New Democracy leads the voting estimate in the Attica region by 14.6 percentage points over the second-placed EL.A.S., according to an Opinion Poll survey for Action24. PASOK has increased its share compared with the previous national elections, when it came fourth behind SYRIZA and the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). It is now the third-largest party, on 10.2%, with a lead of 6.7 percentage points over Alexis Tsipras’s party.

In the voting estimate for the Attica region, New Democracy (ND) stands at 31.5%, EL.A.S. at 16.9%, PASOK at 10.2%, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) at 7.9%, Course of Freedom at 5.9%, Greek Solution at 5%, Elpida at 4.7%, Voice of Reason at 3.4%, MeRA25 at 3.2%, Greeks’ Alliance at 3.2%, SYRIZA at 2%, Niki at 1.1%, and other parties at 5.2%. PASOK’s gains…

In voting intention, ND stands at 26.3%, EL.A.S. at 13.9%, PASOK at 8.6%, KKE at 6.6%, Course of Freedom at 5%, Greek Solution at 4.2%, Hope for Democracy at 4%, Voice of Reason at 2.9%, MeRA25 at 2.7%, Greeks’ Alliance at 2.7%, SYRIZA at 1.7% and Niki at 0.9%. A further 4.4% say they would vote for another party, 3.7% did not answer, while 12.6% are undecided.

In addition, 47.8% favour a single-party government, compared with 45.7% who want a coalition government. Asked which opposition leader could take on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, nearly four in 10 respondents (38.1%) answered “none”. A further 28.2% named Alexis Tsipras, 12% PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis, and 15.1% someone else.

The perceived likelihood of victory strongly favours ND, which scores 64.9%. Just 8.5% name EL.A.S. and 3.6% PASOK.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis remains the most suitable candidate for prime minister, with 30%. “None” follows almost nine percentage points behind, at 21.4%. Alexis Tsipras ranks third, 13.4 percentage points behind Mitsotakis, with 16.6%. Nikos Androulakis receives just 5.5% as the preferred candidate for prime minister, half the share of his party.

Another notable question asked respondents which party they believe will come second. Some 36.9% expect EL.A.S. to take second place, while 28.8% name PASOK. A further 10.4% believe New Democracy will come second.

More than six in 10 respondents (60.2%) believe that Greece’s international standing and defence position have strengthened over the past seven years under a New Democracy government. By contrast, 34.6% say they have not strengthened or probably have not strengthened.

Greek-Turkish relations

Asked about Greek-Turkish relations, 34% of respondents said they were fairly concerned, 14.4% very concerned, 30.1% slightly concerned and 20% not concerned at all.

Cost of living

Asked whether the government had taken sufficient measures to contain the surge in the cost of living, 74.8% answered no, compared with 24.1% who answered yes.

As for the ranking of the country’s main problems, the cost of living remains by far the leading concern, cited by 66.6% of respondents. Low incomes follow at 19.2%, housing and rents at 18.9%, and traffic and parking at 17.5%.

See the Opinion Poll survey for Action24