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Two opinion polls published just hours before an election silence kicks in put New Democracy ahead of main opposition SYRIZA by 6.5 and 5 percentage points, respectively.

A Pulse poll for SKAI gave New Democracy a 6.5-point lead over SYRIZA while an MRB poll for OPEN TV put conservatives 5 points ahead.

In terms of voting intention, the Pulse/SKAI poll put New Democracy on 33%, followed by SYRIZA on 26.5%, socialist PASOK on 9%, communist KKE on 6%, nationalist Greek Solution on 3.5% and Yanis Varoufakis MeRA25 on 4%.

In the MRB/OPEN poll, New Democracy were on 31.4%, followed by SYRIZA on 26.4%, PASOK on 8.3%, KKE on 5.6%, Greek Solution on 3.2% and MeRA25 on 3.1%.

When asked about their preference for a government after the elections, 39% of respondents in the Pulse/SKAI poll said they would prefer a government under incumbent Kyriakos Mitsotakis, compared to 27% who wanted to see SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras at the helm. One in five said neither leader was preferable.

In the MRB/OPEN poll, 46.3% of respondents said that if Sundays election does not produce a single-party government, they would like to see fresh elections, compared to 45.5% who said they would prefer a coalition government.

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Last-minute polls put New Democracy in the lead - Kathimerini English Edition