Poll: Civic Democrats nearly nine percent ahead of rivals Social Democrats

If elections were held tomorrow they would be won by the centre-right Civic Democrats with a lead of 8.6 percent over the second-placed Social Democrats, suggests a poll conducted by the University of Olomouc’s political studies department. According to the poll, the Czech Communist Party, the newly-formed party TOP 09 and the Christian Democrats would also gain more than the five percent of the vote necessary to make it into Parliament. Those behind the poll said that, in light of their results, the Civic Democrats would be able to secure an overall majority in the lower house if they entered into a coalition with the Christian Democrats and Top 09.