JERUSALEM, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak's Labour party has rallied ahead of a Feb. 10 election though it still trails the right-wing Likud and ruling, centrist Kadima, an opinion poll showed on Thursday.

The findings appeared to reflect public confidence in Barak, a former prime minister and armed forces chief, as Israel pressed an a 6-day-old offensive in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

DATE POLLSTER KAD LIK LAB SHAS HAD/R/B YIS Jan 1 Haaretz/Dialog 27 32 16 9 8 11 Dec 25 Haaretz/Dialog 26 30 11 13 8 11 Dec 19 Maariv/Teleseker 30 30 12 9 10 12 Dec 11 Maariv/Teleseker 28 31 12 9 10 11 Dec 10 Yedioth/Dahaf 24 31 11 11 10 10 Dec 10 Haaretz/Dialog 27 36 12 9 11 9 Dec 1 Israel Hayom/New Wave 26 35 8 10 10 10 Nov 25 Channel 1/Geocartography 25 37 7 11 N/A 8 Nov 20 Haaretz/Dialog 28 34 10 10 11 10 Nov 20 Yedioth/Dahaf 26 32 8 11 11 9 Oct 31 Jerusalem Post/Smith 27 27 14 11 10 11 Oct 30 Haaretz/Dialog 31 31 10 10 11 11 Oct 28 Geocartography/Channel 1 32 28 10 9 10 9 Oct 27 Yedioth/Dahaf 29 26 11 11 10 9 Oct 27 Maariv/TNS Teleseker 31 29 11 8 11 11 Aug 1 Haaretz/Dialog 26 25 14 11 11 11 Aug 1 Yedioth/Dahaf 29 30 14 10 10 8 Aug 1 Maariv/TNS Teleseker 20 33 17 9 10 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 2006 election 29 12 19 12 10 11 NOTES: Table shows number of parliamentary seats, which are assigned in proportion to the number of votes. Parties listed in table: Kadima (KAD), Likud (LIK), Labour (LAB), Shas (SHAS), Hadash/United Arab List/Balad (HAD/R/B), Yisrael Beitenu (YIS).

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