Socialist Still Ahead of Rightist in Sofia Mayor Race - Poll
Presidental & Local Elections 2011 | October 13, 2011, Thursday // 16:30| views
Socialist Sofia mayor candidate Georgi Kadiev (L) and rightist Blue Coalition's condender Proshko Proshkov (R). Photo by BGNES
Incumbent Sofia Mayor, ruling center-right GERB party's Yoranka Fandakova, retains the certain first place in pre-election polls, with Bulgarian Socialist Party candidate Georgi Kadiev remaining second, according to a study released by Mediana Thursday.
According to the Mediana poll, 32.2% of Sofianites will vote for Fandakova, and 17.7% for Kadiev, against 8.9% for third runner, Proshko Proshkov, candidate of the rightist Blue Coalition.
Another study by Alpha Research released last week had reported that Proshkov had overcome Kadiev, with 12.9% against 12.4%, respectively.
The Mediana study released Thursday has it that the percentage of voters for Proshkov and the fourth-ranked candidate, nationalist Ataka's Nikolay Pehilvanov is getting closer, with 6.8% of the stuy's subjects saying they will vote for Pehlivanov.
The liberal National Movement for Stability and Prosperity's Vladimir Karolev comes out fifth with 4.1%.
According to Mediana, votes for municipal councilmen will rank parties in the same order, with GERB coming first, followed by the Socialists, Blue Coalition, Ataka and NMSP.
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