Israeli Exit Polls Project Parliamentary Deadlock Ahead of Elections
Major Israeli exit polls project a political deadlock, with the change bloc holding 52-53 mandates and Netanyahu's bloc at 50 seats, while several new factions fail to clear the threshold.
Recent exit polls broadcast by major Israeli television channels project a deadlock in the political landscape ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections, with neither the anti-Netanyahu bloc nor Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition securing a clear majority.
According to Israeli media, the change bloc stands at 52 mandates, while the Netanyahu-led bloc reaches 50 seats, with Arab parties securing 18 mandates. The Likud party emerges as the largest faction with 24 seats, followed closely by Yashar! with 22 mandates and BeYachad with 12 seats. Additional projected figures include the Joint List with 11 mandates, The Democrats and Yisrael Beytenu with 9 seats each, and United Torah Judaism alongside Ra'am securing 7 mandates each. Shas and Religious Zionism are projected at 6 seats each.
Channels 13 and Kan 11 project a similar distribution, giving the change bloc 53 mandates and the Netanyahu bloc 50 seats, with Arab parties polling at 17 mandates. In these projections, Likud secures 25 mandates, while Yashar! holds between 21 and 23 seats, and BeYachad reaches 14 mandates.
Several prominent new lists, including Amcha Yisrael led by Ofer Winter, the reservist-economic alliance of Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelecha, and the HaTzibur HaHaredi Party, failed to cross the electoral threshold in all major exit polls.
