A new Kan Reshet Bet poll conducted after the Likud primaries shows Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party leading with 24 Knesset seats, overtaking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud at 23. Naftali Bennett's Be'yachad stands at 14, the Democrats at 10, Yisrael Beiteinu and Otzma Yehudit at 9 each, UTJ at 8, Shas at 7, Hadash-Ta'al at 6, and Ra'am and Religious Zionism at 5 each.
The Kan Reshet Bet poll, published Wednesday after the Likud primary elections, is the first major survey since the primaries and reveals a shift in the political landscape: Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party leads with 24 seats, edging out Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud at 23. Earlier polls this summer, as reported by The Zioneer, consistently showed Likud ahead with margins ranging from 23 to 33 seats, while Yashar polled between 20 and 23. Naftali Bennett's Be'yachad, which had reached 17 seats in some June surveys, drops to 14 — its weakest showing in recent months. The right-wing bloc comprising Likud, Otzma Yehudit, Religious Zionism, UTJ, and Shas totals 52 seats; the opposition and center-left bloc including Yashar, Be'yachad, Democrats, Yisrael Beiteinu, and Hadash-Ta'al reaches 63. Hadash-Ta'al and Ra'am both cross the electoral threshold, at 6 and 5 seats respectively. The poll comes amid ongoing coalition negotiations and internal Likud dynamics following the party's primaries.
- DevelopingN12 poll: Eisenkot's Yashar leads with 24 seats, Likud second with 23
- StrongN12 poll: Likud and Yashar tied at 23 seats, Bennett drops to 14
- StrongChannel 13 poll: Yashar leads with 22 seats, blocs tied at 53
- DevelopingChannel 13 poll: Eisenkot overtakes Bennett at 20 seats, Bennett 17, Netanyahu 22
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