Support for Nemuno aušra falls to 5% in poll

Support for the opposition party Nemuno aušra fell to 5% in October from 8.3% in September, according to a poll commissioned by Delfi and reported by LRT on Wednesday.

The poll found that opposition conservatives remained the most popular political grouping, with 16.4% support, up from 16.1% a month earlier. The Social Democrats were second with 8.9%, compared with 8.8% in September.

The opposition Liberal Movement was backed by 7.7% of respondents, while the governing Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union received 6.3%. The Democratic Union “For Lithuania”, which replaced Nemuno aušra in the governing majority in the summer, was supported by 5.2%, up from 3.3% in September. The National Alliance received 3.7%.

Other parties, including the Lithuanian Polish Electoral Action–Christian Families Alliance, received less than 2% support. A total of 12.2% said they would not vote, while 23.7% did not know or declined to answer.

Respondents gave a negative assessment of the Social Democratic-led government: 17.6% rated its performance positively or rather positively, down from 20% in September, while 73.2% rated it negatively or rather negatively, up from 70.5%.

Asked who would be most suitable for prime minister, 14.2% named former prime minister and conservative lawmaker Ingrida Šimonytė. Nemuno aušra leader Remigijus Žemaitaitis received 5.9%, Liberal Movement leader Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen 5.1%, Social Democratic leader Mindaugas Sinkevičius 4.6% and Farmers and Greens leader Aurelijus Veryga 3.9%.

The survey was conducted by Spinter Tyrimai from October 23 to 30 among 1,005 people aged 18 to 75, interviewed by phone and online. The margin of error was 3.1 percentage points.