If elections to the Lower House of Parliament were to take place this weekend, the ruling Civic Platform party would receive 41 percent of vote, 13 percent ahead of its nearest rival, Law and Justice.

The opposition party led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski is on 28.4 percent, shows a survey run by Homo Homini Institute for Polish Radio.

The Democratic Left Alliance would garner 13.5 percent of the support, followed by the junior coalition partner in the government, Polish Peasants’ Party on 5.4 percent, which would pass the threshold of securing seats in the Parliament.

Turnout would be percent.

Head of the Homo Homini Institute, Marcin Duma, points out that the two main contenders have seen a slight drop in support over the past week, with Civic Platform losing 2 percent and Law and Justice 0.5 percent.

The slight downturn in Civic Platform’s support may be attributed to the government’s plans to raise taxes and conflict within the party.

“[Controversial Civic Platform politician] Janusz Palikot is in dispute with his own party, as he attempts to shift it more to the left. There are members of the party opposed to such a change, which may be the reason behind these minor swings,” said Duma.

“As far as Law and Justice is concerned, I consider them slight swing within stable support,” he added.

The survey was conducted on a sample of 1,100 citizens. (ab/pg)

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