Poll shows Serbian ruling coalition lead

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The Stata polling agency said on Tuesday that 44 percent of the Serbian electorate would vote for the ruling coalition with 38 percent voting for the parties organizing the anti-violence protests.

According to the Stata poll, 11 percent would vote for the parties calling themselves the statehood opposition and 7 percent are undecided.

Stata said that 84 percent of the polled said they get their news from N1 and Nova S while up to 26 percent watch the Serbian state TV (RTS).

The poll showed that the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) would win 36.3 percent of the vote followed by the opposition Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP) with 9.8 percent and the ruling coalition’s Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) winning 7.3 percent of the vote. Other parties would win between 5.5 percent and 3.1 percent of the vote. The current threshold to win seats in parliament is 3 percent of the vote with unofficial reports saying that the authorities are considering raining the threshold.

Stata said that 48 percent of the polled said they support the calling of elections in the next few months with 26 percent opposed. The poll also showed that 58 percent want city elections called in Belgrade.