{"id":14022,"date":"2026-04-03T00:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T00:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/nd-holds-steady-pasok-gains-ground-poll-shows\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T00:23:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T00:23:00","slug":"nd-holds-steady-pasok-gains-ground-poll-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/nd-holds-steady-pasok-gains-ground-poll-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"ND holds steady, PASOK gains ground, poll shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Ruling New Democracy party is holding firm at 25.5% in voter intention, while main opposition PASOK is recording modest gains following its party congress, according to a Pulse poll conducted for SKAI television between March 29-31.<\/p>\n<p>PASOK climbed one percentage point to reach 12%, appearing to consolidate second place among opposition parties.<\/p>\n<p>The poll was conducted before criminal case files related to the OPEKEPE agricultural payments agency entered the political conversation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nationalist Greek Solution registered 7.5%, up half a point, while protest party Course of Freedom was also at 7.5% but dropped half a point. The Communist Party (KKE) reached 7%, gaining half a point. Leftist SYRIZA dropped one point to 4%. No other party crossed the 3% threshold.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The poll found that 43% of Greeks cite economic consequences as their primary concern stemming from the Middle East conflict. Military involvement worried 20% of respondents, general instability 17%, humanitarian crisis and refugee flows 13%, and terrorism 5%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Activist Maria Karystianou, whose daughter was one of the 57 victims in the Tempe railway disaster three years ago, announced on April 1 her new political movement. Prior to the announcement, Pulse, asking respondents \u201chow would you view a potential new party\u201d led by her, recorded a theoretical vote share of 26%. Some 13% answered \u201cpositively\u201d and 13% \u201cwith interest.\u201d These figures are unchanged from the company\u2019s previous measurement conducted between March 7-10.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the same question regarding Alexis Tsipras, there was no significant change: 13% of respondents answered \u201cpositively\u201d (up 1%) and 9% \u201cwith interest\u201d (down 1%).<\/p>\n<p>The broader political landscape, analysts note, remains fluid, with ongoing investigations and emerging parties likely to further reshape the opposition picture.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/politics\/1299993\/nd-holds-steady-pasok-gains-ground-poll-shows\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruling New Democracy party is holding firm at 25.5% in voter intention, while main opposition PASOK is recording modest gains following its party congress, according to a Pulse poll conducted for SKAI television between March 29-31. PASOK climbed one percentage point to reach 12%, appearing to consolidate second place among opposition parties. 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