The latest Kamil Fuchs poll on the Jerusalem election shows that candidate Minister Ze’ev Elkin has moved ahead, which at this stage is viewed as significant. However, even more significant is that Elkin has a sizable lead in the event of a runoff election.

The poll was conducted between August 13-15, involving 450 adult Hebrew-speaking Jerusalem residents 17 and over. The margin of error is +/- 4.7%.

With 7 contestants in the race:
31.9% Ze’ev Elkin
24.6% Ofir Berkowitz
20.3% Yossi Deutsch
13.0% Moshe Leon
5.8% Rachel Azariya
2.9% Yossi Chavilov
1.4% Avi Salman

Three contestants in the race:
41.2% Elkin
33.8% Berkowitz
25.0% Deutsch

With two contestants:
69% Elkin
31% Deutsch

With two contestants:
61.2% Elkin
38.8 Berkowitz

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)