Were a general election called at this time, Likud would emerge as the strongest party and Yamina would retain it position, with the political blocs still tied, a Channel 13 News poll projected on Monday.
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The survey gave the Likud 36 Knesset seats, followed by Yesh Atid (20), Labor (10), the Joint Arab List (8), Blue and White (7), Sephardi ultra-Orthodox party Shas (7) Ashkenazi Haredi party United Torah Judaism (7), Yamina (6), Religious Zionist Party (6), Meretz (5), Yisrael Beytenu (4), and Ra'am (4).
Gideon Sa'ar's New Hope party would fail to cross the four-seat electoral threshold.
These results still see the Right and Left blocs on even footing, with 56 Knesset seats each.
Asked whether they would prefer to let the current coalition live out its term or call an early election, 51% of respondents favored letting the Bennett-Lapid government stand, 40% thought it would be best to call for an early elections, and 9% were undecided.
On the issue of whether Shas and United Torah Judaism should join the coalition if the state budget is passed, 20% said there were in favor of the move, 63% said the Haredi parties should remain in the opposition and 17% were undecided.
Under Israeli law, if a government is unable to pass the annual budget within 100 days of its formation the Knesset must dissolve and new elections must be held.
The current government must vote on the budget by Nov. 14.
Asked who is best suited to be the prime minister, 23% of respondents named Yamina head Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, 22% favored Foreign Minister and PM-designate Yair Lapid, 45% said neither should be prime minister, and 10% were undecided.
As for whether Bennett should uphold the rotation agreement that would see him step aside in the summer of 2023 and install Lapid as prime minister, 62% said the deal must be honored, 23% said that deal should be sidelined and the government should be dissolved, and 15% were undecided.
The Midgam polling institute survey included 701 respondents ages 18 and over, 601 Jews and 100 non-Jews, and has a statistical margin of error of 3.8 percentage points.
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