Syriza leads polls ahead of September election

Alexis Tsipras' Syriza party would be the biggest political force after the Greek elections on 20 September, according to the first major opinion poll published since he resigned on 20 August.

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Nearly 23% of those polled backed Syriza, while 19.5% supported the conservative New Democracy party, a ProRata survey based on a sample of 1,000 interviewees published by Greek Efimerida Ton Syntakton newspaper said on Friday.

Popular Unity, a party formed last week by Syriza members who opposed the country's latest €86bn bailout agreement, was backed by 3.5% of those interviewed, narrowly beating the 3% level needed to have representation in the country's Parliament.

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Independent Greeks, the ally in Tsipras' former coalition government, won 2% of the support.

Nevertheless, the poll showed that most Greeks remained undecided about whom to vote for, with 25% of those polled saying so.

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