Greek Opinion Poll Gives Syriza Clearest Lead This Month Over New Democracy

Reuters, 11/09 18:06 CET

By Renee Maltezou

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s leftist Syriza party has pulled 5 points clear of conservative New Democracy as general elections draw near, according to a poll on Friday that gave the clearest lead to either of the two main rivals in 18 surveys.

The parties have been neck-and-neck in the run-up to the Sept. 20 election, with all other polls published this month showing a gap of 1 percentage point or less.

But Friday’s ProRata poll in left-leaning daily newspaper Efimerida ton Syndakton put Syriza, led by former prime minister Alexis Tsipras, on 28.5 percent and Vangelis Meimarakis’ New Democracy on 23.5 percent.

Other pollsters caution that it is too early to draw conclusions from the data, obtained Sept. 7-9, and that likely patterns will emerge closer to the election, notably because of a large contingent of undecided voters.

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Source: Euronews