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Israeli Election Poll

Date: April 15, 1999

The following are the results of a survey carried out by Gallup the week of 15 April, 1999 after the Netanyahu-Mordechai television appearance of a representative sample of 600 adult Israelis. Survey error +/- 4.5 percentage points for total results.


First Round

April 14 1999 March 31 1999 March 24 1999 March 17 1999
Netanyahu 36% 36% 38% 36%
Barak 35% 35% 35% 36%
Mordechai 15% 13% 12% 16%
Begin 3% 4% 5% 6%
Bashara 4%



Second Round


Netanyahu - Barak

April 14, 1999 March 31, 1999 March 24, 1999 March 17, 1999
Netanyahu 41% 42% 42% 44%
Barak 48% 45% 45% 47%


Netanyahu - Mordechai

April 14, 1999 March 31, 1999 March 24, 1999 March 17, 1999
Netanyahu 41% 38% 41% 41%
Mordechai 43% 44% 45% 52%


Who won the Netanyahu-Mordechai debate?

Netanyahu 24%
Mordechai 56%
Neither 16%
Don't Know 4%


(Maariv April 15, 1999)