The upcoming general elections will not have a clear winner and there is no chance of a party forming an independent government, according to a survey conducted by Kapa Research for the Sunday edition of To Vima.
When asked if the elections took place today, which party they intend to vote for, the respondents as following:
- SYRIZA – 27.3%
- New Democracy – 24.2%
- Golden Dawn – 6.8%
- The River – 5.5%
- KKE – 5.0%
- Independent Greeks – 3%
- PASOK – 4.3%
- Popular Union – 4.8%
- Union of Centrists – 3.3%
- Other party – 2.6%
- Undecided – 13.2%
When asked, irrespective of which party they vote for, which party they believe will come first, 56.5% responded SYRIZA, 22.7% New Democracy, 2.3% other party and 18.5% were undecided. The voters also support the formation of coalition governments, with 41.3% wanting a SYRIZA-led coalition, 34.6% a New Democracy-led government and 24.1% being undecided.
When asked which party they want to win the election, 31.7% of respondents answered SYRIZA, 26.4% New Democracy, 17.1% an other party and 24.8% were undecided. Voters believe that SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras is a more suitable Prime Minister (40.5%) than New Democracy’s Evangelos Meimarakis (33.1%), while 22.2% believe neither of them is suitable.
Although the popularity of Alexis Tsipras has waned he still remains the more popular leader with a 45.6% approval rate, followed by New Democracy’s provisional leader Evangelos Meimarakis with 42.4%, The River’s Stavros Theodorakis with 34.9%, PASOK president Fofi Gennimata with 31.7%, Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos 26.2%, KKE general secretary Dimitris Koutsoumpas with 22.9%, Popular Union leader Panagiotis Lafazanis 19.2% and Golden Dawn’s Nikos Michaloliakos with 11.5%.
Overall, the respondents believe that things are moving in the wrong direction (67.3%), with only 21.9% believing that things are going in the right direction. The overwhelming majority believed that the recent bailout agreement was necessary (70.4%), while 20.6% are against the deal and in favor of a return to the drachma.
As for the negotiations that resulted in the third bailout agreement, the overall sentiment amongst voters is that the negotiations were negative (57.5%), however a 40.4% of the survey’s respondent have a positive impression of the government’s negotiations.
Finally, when asked whether the Prime Minister was right to call elections after loosing the majority in Parliament, 50.7% argue that it was possible for Mr. Tsipras to have formed a new government from the existing Parliament, while 42.8% believe that he had no other option than calling the snap election.
