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

Bratislava, 14 May (TASR) - If a general election had been held in May, the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party would have earned 18.3 percent of the vote, with the coalition Smer-SD party trailing behind with 18.1 percent and the extra-parliamentary far-right 'Republic' party coming in third with 9.7 percent, according to a Focus agency poll conducted for the 360tka news website. Also making it to Parliament would have been the 'Slovakia' party (9.6 percent), the junior coalition Voice-SD party (8.4 percent), the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH, 7.5 percent), Freedom and Solidarity (SaS, 7.2 percent), and Democrats (5.2 percent). Among the parties that would have stayed outside Parliament were the junior coalition Slovak National Party (SNS, 4.5 percent), the Hungarian Alliance (3.8 percent), and 'We Are Family' (3.1 percent). The survey was conducted on a sample of 1,017 respondents between 5 and 11 May. jrg