Tadic and Radicals lead opinion polls

10:44 April 13

NOVI SAD -- If presidential and parliamentary elections were held, Boris Tadic and the Serbian Radical Party would win.

According to a recent poll by the Scan agency in which 1,700 citizens from all around Serbia were polled, Serbian President Boris Tadic would receive 30 per cent of the votes, and Radical Party leader Tomislav Nikolic would receive 28 per cent.

In third place is Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica with 6.7 per cent of the vote and Power of Serbia Movement leader Bogoljub Karic is in fourth with 4.4 per cent.

Of the people interviewed, 45.9 per cent would definitely participate in elections, 21.3 per cent said that they probably would and 10.5 per cent of the surveyed said that they would not vote.

The political party with the most support is the Serbian Radical Party, who have the support of 32.5 per cent of those interviewed. Tadic’s Democratic Party would receive 26.3 per cent, while Kostunica’s Democratic Party of Serbia is backed by 7.5 per cent of the Serbian citizens, according to Scan Director Milka Puzigaca.

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