MRB recorded PASOK’s drop to third place in its first poll of 2026, presented on OPEN TV’s main news bulletin. The main opposition party loses half a percentage point in voting intention and 0.8 points in estimated vote, ending up tied with Hellenic Solution in third place, behind Course of Freedom, which gains four points compared to the same company’s survey in November.

PASOK’s decline coincides with the continued weak polling performance of Nikos Androulakis, who scores just 4.4% on suitability for prime minister, while PASOK stands at 12.7% in estimated vote. As MRB’s Dimitris Mavros said during the presentation, Mr. Androulakis manages to rally only one in three PASOK voters.

New Democracy (ND), with a marginal increase of 0.1 points, expands its lead from 15.6 to 16 points, while Kyriakos Mitsotakis receives 23.2% on suitability for prime minister. Zoe Konstantopoulou follows in second place with 10.7%. After PASOK’s further decline—to 9.7% in voting intention—Course of Freedom is the only opposition party to record even a marginally double-digit percentage (10.1%) in voting intention.

Maria Karystianou and the Tsipras party

The company measured positive opinions of Maria Karystianou at 41.7%, with negative views reaching 47.1%. Although 69.3% disagree with her position calling for “public consultation” on abortion, a notable 19.6% say they “definitely” or “probably” agree with her, despite the fact that only 11.2% believe there should be a general ban on abortions.

In this context, the “hard core” of the potential vote for a “Karystianou party” reaches 12.3%, up two points compared to the previous measurement, as MRB CEO Dimitris Mavros said during the presentation. Total potential vote stands at 32.4%. Meanwhile, 30.6% say that a Karystianou party “could unite voters to the left of ND and become ND’s main rival with a chance of winning elections,” compared with 19.1% for a Tsipras party and 17.8% for PASOK under Nikos Androulakis.

At the same time, 41.1% say they consider it realistic for her party to be formed without the participation of former or current politicians, while 57.9% state that the call for “justice” she expresses stems from a personal moral stance.

Potential vote for a Tsipras party stands at 20.4%, showing a small but steady downward trend since May 2025, when MRB began measuring it. The core (“I would definitely vote for it”) of the potential vote for the former prime minister’s party is at 7.1%.