The joint Likud-Yisrael Beytenu party announced Thursday, October 25 by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (Likud) and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) would win 33 mandates in the upcoming elections, according to a preliminary Internet-based flash poll conducted Thursday, Oct 24 night, The Jerusalem Post said.

According to the flash poll, the results of which are the first to be released since the party merger was announced, Center-Left parties Labor and Yesh Atid would pose an electoral threat to the new mega-party with a combined 45 mandates.