Ofer Winter falls below electoral threshold two weeks before vote | i24NEWS Poll
With the campaigns in the final stretch, the Amcha party failed to reach the required 3.25% electoral threshold
Exactly two weeks before the 2026 elections, the campaigns are entering the final stretch: candidates from all blocs are attacking each other, appearing at conferences, and the picture in the polls is changing.
i24NEWS published its latest polls on Tuesday conducted in collaboration with "Direct Polls" headed by Zuriel Sharon.
The Amcha Israel party led by Ofer Winter, which in previous polls received four mandates, did not pass the electoral threshold.
If the elections for the 26th Knesset were held today, the Likud party would receive 27 seats, while Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party came in second place with 21 seats, both seeing an increase of one seat compared to last week.
In third place is Naftali Bennett with the B'Yachad party, showing an increase of two seats, reaching 13 seats. The Otzma Yehudit party, led by Itamar Ben Gvir, received 9 seats and maintains stability. The Democrats party, led by Yair Golan, also receives 9 seats, a decrease of one seat compared to last week.
Several parties had no change in seats, United Torah Judaism received 8 seats; while Shas, Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu and the Joint List, all held on to their 7 seats from last week. In contrast, the Ra'am party saw a rise of one seat and received 6 seats.
The list is closed out by the Religious Zionism and Zehut party with 6 seats.
Ofer Winter, with the Amcha party, failed to pass the electoral threshold, receiving only 3.1%, while the required threshold is 3.25%. The Milleuimnikim (Reservists) and the Economic parties also do not pass the threshold, receiving only 2.2%.
Blue and White, Black Color - Magen Olam HaTorah, Noam, Achi, the Haredi Public, and Israel First–Ale Yarok all received less than one percent andfailed to pass the threshold.
The situation among the political blocs changes significantly following Winter's drop, with the coalition bloc receiving 57 seats, compared to 60 seats in the previous poll. The change bloc receives 50 seats, compared to 48 last week, and the Arab parties stand at 13 seats, an increase of one seat compared to last week.
The sample was collected and conducted by Direct Polls Ltd., headed by Zuriel Sharon, for i24NEWS channel, on October 13, 2026, using a digital system in conjunction with a panel, among 1,210 adult respondents (18+) constituting a representative sample of the general population in Israel. The statistical sampling error is ±2.8% with a probability of 95%.