EKRE gains support as Eesti 200 hits record low

Support for the Conservative People’s Party of Estonia (EKRE) has risen over the past four weeks, while Eesti 200 has fallen to its lowest level in Norstat’s party preference polls, ERR reported, citing the latest survey by the Institute for Societal Research and Norstat.

Isamaa leads with 23.5 percent, followed by the Centre Party on 21.9 percent and the Social Democratic Party on 14.7 percent. Support for the three parties changed little over the past week. Isamaa is 1.6 percentage points ahead of the Centre Party, while the Social Democrats trail the Centre Party by 7.2 points.

EKRE has 14.4 percent support, up two percentage points over four weeks and nearly level with the Social Democrats. The Reform Party stands at 13.6 percent, the Right-Wingers at 6.9 percent and Eesti 200 at 1.3 percent.

Coalition parties have a combined 14.9 percent support, compared with 74.5 percent for parliamentary opposition parties.

The latest figures cover polling from September 7 to October 3. Norstat surveyed 4,000 voting-age citizens of Estonia.