Israeli elections are on course for another neck-and-neck fight between incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party and the Center – Left Blue and White alliance led by Benny Gantz, new poll results revealed Thursday.
The right-wing Likud maintains a razor-thin lead according to an i24NEWS – Israel Hayom poll conducted this week.
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Likud is projected to win 31 seats in the Knesset, whereas Blue and White is likely to win 30 seats, the poll shows.
The race seems firmly in the hands of Likud and Blue and White with no other party coming close to their projected Knesset grabs.
Behind the two frontrunners, the Joint Arab List is expected to win a projected 12 seats while the recent left-wing merger between Meretz and the newly formed Israel Democratic Party will secure an estimated 9 seats.
Yisrael Beyenu and Shas are both projected to win 7 seats while New Right, and United Right are expected to take six seats. The struggling Labor party is hovering just above the 3.25% threshold to enter the Knesset with 5 seats.
The poll was conducted by the Maagar Mochot Polling Institute between July 24-July 25 using a structured questionnaire among a representative sample of 776 Israeli voters, allowing for conclusions to be drawn with a +/- 4.3% margin of error.
This article was originally published by i24NEWS.
