Lithuanian Opposition Gains Before Election, Poll Indicates
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Support for Lithuania’s opposition parties has surged ahead of a parliamentary election in October, an opinion poll by Spinter Tyrimai for online news service Delfi indicated.
Support for the Social Democratic Party surged to 17.9 percent from the previous 14.2 percent, in a survey conducted between July 20 and July 29, Delfi said. The Labor Party was favored by 16.9 percent, up from 13.3 percent. Order & Justice ranked third with 9.4 percent and Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius’s Homeland Union was on 7.7 percent.