New Poll Puts Likud at 30 Seats and Netanyahu’s Bloc at 62

A NEXT DATA survey conducted on October 19 projects 30 Knesset seats for Likud, compared with 29 in the preceding survey, and 19 for Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar, down from 22. Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc reaches 62 seats, up from 61. Other Jewish opposition parties receive 45 seats, while Arab parties hold 13. In a separate head-to-head question on suitability for prime minister, Netanyahu leads Eisenkot by 54% to 46%, compared with 51% to 49% previously. The survey sampled 454 adults, with data analyzed by Shlomo Filber.