TEL AVIV, August 10. /TASS/. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party is projected to win the upcoming parliamentary election, receiving 33 seats out of 120, according to a survey conducted by Next Data on a request from the C14 TV channel.
His main political rival Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party is expected to get 23 seats in the Knesset if elections took place around this time.
A total of 55% respondents support Netanyahu, and 45% - Eisenkot, the television reported.
The survey projects that parties that make up the current ruling coalition, led by Netanyahu, are to get 62 seats in the 120-seat parliament in total. If the elections took place around this time, the premier would have an opportunity to form a coalition and appoint a new government.
Likud had 32 seats in the previous parliament.
