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MEDIAN SK Poll: SaS, SMK and Most-Hid Would Have Failed to Make 5%
Tuesday 20 April 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, April 20 (TASR) - Had a general election taken place in March, a total of five political parties would have won representation in Parliament, while parties like Freedom and Solidarity (SaS), ethnic-Hungarian SMK and Most-Hid would have failed to reach the 5-percent threshold to enter Parliament, TASR learnt from Jindrich Bardon of MEDIAN SK agency on Tuesday.
The fledgling SaS would have received 4.3 percent, followed by SMK on 3.9 percent and its splinter faction Most-Hid on 2.3-percent backing.
Current leading coalition Smer-SD party would have received 44 percent of votes, far ahead of Opposition SDKU-DS party and Christian Democrats (KDH), each of which were on 13.1-percent support in the poll of 1,495 adults March 1-28.
The 5-percent threshold would also have been breached by the Slovak National Party (SNS) on 7 percent of votes and LS-HZDS party on 6.1 percent.
A total of 24.8 percent of those questioned said that they definitely wouldn't go to the vote, while further 9.4 percent of those asked said that they're more inclined not to vote for any party.
In turn, 31.4 percent of people said that they will undoubtedly cast a vote for a given party, while 31.1 percent of those questioned said that they are likely to vote.
Compared to a February poll by the agency, SMK experienced the steepest drop in voter support (2.3 percent). SaS and LS-HZDS also showed a slight decline in backing - 0.5 and 0.2 percent, respectively.
In turn, KDH gained an extra 2 percent vis-a-vis the survey in February. SNS, too, saw its support rise (0.9 percent), which is also true for Most-Hid (0.7 percent). In March, SDKU and Smer-SD both recorded a slight rise in popularity - 0.4 and 0.1 percent, respectively – as well.
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