Latest surveys predict different election results

The latest surveys just released have suggested different outcomes in the upcoming election. A poll released by the Factum Invenio agency has suggested that the ruling Social Democrats have surpassed the opposition Civic Democratic Party in opinion polls - by less than one percent (28.5 to 27.8). Regarding the results, the agency said that the election could be won by either party: the race effectively being too close to predict.

By contrast, a poll conducted by the SC&C agency (commissioned by the Czech daily Mlada Fronta Dnes) has suggested a wider margin of difference in favour of the opposition Civic Democrats. According to that survey, the opposition party will get more than 30 percent of the vote, while the Social Democrats' will come in second at 24.2.

Both surveys show just three other parties completing the future make up of the Czech Parliament following the election: the Communists, the Christian Democrats, and the Greens.

Author: Jan Velinger