Greek main opposition SYRIZA has a 5.5 percentage point lead over ruling New Democracy in a new nationwide opinion poll conducted for “Vergina TV” and published on Friday.
Based on the poll results, 30.1% of respondents said they would vote for SYRIZA in the Sunday election, 24.6% for New Democracy, 5.5% for Golden Dawn, 5.0% for “To Potami,” 4% for the Greek Communist Party (KKE), 3.9% for PASOK, 2.2% for the Independent Greeks (ANEL), 1.6% for the Socialist Democrats Movement (KIDISO) and 0.8% for Greens-Democratic Left (DIMAR). A further 4.7% chose a party other than the above, 5.2% said they would cast a blank/invalid vote and the percentage of undecided voters was a significant 12.5%.
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was selected as most suitable for Prime Minister with 38% and SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras with 32%.
The poll was conducted on January 22-23 by telephone interview using a sample of 1,005 people.
In the previous opinion poll for “Vergina TV,” published a week ago, SYRIZA had 30% and a 1.9-point lead over New Democracy, with 28.1%.
(source: ana-mpa)
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