With time running out until the announcement to dissolve the Knesset, on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, KAN11 news released a poll that shows with Likud headed by Gideon Saar and not PM Binyamin Netanyahu, the party receives fewer seats as a result.
The poll was released on Monday evening, showing Likud receives 34 seats if headed by PM Netanyahu while Blue & White receives 35.
Blue & White 35
Likud 34 (Netanyahu)
Joint Arab List 13
Yahadut Hatorah 8
Shas 8
Yisrael Beitenu 7
New Right 6
Labor/Gesher 5
Democratic Camp 4
Bayit Yehudi 0
Otzma Yehudit 0
Right-wing/chareidi bloc: 56
Blue & White 33
Likud 32 (Saar)
Joint Arab List 13
Shas 9
Yahadut Hatorah 8
Yisrael Beitenu 8
New Right 6
Labor/Gesher 5
Democratic Camp 4
Bayit Yehudi 0
Otzma Yehudit 0
Right-wing/chareidi bloc: 55
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)