Poll: Blue and White expected to gain 37 seats, Likud drops to 33
With Netanyahu heading the Likud the party receives more seats but the right-bloc falters, while Sa'ar leading the party would have fewer votes but the bloc gets strengthened.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFFIF IT takes another round of elections to get the Likud to act, let it be. (photo credit: REUTERS)
Blue and White are expected to gain 37 Knesset seats in a third round of elections, while the Likud, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drops to 33 seats, according to a Channel 13 poll.The Joint List is still expected to receive 13 seats, while Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael Beytenu would have 8 seats.United Torah Judaism is expected to have 7; Shas 6; New Right 6; Labor-Gesher 5; Democratic Union 5. The Union of Right-Wing Parties is not expected to pass the threshold.According to the numbers in the poll, the Center-Left camp would have 60 seats, the Right would have a total of 52, while Liberman remains n the middle with his 8 seats.In case Likud MK Gideon Sa'ar leads the Likud in the upcoming elections, the party drops to 29 seats, while the right-bloc gets strengthened.In such a case, Blue and White are expected to have 35 seats; Sa'ar's Likud 59; Joint List 13; Yisrael Beytenu 8; UTJ 7; Shas 7; New Right 7; URP 5; Democratic Unjion 5; Labor-Gesher 4.The results mean that the Center-Left will have a total of 57 seats, the Right will have 55 and Liberman once again in the middle with his 8 seats.
