GPO Opinion Poll: ND And SYRIZA Neck To Neck

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New Democracy (ND) and main opposition SYRIZA were tied in first place in voters' preference, according to an opinion poll conducted by GPO and presented on MEGA tv on Monday night.

According to the results, ND and SYRIZA were tied at 20.3 percent each in the respondents' preference, followed by the Golden Dawn party (Chryssi Avghi) with 9 percent, PASOK with 7.5 percent, the Independent Greek party with 6.3 percent, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) with 5.8 percent and Democratic Left (DIMAR) with 5 percent. Some 4.1 percent of respondents expressed support for other parties, 6.1 percent said they would cast a blank vote and 15.6 percent declined response.

Asked who is more suitable as prime minister, current Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (and ND leader) was preferred by 46 percent of the respondents, followed by SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras with 29.3 percent, while 23.5 percent said neither of the two.

The geographic coverage of the opinion poll was nationwide and was conducted between 28 March and 1 April 2013.

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