Bratislava, May 16 (TASR) - Had a general election been held in the first half of May, Smer-SD would have received 46.9 percent of the vote and won a constitutional majority of 92 seats in the 150-seat Parliament, a survey by Polis Slovakia out on Wednesday has revealed.
A total of 1,478 respondents joined the phone poll, which was held between May 5-10 for news-only channel TA3.
The 'Ordinary People and Independent Personalities' party (OLaNO) came second in the poll with public backing equalling 9.5 percent (19 seats). Next came the Christian Democrats (KDH) on 8.3 percent (16 seats), followed by Most-Hid on 6.4 percent (13 seats).
Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) would have scraped past the threshold needed to gain representation in the House on 5.2 percent, while SDKU-DS and the Slovak National Party (SNS) would have stayed outside (on 4.8 percent each).
Voter-support in the March parliamentary elections was as follows: Smer - 44.4 percent, KDH - 8.8 percent, OLaNO - 8.5 percent. Most-Hid - 6.9 percent, SDKU-DS - 6.1 percent, and SaS - 5.9 percent.
When it comes to the trust rankings of individual politicians, Smer chairman (and Prime Minister) Robert Fico came top in the Polis poll with 32.7 percent of those asked expressing confidence in him. Former premier Iveta Radicova, who has in fact now quit politics, earned the trust of 14.1 percent, while President Ivan Gasparovic came third on 13.3 percent.
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