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Polls Show Israel’s Knesset Deadlocked, No Majority

By Drooid · Sep 27, 2026, 2:05 PM UTC · How we work

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Knesset Deadlocked

Polls show Israel’s Knesset deadlocked, with neither Netanyahu’s bloc nor the opposition reaching a majority.
Likud is projected at 18-32 seats and Eisenkot’s Yashar at 22-23 seats.
Netanyahu-aligned blocs total 49-63 seats, still below the 61 needed for a majority.
Despite the Central Elections Committee barring the Joint List and Ra’am, polls allocate them 13 seats.
48% of opposition voters prefer the largest opposition list leader to become prime minister.

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Committee Bars Balad

Central Elections Committee voted 31-4 to bar Balad leader Sami Abu Shehadeh from the Oct. 27 election.
Committee also rejected disqualifying the far-right Jewish Power party, approving it by a 19-10 vote.
The 34-member panel is dominated by the governing coalition, giving it a decisive majority.
Legal center Adalah will appeal the rulings when the Supreme Court reviews them next week.

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Historical Context

During Israel’s May 1996 vote, Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud won 32 Knesset seats and beat Shimon Peres by 29,457 votes, while the Supreme Court upheld the Central Elections Committee’s ban on the Kach party for failing the 5 % threshold. Today’s polls project Likud at 18-32 seats, and the committee again bars Balad leader Sami Abu Shehadeh, sparking challenges from Adalah.

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Knesset Deadlocked

Polls show Israel’s Knesset deadlocked, with neither Netanyahu’s bloc nor the opposition reaching a majority.
Likud is projected at 18-32 seats and Eisenkot’s Yashar at 22-23 seats.
Netanyahu-aligned blocs total 49-63 seats, still below the 61 needed for a majority.
Despite the Central Elections Committee barring the Joint List and Ra’am, polls allocate them 13 seats.
48% of opposition voters prefer the largest opposition list leader to become prime minister.

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