Data from the mandate survey conducted by the Direct Polls Institute, headed by Zuriel Sharon, and published this evening (Thursday) on the i24 channel, indicates that Naftali Bennett is plummeting and losing two mandates, while Erdan and Edelstein's new party, which was officially announced today, does not pass the threshold.
According to the survey, if the elections were held today, this is what the map of seats would look like: The Likud party would drop by one seat, to 28 seats. The Right would rise by two seats, to 23.
Yair Golan's Democrats remain stable with 10 seats, while United Torah Judaism gains one seat and receives 9 seats.
Yisrael Beiteinu maintains stability with 9 seats. Otzma Yehudit maintains its position with 8 seats. Shas drops by one seat - to 8 seats.
The Joint List increases by one mandate and receives 8.
Naftali Bennett's Together, as mentioned, recorded a sharp decline of two seats, and received only 7.
Religious Zionism remains stable and maintains 5 seats. The Ra'am party also receives the same number of seats, maintaining 5.
Not passing the threshold: Handel and Tropper's Beit Zionist party, Erdan and Edelstein's new party that they announced today, Feiglin's Zehut party, Gantz's Blue and White, Yaron Zelicha's Economic Party, and Avi Maoz's Noam LeIsrael party.
The picture of the blocs: The coalition receives 58 seats - not enough to form a majority, the opposition with only 49 seats, and the Arab parties with 13 seats.
The sample was collected and compiled by Direct Polls Ltd., headed by Tzuriel Sharon, for the i24NEWS channel, on August 6, 2026, using a digital system combined with a panel, among 535 adult respondents (18+) who constitute a representative sample of the general population in Israel. The statistical sampling error is ±4.2% with a probability of 95%.
