JUNE 7 2010 14:10h
Kaczynski twin makes gains ahead of Poland election
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the twin brother of the Polish president killed in a plane crash, is gaining on the frontrunner in the election race to replace his sibling, according to two polls released Monday.
Two weeks ahead of the June 20 snap election, surveys still favour liberal candidate Bronislaw Komorowski, the interim president since the death of Lech Kaczynski in an April 10 plane crash.
Komorowski scored 50 percent while Jaroslaw Kaczynski scored 38 percent support, according to a survey published Monday by the Gazeta Wyborcza daily.
According to the PBS DGA poll of 1,000 people, Komorowski, 58, running for Poland's governing Civic Platform liberals gained two percentage points while Kaczynski, 60, leader of the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) opposition added five.
If no candidate scores more than 50 percent of the vote, a run off
ballot will be held July 4.
A separate survey of 887 people
by the SMG/KRC pollsters, gave Komorowski 42 percent of the vote, a decline of four percentage points over eight days, while Kaczynski scored 31 percent support for a gain of one percent.
A third survey, conducted by the Homo Homini pollsters on a sample of 1,068 voters gave Komorowski 46.5 percent support, or 1.1 percent less over eight days, while Kaczynski scored 32.4 percent of the vote, a decline of 0.1 percentage point over the same period.
Polls show that eight other candidates stand no serious chance of winning.
Two weeks ahead of the June 20 snap election, surveys still favour liberal candidate Bronislaw Komorowski, the interim president since the death of Lech Kaczynski in an April 10 plane crash.
Komorowski scored 50 percent while Jaroslaw Kaczynski scored 38 percent support, according to a survey published Monday by the Gazeta Wyborcza daily.
According to the PBS DGA poll of 1,000 people, Komorowski, 58, running for Poland's governing Civic Platform liberals gained two percentage points while Kaczynski, 60, leader of the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) opposition added five.
If no candidate scores more than 50 percent of the vote, a run off
ballot will be held July 4.
A separate survey of 887 people
by the SMG/KRC pollsters, gave Komorowski 42 percent of the vote, a decline of four percentage points over eight days, while Kaczynski scored 31 percent support for a gain of one percent.
A third survey, conducted by the Homo Homini pollsters on a sample of 1,068 voters gave Komorowski 46.5 percent support, or 1.1 percent less over eight days, while Kaczynski scored 32.4 percent of the vote, a decline of 0.1 percentage point over the same period.
Polls show that eight other candidates stand no serious chance of winning.
