FINNISH VOTE Centre party 24.1 pct, Social Democrats 22.8 pct - poll |
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HELSINKI (AFX) - The Centre party has extended its lead over its coalition partner, the Social Democrats, ahead of this Sunday's parliamentary elections, according to a poll carried out by Research International for commercial broadcaster MTV3.The poll showed the Centre party with 24.1 pct of voter support, up from 23.7 pct in a similar survey in mid-February. Voter support for the Social Democratic Party meanwhile slipped to 22.8 pct from 23.4 pct.The conservative National Coalition Party, looking to return to government after a four-year absence, had 21.1 pct support -- up from 20.0 pct last month -- of the 1,616 Finns surveyed.The smaller opposition parties, the Left Alliance and the Greens, garnered 10.0 pct and 8.7 pct respectively.A separate poll commissioned by commercial television station Nelonen suggested 43 pct of voters would favour a Centre-Social Democratic coalition.The two parties have been in power, together with the Swedish People's Party, since 2003.The Nelonen poll suggested some 24 pct would prefer a Centre-National Coalition government, while 16 pct would back a SDP-National Coalition tie-up.More than 29 pct of those eligible to vote have already cast ballots in advance voting, which ended yesterday.james.etheridge@thomson.comje/jsaCOPYRIGHTCopyright AFX News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News.AFX News and AFX Financial News Logo are registered trademarks of AFX News Limited
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Finnish government leads ahead of March election - poll 