Israel set for November election

As Israel heads for its fifth election in less than four years, polls show Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud bloc could win 58 of the Knesset’s 120 seats but remain short of a governing majority


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Likely number of seats
20	Yesh Atid
9	Blue and White
6	Joint List (Arab)
5       Labour
5  	Israel Beiteinu
4  	New Hope
4  	Meretz 

Anti-Netanyahu bloc 53 seats


5  	Yamina 
4 	Ra’am

Uncommitted 9 seats


34   	Likud
9       Religious Zionism
8   	Shas
7       United Torah Judaism

Pro-Netanyahu bloc 58 seats

                                                                                                                                                                                  KNESSET 120 seats 
61 seats needed to form government

                                                                                                      Poll of 505 eligible voters, conducted by Midgam/Mano Geva, June 29. Margin of error: 4.4%


Sources: Reuters, The Times of Israel 
Pictures: Getty Images 
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