Race narrows ahead of Poland's parliamentary elections

Sep 12, 2011

Warsaw - The race has narrowed ahead of Poland's parliamentary elections as a poll published Monday showed the opposition Law and Justice party was just six percentage points behind the ruling Civic Platform.

Civic Platform had 35-per-cent support while Law and Justice had 29-per-cent support four weeks before the parliamentary elections, according to a survey by TVN 24 of some 1,000 people.

The elections on October 9 come as parliament tackles issues like abortion and health care reform.

Both parties had lost support compared to a poll last week: Prime Minister Donald Tusk's Civic Platform by three percentage points, and Law and Justice, led by former premier Jaroslaw Kaczynski, by one percentage point.

Critics have said the center-right Civic Platform was poised to win the elections, but others have noted that it was still anybody's game as there many voters were still undecided.

Source: Monsters and Critics.
Link: http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/news/article_1662443.php/Race-narrows-ahead-of-Poland-s-parliamentary-elections.