The new political landscape, following the re-election of Nikos Androulakis as leader of PASOK and the exclusion of Stefanos Kasselakis’ candidacy by SYRIZA’s Central Committee, is reflected in the GPO poll presented on STAR’s main news bulletin by Mara Zaharea, with Antonis Papargyris, GPO’s Director of Research.
New Democracy leads with 26.5% in voting intention, maintaining a 12.2-point advantage over PASOK, which is in second place with an increase to 14.3%, up from 11.8% in the previous poll by the same company. In contrast, SYRIZA records a further drop and ranks fifth with 7.6%. The third party is the KKE with 8.3%, followed by the Hellenic Solution with 8.1%. The Voice of Logic holds steady in sixth place with 4.4%, followed by: Plefsi Eleftherias (Course of Freedom) at 3.6%, NIKI at 3%, New Left at 2%, and MeRA25 at 1.5%. The undecided voters stand at 15.7%.
Among all respondents, 60.4% view the outcome of PASOK’s internal elections positively or somewhat positively, while 33.7% hold the opposite opinion. 48.8% believe that Mr. Androulakis will raise the party’s percentages, while among PASOK voters, this estimate rises to 77.3%.
Among SYRIZA voters, 55.4% disagree with the Central Committee’s decision to exclude Stefanos Kasselakis from the internal elections, while 42% agree.
Moreover, 58.6% of SYRIZA voters believe that Mr. Kasselakis should be allowed to run as a candidate, while 37.9% believe he should not be allowed.