An election poll released on Tuesday night by Israel News13 shows that the left-wing/centrist bloc has reached 60 seats. The right-wing/chareidi bloc has only 52 seats.

Blue and White 37
Likud 33
Joint Arab List 13
Yisrael Beitenu 8
Yahadut Hatorah 7
Shas 6
New Right 6
Labor/Gesher 5
Democratic Camp 5
Bayit Yehudi does not pass minimum electoral threshold.

Blocs:
Left-wing/centrist 60
Right-wing/chareidi 52
Avigdor Lieberman 8

If Gideon Saar stands at the head of Likud:
Blue and White 33
Likud 29
Bayit Yehudi passes electoral threshold.

Blocs: (Exactly what the blocs are today)
Left-wing/centrist 57
Right-wing/chareidi 55
Avigdor Lieberman 8

In a directly related matter, Likud MK Keti Shitrit tweets: The cost of the election is NIS 706 million, and if one includes the other costs [including to the economy] the cost reaches NIS 2.5 billion. This is roughly the equivalent of the budget for the Ministry of Science.

עלות ישירה של בחירות היא כ-706 מיליון ש”ח, ואם נוסיף את העלויות הנלוות לבחירות עצמן, נראה שעלותן מסתכמת בכ-2.5 מליארד ש”ח. סכום השקול בערך לתקציב משרד המדע. בואו ונעצור את הטלטלה הפוליטית הזו. @gantzbe ו-@yairlapid מספיק עם המשחקים והספינים. ישראל לפני הכל אמרתם לא?

— Keti Shitrit קטי שטרית (@shitrit_keti) December 11, 2019

News12 on Tuesday night reported a clear victory for MK Benny Gantz and his Blue & White party in another round of elections. One is reminded Yair Lapid announced he has dropped his demand to rotate the premiership with Gantz, a move that seems to have brought additional votes to the party. The News12 report did not release numbers.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)