Poll: PS Election Winner in November, Followed by Smer-SD and Voice-SD

Bratislava, 20 November (TASR) - If a parliamentary election had been held in November, it would have been won by the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) on 23.3 percent of votes, followed by the governing Smer-SD (17.1 percent) and Voice-SD (10.4 percent) parties, according to a recent poll carried out by AKO agency on behalf of Joj 24 television channel. Ending up fourth would have been the opposition 'Slovakia' party (8.2 percent), followed by Freedom and Solidarity (SaS - 7.5 percent), extra-parliamentary Republic (6.9 percent), Christian Democrats (KDH - 6.5 percent), and Democrats (5.3 percent). Parties failing to make it past the 5-percent election threshold would have included the junior governing Slovak National Party (SNS - 4.6 percent), Hungarian Alliance (3.4 percent), 'We Are Family' (3 percent), 'Right to Truth' (2.5 percent), Countryside Party (0.4 percent), the Communist Party of Slovakia and far-right LSNS (both 0.3 percent). Based on the polls, PS would have garnered 41 seats in Parliament, followed by Smer-SD - 30, Voice-SD - 18, 'Slovakia' - 15, SaS - 13, Republic and KDH - 12 each, and Democrats - 9. The poll was carried out on a sample of 1,000 respondents between November 11-18. am