19, 2026 07:27

2 min read

A new Channel 14 poll released Tuesday shows former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's Yachad party continuing a sharp decline, dropping to just six Knesset seats, dangerously close to the 3.25% electoral threshold required to enter Israel's parliament.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party maintains its position as Israel's largest political faction with 32 seats, down one seat from the polling institute's previous survey. The Yashar party, led by former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, holds second place with 24 seats, gaining one seat since the last poll.

Among the ultra-Orthodox parties, Shas under Aryeh Deri commands 10 seats, while United Torah Judaism remains stable at seven seats.

The Democrats, also led by Eisenkot, receives nine seats in the survey. Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party shows significant growth, rising two seats to reach eight mandates. Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu weakens to seven seats.

Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionism party holds steady at six seats, unchanged from the previous poll. Mansour Abbas's Ra'am party strengthens to six seats, while the Hadash-Ta'al alliance receives five seats.

Several parties fall below the electoral threshold and would not enter the Knesset under these results: Balad at 2.1%, the Reservists' Zionist Home at 1.2%, Zehut at 1.1%, a party led by Ofer Winter at 0.9%, Blue and White at 0.4%, and a list headed by Gilad Erdan at just 0.1%.

According to the poll's findings, the right-wing bloc strengthens its position with a solid majority of 63 seats, while the opposition "change bloc" weakens to just 46 seats.

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