CeSID: Close race between SRS, pro-Euro parties

If elections were held last week, the Serb Radical Party (SRS) would have received between 1.4 and 1.55 million votes. According to CeSID, the coalition led by the Democratic Party (DS) list would have received between 1.35 and 1.5 million votes. CeSID: Close race between SRS, pro-Euro parties The poll was conducted in from April 30 until May 4, based on the sample of 1,488 respondents in Serbia, not including Kosovo. The survey was done through a project financed by the United Kingdom embassy in Serbia. In relation to the research done in between April 14-20, before the signing of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) and the memorandum with Fiat, the difference between the SRS and the ticket led by the Democratics has decreased to less than 100,000 votes, said CeSID program director Djordje Vukovic. The Democratic Party of Serbia-New Serbia (DSS-NS) coalition would receive in between 450,000-500,000 votes, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in between 270,000-330,000 votes and the Socialist Party of Serbia led list (SPS-PUPS-JS) would win in between 250,000 and 320,000. Ethnic minority parties are expected to secure between 100,000 and 130,000 votes. Asked what politicians they trust the most, 25 percent of those surveyed said Boris Tadic, followed by Tomislav Nikolic with 20 percent and Vojislav Kostunica with 10 percent. The Radicals have the support of about 32 percent of the Serbian voter population, while the leaders of the Pro-European list enjoy about 31 percent, the DSS-NS coalition 12 percent, LDP leader Cedomir Jovanovic five percent, and the leaders of the SPS-PUPS-JS coalition about four percent. According to earlier polls, 510,000 voters would choose DSS-NS, 330,000 LDP, 290,000 the SPS-PUPS-JS coalition and 150,000 minority parties.

CeSID: Close race between SRS, pro-Euro parties

The poll was conducted in from April 30 until May 4, based on the sample of 1,488 respondents in Serbia, not including Kosovo. The survey was done through a project financed by the United Kingdom embassy in Serbia.

In relation to the research done in between April 14-20, before the signing of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) and the memorandum with Fiat, the difference between the SRS and the ticket led by the Democratics has decreased to less than 100,000 votes, said CeSID program director Đorđe Vuković.

The Democratic Party of Serbia-New Serbia (DSS-NS) coalition would receive in between 450,000-500,000 votes, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in between 270,000-330,000 votes and the Socialist Party of Serbia led list (SPS-PUPS-JS) would win in between 250,000 and 320,000.

Ethnic minority parties are expected to secure between 100,000 and 130,000 votes.

Asked what politicians they trust the most, 25 percent of those surveyed said Boris Tadić, followed by Tomislav Nikolić with 20 percent and Vojislav Koštunica with 10 percent.

The Radicals have the support of about 32 percent of the Serbian voter population, while the leaders of the Pro-European list enjoy about 31 percent, the DSS-NS coalition 12 percent, LDP leader Čedomir Jovanović five percent, and the leaders of the SPS-PUPS-JS coalition about four percent.

According to earlier polls, 510,000 voters would choose DSS-NS, 330,000 LDP, 290,000 the SPS-PUPS-JS coalition and 150,000 minority parties.