The first poll, which was conducted by Alco for the To Pontiki weekly newspaper shows SYRIZA at 32%, with New Democracy at 27.1%, followed by the River party at 5.6%, the far-right Golden Dawn party at 4.6%, the Greek Communist Party (KKE) at 4.1%, PASOK at 4%, the Independent Greeks party at barely 3%, the Movement of Democrats Socialists at 2%, the Greens/Democratic Left at only 1% and other parties at 2.9%. Of those questioned 5.3% said they would vote blank or abstain from voting, while the rate of those undecided was at 8.4%.
The second poll conducted by Pulse for the Action 24 television network showed SYRIZA at 31%, the New Democracy party at 27%, the River party at 6%, PASOK at 5.5%, the Golden Dawn party at 5.5%, KKE at 5%, the Independent Greek at 3% and George Papandreou's Movement of Democrats Socialists at 2.5%.
The same poll also showed that 64% of respondents believe that SYRIZA will claim victory on Sunday's general election as opposed to 26% which believes New Democracy will come first.