Poll: Sa’ar-led Likud would emerge weaker, but bolster right-wing bloc

15 December 2019, 9:02 pm

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A Kan public broadcaster poll suggests Likud led by Gideon Sa’ar would emerge weaker after the March elections, but the right-wing bloc would be stronger.

Under Netanyahu, Likud would win 31 seats, compared to 35 for Benny Gantz’s Blue and White. Overall, the bloc of religious and right-wing parties would pick up 53 seats, compared to 59 seats for the center-left and Arab parties. Yisrael Beytenu’s Avigdor Liberman would again emerge as kingmaker, with eight seats.

Under Sa’ar’s leadership, Likud would shrink to 27 seats, compared to 34 for Blue and White. But the right-wing bloc would number 56 seats, while the center-left would pick up 57, with Liberman winning seven seats.