The latest poll count ahead of the Greek elections on September 20 is tightening with the difference between the two major parties being a close call. The latest round of polls show some voters deserting the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA), putting the conservative New Democracy main opposition leader Evangelos Meimarakis slightly ahead.

SYRIZA is taking consolation from the fact that there is still a huge portion of undecided voters, whereas the flow from the party to Panagiotis Lafazanis’ anti-austerity popular unity party is moving at low levels.

Polls so far are on a knife’s edge, indicating that victory during the snap elections will be a close call, however there is another derby also taking place – that of third place. Most polls show the ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn party slightly ahead after centrist Potami presented a slight drop. The performance of socialist PASOK with Fofi Gennimata as the leader still remains to be seen with contradictory results in different polls.

Lafazanis’ newly registered party also has cause for optimism with results at around 4-5%.

Pulse

A recent poll by Pulse, published on Thursday, showed SYRIZA at 25.5% clinging to a slim 0.5% lead ahead of the ND party at 25%.

A surprise in the poll was the popularity of Meimarakis who took the reigns of the conservative party’s leadership in July. The ND leaders had 44.3% popularity ahead of Tsipras 41.9%.

The once-adored PM, Greece’s youngest, is now disapproved of by a majority of Greece after doing the opposite of what he pledged and bowing down to creditors’ tough bailout demands without any form of relief for a crippled nation.