The latest opinion poll conducted by Palmos Analysis and published yesterday, records a 10.5% SYRIZA lead over the ruling right-wing New Democracy party, after don’t knows are excluded. This would be sufficient to give SYRIZA half the votes in the Greek parliament since seats are awarded in proportion to votes cast for all parties winning over 3% of the votes, but the first placed party receives an additional 50 seats.. The next election must be held no later than June 2016.
The detailed results of the poll are as follows:
Votes (%) | Error (%) | Seats (#) | |
Syriza | 35.5 | ±2.8 | 150 |
New Democracy | 25.0 | ±2.5 | 71 |
The River | 7.5 | ±1.4 | 21 |
Pasok | 6.5 | ±1.3 | 18 |
Golden Dawn | 6.0 | ±1.3 | 17 |
KKE | 5.0 | ±1.2 | 14 |
ANEL | 3.0 | ±0.9 | 9 |
88.5 | 300 |
And what will they be doing with this parliamentary majority?