Opposition ANO party comes in first in Median spring poll

The opposition ANO party is currently leading in the polls with 28.5 percent of the hypothetical vote, followed by the ruling ODS party with 16.5 percent and the opposition Freedom and Direct Democracy party with 11.5 percent, according to a newly released survey conducted by the Median agency.

The Pirate Party, the Mayors and Independents polled at 9 and 8.5 percent respectively. Meanwhile, the TOP 09 party and the Christian Democrats both received around 4.5 percent, just below the minimum 5 percent threshold but within the statistical margin of error to suggest that they would also perhaps retain some seats in the Chamber of Deputies.

Meanwhile, the Social Democrats, a traditional centre-left party which is currently not represented in the lower-house, polled at 5.5 percent, meaning that they would get back into the Chamber of Deputies.

Compared with the previous March survey, ANO’s support grew by 1 percent while the Freedom and Direct Democracy party saw its support rise by 1.5 percent. The previous survey polled the ruling parties according to the coalitions with which they ran in the previous election. However, this time Median chose to poll each party individually.