Polish ruling party well ahead: poll
PR dla Zagranicy
Grzegorz Siwicki
17.12.2018 07:00
Poland’s ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party is backed by 41.9 percent of voters who say they would take part in parliamentary elections, according to the latest survey by pollster Estymator.
Jarosław Kaczyński, leader of Poland’s ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, speaks at a convention on Saturday. Photo: PAP/Bartłomiej Zborowski
Support for Law and Justice, which swept to power in late 2015, edged up by 1.2 percentage points from a similar survey in November.
Meanwhile, backing for the opposition Civic Coalition, an alliance between the Civic Platform (PO) and Nowoczesna (Modern) parties, rose by 1.7 percentage points to 32.1 percent, the survey found.
The anti-establishment Kukiz’15 group is third on 9 percent, and the rural-based Polish People’s Party (PSL) is fourth on 6.4 percent, according to the survey, which was published by the Do Rzeczy.pl website.
Kukiz’15 saw its support decrease by 2.6 percentage points from the previous poll, while the PSL gained 1.7 points.
The left-wing Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) would also make it into the Sejm, the lower house of parliament, on 6.3 percent.
This last party, which is now outside parliament, saw its support drop by 1 percentage point from the previous survey.
The poll found no other parties would clear the 5 percent support threshold needed to enter parliament.
The survey was conducted on December 12-13 on a nationwide representative sample of 1,032 adult respondents. It does not include responses from undecided voters.
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Source: Polish Radio, PAP