Yle poll: SDP most popular, Finns Party leak support
The Prime Minister s party returned to the top of the latest poll with municipal elections just over two months away.
Prime Minister
Sanna Marin’s Social Democratic Party (SDP) is the most popular party in Finland just over two months ahead of municipal elections, despite a slight slip in support, according to the results of Yle s latest monthly political party poll.
Support for the
Jussi Halla-aho-led Finns Party, which topped last month’s poll, fell by over three percent to leave the populists in second place just ahead of the centre-right National Coalition Party (NCP), which saw a two percent boost in support.
Prime Minister
Sanna Marin’s Social Democratic Party (SDP) continues to be Finland’s most popular political party, with backing rising by 0.6 percentage points to 21.4 percent, according to a survey published by the leading daily Helsingin Sanomat (HS) on Wednesday.
The main opposition Finns Party also gained support in the paper’s latest poll. Their backing rose by 0.7 percentage points to 20.6 percent, putting a less than one percentage point difference between them and the SDP.
The Green Party, a government partner, saw their support drop the most, by 1.2 percentage points to just under 10 percent, according to HS. The party has not seen single-digit backing since the summer of 2015.