Ruling New Democracy (ND) party remains comfortably ahead in voting intention, according to a new Metron Analysis opinion poll presented on Thursday evening by Mega TV, while Alexis Tsipras‘ newly formed Greek Left Alliance (ELAS) party appears to be consolidating second place.

ND rose to 25% from 22.7% in May, while ELAS also gained ground, climbing to 14.1% from 12.1%.

The socialist-social democrat PASOK edged up to 9.4%, just 0.4 percentage points higher than in May, leaving ELAS with an expanded lead in the contest for second place.

Most other parties recorded movements of less than one percentage point. The exception was Hope for Democracy, led by Maria Karystianou, which fell by more than two percentage points to 6.2% but remained fourth in voting intention.

The Communist Party (KKE) stood at 5.1%, followed by the right-wing and Eurosceptic Greek Solution (Elliniki Lysi) and the left-wing Course of Freedom (Plefsi Eleftherias), both at 4.7%. The far-right Voice of Reason (Foni Logikis) reached 3.1%, enough to enter parliament for the first time if elections were held and it polled this number, while Niki remained at 1%. MeRA25 rose marginally to 2.6% but stayed below the parliamentary threshold of 3%, while SYRIZA slipped to 1.2%.

In vote projection, ND was estimated at 30.4%, followed by ELAS at 17.1% and PASOK at 11.4%, reinforcing ELAS’ growing advantage over the main opposition party. Compared with May, only KKE, Voice of Reason, MeRA25 and Niki either improved or maintained their support.

The survey also found that respondents assessed incumbent Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis‘ performance negatively, while PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis also received a very negative evaluation for his performance as leader of the official opposition.

Despite those findings, Mitsotakis continued to rank as the preferred choice for prime minister among the country’s political leaders, albeit by only a narrow margin over respondents who selected “none” as the most suitable option.