Poll

In terms of voting intentions, New Democracy leads with 27.6%, followed by PASOK at 16.5%, with the main opposition party SYRIZA coming in third at 8.8%.

Beyond the 11.1%-point gap, previously radical leftist SYRIZA, the main opposition party, falls to thrid place with 8.5% in the MRD poll (10.9% extrapolated)

Center-right New Democracy, the ruling party, picks up a mere 22.2%, although latter figure still comfortably ahead of political rivals

Coming in the wake of this month's European Parliament election, the results also show support for a vote by the PASOK party's grassroots for a new president

ND leads by a 16.8% margin over SYRIZA (16.2%) in voting estimates

Seven parties are considered as exceeding the electoral threshold to send MEPs to Brussels

Without an extrapolation, ND is given 29% in the latest poll, half a percentage point higher than the previous month’s poll by the same firm

Results of the opinion poll, conducted by the MRB firm, come less than a month before European Parliament elections are held

Ruling New Democracy (ND) party maintains a commanding lead in terms of voters' intention

The conservative party is ahead in voter estimation by over 15 points

Asked who they trust most for prime minister among the current political party leaders, respondents, by 40% answered “no one”.

New Democracy (ND) still holds substantial lead over opposition parties ahead of the June EP elections

The opinion poll was conducted before last week’s no-confidence vote in Parliament, which the ND government survived.

Number one problem faced by society remains high cost of living

Center-right party still comfortably leads main opposition leftist SYRIZA, which returned to second place

SYRIZA solidifies second place

Specifically, center-right ND was preferred by 27% of respondents in the poll, down by 1.2% percentage points from last month’s results

According to the opinion poll, the Leftist SYRIZA, socialist PASOK in second place with roughly 12% to 14% of respondents' votes

53.5% of respondents said the cost of living was the biggest problem in the country

Results presented on Thursday afternoon during the prime-time newscast of Mega TV