Feb 9 (Reuters) - Israel bans publication of opinion polls in the days before a parliamentary election. Final polls last week showed the opposition Likud with a narrow lead over the ruling Kadima party. Following are poll findings over time:

DATE POLLSTER KAD LIK LAB SHAS HAD/R/B YIS Feb 6 Jerusalem Post/Smith 23 26 16 10 9 18 Feb 6 Haaretz/Dialogue 25 27 14 9 8 18 Feb 6 Maariv/Teleseker 23 26 17 10 10 19 Feb 6 Yedioth/Dahaf 23 25 16 10 9 19 Feb 5 Globes/Geocartographia 23 26 16 10 8 21 Feb 5 Israel Radio/S. Panorama 21 25 16 11 9 16 Feb 4 Maariv/Teleseker 23 27 17 10 8 17 Feb 2 Channel 1/Midgam 23 28 17 10 8 18 Jan 30 Maariv/Teleseker 23 28 17 10 8 16 Jan 29 Haaretz/Dialog 25 28 14 10 9 15 Jan 23 Maariv/Teleseker 24 28 16 9 9 16 Jan 23 Yedioth/Dahaf 25 29 17 10 9 14 Jan 18 Channel 2/Maagar Mochot 23 31 15 12 9 13 Jan 18 Channel 10/Dialog 26 29 14 10 8 14 Jan 9 Maariv/Teleseker 27 29 17 9 10 13 Jan 2 Maariv/Teleseker 28 28 16 11 10 12 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). (Jerusalem newsroom) (For blogs and links on Israeli politics and other Israeli and Palestinian news, go to http://blogs.reuters.com/axismundi)

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