(Bloomberg) — Greece’s main opposition New Democracy party would win parliamentary elections with a 9 percentage point lead if they were held now, according to a Pulse RC poll for Skai TV. New Democracy, a conservative party, would get from 31.5% to 36.5% of the vote compared with 22.5% to 27.5% for the governing leftist Syriza party, according to the poll. The survey is the first since Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called a snap national ballot following his party’s defeat in European elections a week ago. Mera25, the new party of former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis would receive from 2% to 4% of the vote. Parties need to reach the threshold of 3% to elect a member to parliament.

Source: National Post June 02, 2019 22:51 UTC