Poll: Support for National Coalition Party slightly declining

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According to an opinion poll commissioned by the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, support for the National Coalition Party is now 21.9%, which is the party's lowest figure since 2007. The figure indicates a decline in support of 1.1 percentage points since May.
     
The differences in support for the three major parties seem to have slightly evened out.
      The second largest party continues to be the opposition Social Democrats, enjoying 21.1 % support, down by 0.2%-points since May.
      The Centre Party is the third most popular political country in the country, enjoying 19.2% support, up by 0.6%-points since May.
      With the exception of the National Coalition Party, the changes for the large parties are slight.
     
Among the medium-sized parties, the True Finns have increased their popularity by 0.2%-points since May, and now enjoy 9.8% support.
      Support for the Green League is at 10.6%, with the Left Alliance at 8.1%.
      The popularity of the Christian Democrats has remained at 4.2%, while support for the Swedish People’s Party is 3.9%, up by 0.2%-points.
      The opinion poll was conducted by Taloustutkimus and commissioned by YLE News.
     
The 3,374 interviews were carried out in the period from May 26th to June 17th. The margin of error is 1.6%-points in either direction.
      Finland will hold Parliamentary elections on April 17th next year.


Previously in HS International Edition:
  Poll: True Finns increasing in popularity and approaching Greens, while Centre support continues to wane (9.6.2010)
  Poll: Support rising for SDP (11.3.2010)

Links:
  Ministry of Justice: Upcoming Elections 2010-2019

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