Reuters: World News: Greek pro-bailout conservatives have 2.5 point lead in poll

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Greek pro-bailout conservatives have 2.5 point lead in poll May 31st 2012, 23:21 ATHENS | Thu May 31, 2012 7:21pm EDT ATHENS (Reuters) - A new Greek opinion poll to be published on Friday showed the pro-bailout conservatives leading their leftist, anti-bailout rivals by 2.5 points, as Greece nears a key election on June 17. Backing for the conservative New Democracy stood at 26.1 percent, according to the poll by Kapa Research for newspaper Ta Nea. The SYRIZA party, which opposes the country's international bailout, came second with 23.6 percent. In a previous survey by the same pollster published on May 26, New Democracy was leading SYRIZA by 5.7 points. Below is a table of recent poll results: Agency Date** ND SYRIZA PASOK I.G. KKE D.L. G.D. KAPA 1/6 26.1 23.6 9.9 5.3 5.7 4.4 5.1 RASS 1/6 26.5 24.2 12.1 5.8 5.2 5.4 3.6 *MRB 31/5 27.6 26.0 14.6 7.1 4.7 6.6 5.4 *MARC 31/5 28.8 27.0 13.9 7.0 6.3 5.9 4.6 Alco 31/5 25.0 22.7 12.5 6.5 5.0 5.2 4.5 *D.RC 31/5 28.4 25.6 13.9 7.0 5.7 6.2 5.4 *Pulse 30/5 27.0 27.0 14.5 7.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 *VPRC 30/5 26.5 30.0 12.5 7.5 5.5 7.5 4.5 GPO 30/5 23.4 22.1 13.5 7.4 5.9 5.1 4.2 *Pulse 26/5 26.5 26.0 15.5 7.5 5.0 5.5 5.5 *MARC 26/5 27.7 25.5 15.2 7.7 5.5 6.3 4.4 *Alco 26/5 25.6 22.9 14.0 6.4 5.6 4.6 4.6 Kapa 26/5 25.8 20.1 13.0 5.4 6.3 5.3 5.2 *MRB 26/5 27.1 25.6 14.7 7.7 5.2 6.1 5.2 *Metr. 25/5 27.0 27.2 14.8 7.2 5.2 6.2 4.9 *VPRC 25/5 26.0 28.5 12.5 7.0 3.0 7.0 5.5 RASS 25/5 23.6 21.4 13.1 5.8 4.8 6.2 3.8 *D.RC 24/5 29.4 28.8 13.3 6.6 5.8 4.1 6.4 *P.I. 24/5 26.0 30.0 15.5 8.0 5.0 6.5 4.0 *P.I. 19/5 24.0 28.0 15.0 8.0 5.0 7.0 4.5 *Alco 19/5 23.1 21.4 13.5 7.3 5.2 6.0 3.8 *MRB 19/5 24.4 23.8 14.5 8.5 5.9 6.9 5.8 *Metr. 19/5 23.8 25.1 17.4 7.8 5.8 6.3 4.8 *MARC 17/5 26.1 23.7 14.9 8.1 5.8 6.3 4.8 *Pulse 17/5 21.5 24.5 15.5 8.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 VPRC 16/5 14.5 20.3 10.9 3.7 4.4 6.1 2.2 Kapa 13/5 18.1 20.5 12.2 8.4 6.5 5.0 5.8 *Metr. 12/5 21.7 25.5 14.6 10.5 5.3 5.4 4.7 *MARC 10/5 20.3 27.7 12.6 10.2 7.0 4.9 5.7 Elect. 6/5 18.9 16.8 13.2 10.6 8.5 6.1 7.0 *Poll result effectively excludes undecided voters and those who refused to say how they will vote, to project how the poll data would translate into an actual vote result. ** Date of publication ND: New Democracy (Conservative, pro-bailout) SYRIZA: Left Coalition (Leftist, anti-bailout) PASOK: Panhellenic Socialist Movement (pro-bailout) I.G.: Independent Greeks (conservative, anti-bailout) KKE: Communists (anti-bailout) D.L.: Democratic Left (moderate left, anti-austerity) G.D: Golden Dawn (far-right, anti-bailout) (Reporting by Harry Papachristou and George Georgiopoulos) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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