Poll: Social Democrats would win 68 seats in lower house

The opposition Social Democrats would win 68 seats in the 200-seat Czech lower house, according to the latest poll by the ppm factum agency. The coalition TOP 09 group would gain 36 seats, followed by the Communists with 34 seats. The senior coalition Civic Democrats would win 33 seats. The poll also suggests that the Zemanites, a group formed around now President Miloš Zeman, would get 15 seats and the Christian Democrats would make a comeback with 14 seats.

Author: Jan Richter