Poland's ruling party leads in pre-election polls - Oct. 04, 2011

Poland’s ruling party leads in pre-election polls

Published Oct. 4, 2011 at 2:26 pm

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, second right, speaks to people in Torun, Poland, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, in front of a \"Tusk Bus\" in which he set out on his first cross-country tour to meet voters ahead of the October 9 parliamentary election in which his ruling Civic Platform party is favored.

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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An opinion poll shows Poland's ruling pro-market party holds a comfortable lead over the opposition just days before the parliamentary election.

The Civic Platform party of Prime Minister Donald Tusk has 31 percent support and the opposition center-right Law and Justice has 21 percent backing, according to a poll published by Gazeta Wyborcza daily on Tuesday.

Three other parties would also enter parliament after Sunday’s vote, according to the poll of 1,000 adults carried out Oct. 1 and 2 by the OBOP center.

Palikot’s Movement, a new socially and economically liberal party, has 8 percent support, while the Democratic Left Alliance and the current coalition partner, the Polish People’s Party, have 6 percent each.

The survey had a margin of error of three percentage points.