A volatile political landscape in which SYRIZA has a marginal lead was revealed by opinion polls published over Saturday and Sunday, which converged in showing that an absolute Parliamentary majority for any single party in next week’s is extremely unlikely.
Based on a Kapa Research poll in Sunday’s ‘Vima’, SYRIZA is ahead by just 0.5 pct with 26.7 pct of voter preference, followed by New Democracy with 26.2 pct. Golden Dawn ranks third with 7 pct, PASOK-DIMAR follow with 6.1 pct, Communist Party of Greece (KKE) with 5.9 pct, Potami with 5 pct, Popular Unity with 4.2 pct, Centrists Union with 3.6 pct and Independent Greeks with 3.1 pct. The unspecified vote stands at 10.2 pct.
An Alco poll in ‘Proto Thema’ gives SYRIZA a 0.7-point lead but smaller vote share at 25.4 pct, followed by New Democracy with 24.7 pct. Golden Dawn ranks third with 6.4 pct, KKE follows with 6.2 pct, PASOK-DIMAR with 5.1 pct, Potami with 4 pct, Centrists Union with 3.9 pct, Popular Unity with 3.4 pct and lastly Independent Greeks with 2.6 pct, leaving them outside Parliament. The unspecified vote stands at 10.4 pct.
An MRB poll in ‘Real News’ puts SYRIZA ahead with a 0.4 -point lead at 25.9 pct, followed by New Democracy with 25.5 pct. Golden Dawn ranks third with 6.1 pct, KKE follows with 5.7 pct, PASOK-DIMAR with 5.3 pct, Potami with 4.9 pct, Centrists Union with 3.9 pct, Popular Unity with 3.2 pct and lastly Independent Greeks with 2.6 pct, leaving them outside Parliament. The unspecified vote stands at 14.1 pct of the sample.
A poll by Public Issue in the Sunday issue ‘Avgi’ ties SYRIZA and New Democracy with 31 pct each. PASOK-DIMAR move up to third place with 8 pct, followed by Golden Dawn with 7 pct, KKE follows with 6.5 pct, Potami with 4.5 pct, Popular Unity with 4 pct, Centrists Union with 3 pct, and lastly Independent Greeks with 2 pct, leaving them outside Parliament.
RASS’s opinion poll in PARON shows SYRIZA squeezing ahead of ND with 27.4 pct against ND’s 27.1 pct, followed by Golden Dawn with 6.4 pct, KKE with 5.5 pct, PASOK-DIMAR with 4.8 pct, Potami with 3.8 pct, Centrists Union with 3.3 pct, Popular Unity with 3 pct and Independent Greeks with 2.3 pct. The unspecified vote is 13.1 pct.
Polls published on Saturday also showed SYRIZA ahead by a very slight margin, ranging from 0.2-1 percentage points ahead of New Democracy, with both parties seen getting between a quarter and third of the vote.