The right-wing bloc could form a stable, 62-MK coalition if all its members align with Likud, a poll that aired on Tel Aviv-based 103FM Radio projected Tuesday.
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Israelis will head to the polls on March 23 for the fourth time in two years. With polls predicting a tight race and significant difficulties both political blocs will have to overcome to cobble together a government, many political pundit have said that Israel may be facing another series of back-to-back elections.
According to 103FM Radio, were the elections held at this time, Likud would win 28 Knesset seats, followed by Yesh Atid (20), Yamina (11), New Hope (10), the Joint Arab List (8), Yisrael Beytenu (7), United Torah Judaism (7), Shas (7), the Religious Zionist Party (5), Labor (5, Meretz (4), Blue and White (4) and Ra'am (4).
As in all polls held since the election campaign was called, the Economic party fails to cross the four-seat electoral threshold.
With the elections just around the corner, Economic party leader Yaron Zelekha, formerly the Finance Ministry's accountant-general, has been facing growing criticism over the fact that he insists on staying in the race despite the fact that he will clearly not get elected, thus causing precious votes to go to waste.
The poll's results give the right-wing bloc 47 seats, and the Center-Left bloc 58, excluding Yamina and Ra'am as they could side with either political side.
However, Likud would need both to endorse Benjamin Netanyahu as the next prime minister for him to receive the mandate to form a coalition.
As Yamina leader Naftali Bennett has repeatedly pledged that he plans to unseat Netanyahu, it is unclear whether he will renege on his campaign promise.
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