An analysis of C14’s Likud primaries poll reveals an unprecedented electoral collapse of senior ministers who took a resounding slap from the grassroots. Knesset Member Gadi Yevarkan suffered the worst blow, completely wiped out and locking down 40th place with zero support, while just above him Deputy Knesset Speaker Nissim Vaturi and Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman crashed with meager support of just 18%.
2+Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar took a painful hit to his standing with just 25% support, Social Equality Minister May Golan slid to 24%, and veteran Tourism Minister Haim Katz was pushed back outside the top thirty spots with only 23% of the vote. Knesset Member Keti Shitrit also dragged down with just 16% support, in what appears to be a political housecleaning by Likud’s grassroots.
The voting results reveal a completely reversed reality for those who led a hawkish and uncompromising line. Knesset Member Tally Gotliv recorded a wild turnaround and stormed to first place on the national list with phenomenal support of 52% of voters.
2+Right behind her in second place, Defense Minister Israel Katz earned 45% support, while Knesset Member Moshe Saada locked down third with 41% of the vote—all figures identified with the camp’s sharpest ideological battles.
The tight race at the top produced close and surprising results. Innovation Minister Gila Gamliel took fourth place with 40% support, and Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Boaz Bismuth sealed the top five in fifth place with 37%. At that exact same support percentage are Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli and Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana.
These results make crystal clear that Likud voters and the party’s grassroots handed a resounding red card to some of the veteran senior figures, and signaled to ministers holding prestigious portfolios that the era of automatic political immunity is over.
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