Opposition holds lead in polls
PR dla Zagranicy
John Beauchamp
27.08.2014 08:08
If the elections to the Polish Parliament were held this month, the opposition conservative Law and Justice party – in an alliance with two smaller conservative parties – would receive 32 percent of the vote.
graphic: PR
Law and Justice entered into an election alliance with two other small conservative parties, Poland Together and United Poland, earlier this summer.
According to a survey carried out by the CBOS Institute, Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s Civic Platform party would gain 26 percent, a drop of three percentage points on last month.
Three other parties would enter the Parliament, including the Democratic Left Alliance with 9 percent. The New Right, led by the controversial right-wing libertarian MEP Janusz Korwin-Mikke would gain 7 percent, while junior coalition partner the Polish Peasant’s Party would gain six percent of the vote.
Maverick MP Janusz Palikot’s party would gain just 4 percent of the vote, not enough to gain seats in the Sejm lower parliamentary house.
Meanwhile, some 11 percent of respondents who declared their willingness to vote stated that they do not have any political preference.
However, only 50 percent of respondents declared that they wanted to cast their ballot if a vote were to take place this month. CBOS informs that this is the worst such figure since January 2010.
CBOS undertook the survey on a representative selection of 980 adult Poles between 19-25 August. (mk/jb)
Source: PAP