From Votes to Seats: Inside Israel’s Election Polling System...

Two polls published four days apart provided Israelis with updated snapshots of party support ahead of elections. The article examines Israel’s proportional representation system and the formulas used to translate raw votes into Knesset seats.

Parties must surpass the electoral threshold to gain representation, after which the Bader-Ofer method distributes remaining mandates. The piece outlines how small shifts in polling can produce larger changes in final seat counts.