Polls show narrowing SYRIZA-ND narrow gap

Author: newsroom  | Published: January 8, 2015

The polls show that a large portion of undecided voters will decide the outcome of the January 25 elections in Greece

There is a high rate of undecided voters just two weeks and three days prior to the January 25 elections.  Opinion polls place the main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) party ahead in the election race with Alco showing the party 3.3% ahead of the conservative New Democracy (ND) leadership, GPO placing it at 3.2% ahead and Interview estimating a 2% lead.

All three polls on Wednesday showed that citizens are having a difficult time deciding and that there will not be a huge lead for any party. The next Greek Parliament is expected to have seven parties in it, however data so far suggests that the Independent Greeks (ANEL) and the newly-formed Democratic Socialist Movement (KIDISO) of former prime minister George Papandreou will not make it to Parliament.

POLLS

The GPO poll created for MEGA TV found that SYRIZA will gather 28.5% (28% in December), whereas the ND party will gather 25.3% (23.1% in December) with the margin between both parties narrowing to 3.2% from 4.9% in December.

The same poll finds that 13.1% of voters are undecided, whereas 5.8% would vote for Potami, 5.7% would vote for the Greek Communist Party (KKE), 5.4% would vote for the ultranationalist Golden Dawn party, 5% would vote for the socialist PASOK party, 2.7% would vote for ANEL, 2.6% would vote for KIDISO, 2% would vote for LAOS, 1% would vote for ANTARSYA and 2% would vote for another party.

An opinion poll by Alco created on behalf of Pontiki newspaper found that 3.3% would abstain from voting. In Alco’s poll SYRIZA gathered 33.8% support and 30.5% for ND, whereas Potami came third with 4.5%. Other parties: Golden Dawn (4.4%), KKE (4.1%), PASOK (3.9%). Alco found that KIDISO would not make it to Parliament with 2.7% support and 2.4% for ANEL. 3.4% of respondents said that they would vote for another party and 10.3% were undecided.

Interview, on behalf of Vergina TV found that SYRIZA would gather 27.1% of the votes, ND would get 25.1%, Potami would get 6.3%, followed by Golden Dawn at 5.7% and KKE with 4.6% and PASOK at 3.6%. KIDISO lags behind with 2.1% support, followed by ANEL at 1.7% and DIMAR at 0.2%.

Antonis Samaras vs. Alexis Tsipras

Conservative ND Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is considered a suitable Prime Minister by 41% of repondents whereas main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras is considered suitable by only 29%. 41% believe that Mr. Samaras is in a better position to negotiate with Greece’s international creditors.

The GPO poll showed that Mr. Samaras is preferred by 40.3% of respondents, whereas Mr. Tsipras has 34.9% support. The same poll found that 75.7% of respondents believe that Greece should stay in the  euro at any cost.