On the Ballot

PM Benjamin Netanyahu's approval ratings remain strong at 35%, while only 9% think New Hope leader Gideon Sa'ar should be prime minister.

Tel Aviv-based 103FM Radio projected the right-wing bloc will secure 47 Knesset seats to the Center-Left's 58. Benjamin Netanyahu will need both Yamina and Ra'am to endorse him as prime minister to receive the mandate to form a coalition.

Benjamin Netanyahu's approval ratings hold steady as 35% of respondents say he is best suited for the role of the prime minister.

So far, surveys have predicted both political blocs will struggle to form a coalition, with Yamina emerging as the party that could tip the scales and determine the character of the next government.

Survey by Tel Aviv-based 103FM Radio gives the right-wing bloc 46 mandates to the Center-Left bloc's 62 – excluding Yamina, which has yet to commit to joining either bloc.

Likud predicted to win 29 seats, with 17 for Yesh Atid and 10 for the Joint Arab List. Poll also asks respondents about their COVID vaccination status, and results show that the more religious they are, the less likely they are to have gotten the vaccine.

Naftali Bennett's party is poised to win 13 Knesset seats to Gideon Sa'ar's 11, cementing Bennett's position as kingmaker in the current political race.

The fate of the future coalition seems to rest in the hands of the smaller parties, most of which are teetering on the brink of the four-seat electoral threshold. In first, Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid and New Hope chief Gideon Sa'ar's approval ratings are tied.

A survey by local radio station 103FM also finds that the prime minister's rivals are edging up in terms of their approval ratings.

While Likud maintains the lead, its chances of putting together a coalition are slim, Channel 12 News poll finds.