Poll: PS Would Have Won Election in March, Followed by Smer-SD and Republic

Bratislava, 2 April (TASR) - If a general election had been held in March, Progressive Slovakia (PS) would have won with 19.1 percent of the vote, followed by the Smer-SD party, supported by 17.1 percent of voters, according to a Focus agency poll conducted for the 360tka news website. A total of eight parties would have entered parliament. The third-largest support would have gone to the far-right Republic party with 10.6 percent of the vote. Also making it to Parliament would have been the 'Slovakia' party (8.5 percent), Voice-SD (8.2 percent), Freedom and Solidarity (SaS, 7.1 percent), the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH, 6.4 percent), and Democrats (5.4 percent). Among the parties that would have stayed outside Parliament were the currently governing Slovak National Party (4.4 percent), the Hungarian Alliance (3.9 percent), and 'We Are Family' (3.6 percent). Based on the poll results, PS would have gained 35 seats in parliament, Smer-SD 31, and Republic 19. Voice-SD and 'Slovakia' would have garnered 15 seats (each), SaS 13, KDH 12, and Democrats 10. The survey was conducted on a sample of 1,038 respondents between 20 and 27 March. ko