The governing conservative New Democracy party is projected to win just over 30% of the vote in the next elections, while left-wing former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ new party has increased its lead over Socialist PASOK to consolidate its position at the head of the opposition, a new poll indicated Thursday.
The Metron Analysis survey for Mega TV projected that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ ND would secure 30.4%, 1.9 percentage points up from the company’s last poll published in June.
Tsipras’ Greek Left Alliance, ELAS, also gained 1.9 percentage points to a projected 17.1%, while PASOK limped in third at 11.4%.
Another fledgling party, rail safety activist Maria Karystianou’s Hope for Democracy, is projected to get 7.5% – down from 10.4% – and the Greek Communist Party follows at 6.2%. Four populist parties, two right-wing and two left-wing, are also projected to cross the 3% Parliamentary threshold.
Tsipras’ former SYRIZA party is projected to get 1.4%.
