ND maintains 9.1-point lead over Tsipras's ELAS as PASOK slides and Karystianou's Hope for Democracy enters Greek poll at 8.1%

Poll topline: ND holds lead but Tsipras's new party closes gap

A new nationwide poll by Alco for Alpha, conducted 9–13 June and aired on 15 June, puts the governing New Democracy (ND) at 23.3% of the valid vote, up half a point from 22.8% in May. Alexis Tsipras's recently formed Greek Left Coalition (ELAS) secures second place with 14.2%, leaving the margin between the two at 9.1 percentage points — a single-digit gap that marks the closest any opposition force has come to ND in recent polling. The result cements ELAS as the main opposition challenger, pushing the once‑dominant PASOK into third.

PASOK tumbles, SYRIZA vanishes

PASOK records a sharp decline, falling from 12.2% in May to 10.3% this month. It now trails ELAS by nearly four points and faces the prospect of being relegated to a junior role for the first time since the post‑bailout era. Further down the list, the formerly ruling SYRIZA slumps to just 1.1%, well below the 3% parliamentary threshold, confirming its near‑disappearance from the political map. The Communist Party (KKE) drops 0.8 points to 6.2%, Greek Solution loses 1.4 points to 6.6%, and Pleusi Eleftherias plunges from 5.7% to 3.6%. Two smaller outfits, Voice of Logic and MeRA25, hover around 2.9% and 2.8% respectively.

Two new parties: voters see them mainly as protest vehicles

Both Tsipras's ELAS and Maria Karystianou's Hope for Democracy (8.1%) are greeted with predominantly negative first impressions: 62% of respondents view ELAS negatively against 25% positively, while Hope scores 60% negative and 22% positive. The poll asks respondents how they regard these formations: 43% describe a vote for ELAS as a protest choice, and 52% say the same of Hope. Only 25% consider ELAS an alternative government; just 10% see Hope that way.

ELAS draws its voter base overwhelmingly from former SYRIZA supporters — six in ten of them — as well as from KKE (9%), Pleusi Eleftherias (7%) and PASOK (6%). Its electorate is 78% left or centre‑left. Hope's support, by contrast, is more ideologically scattered: 35% identify as right or centre‑right, 22% as left or centre‑left, 16% as centre, and 25% decline any self‑placement.

Government dissatisfaction deepens

Overall discontent with the government's performance holds at high levels. Fifty‑five percent say they are "not at all satisfied" (up from 53% in June 2025), while only 22% are "very or fairly satisfied" (down from 24% a year earlier). Another 22% express mild dissatisfaction.

Mitsotakis still top on empathy, but 'no one' wins

Asked which political leader best understands society's problems, 23% name Kyriakos Mitsotakis, followed by Tsipras at 12% and PASOK's Nikos Androulakis at 7%. KKE's Dimitris Koutsoumbas gets 4%, and Karystianou and Greek Solution's Kyriakos Velopoulos each 3%. The largest bloc — 32% — answers "no one".

Giotopoulos release sharply rejected

A separate question probes public opinion on the temporary release of Alexandros Giotopoulos, the convicted former leader of the 17 November terrorist group sentenced to multiple life terms. Fifty‑one percent disagree with the release decision, while 19% agree. The Supreme Court (Areios Pagos) subsequently annulled the judicial council's ruling, sending Giotopoulos back to prison.