Macedonia’s ruling VMRO-DPMNE leads in election poll

Macedonia – The ruling VMRO-DPMNE will win most of the votes in Sunday’s (June 5th) elections, according to a survey by IPIS institute, published at the weekend. The poll shows that the ruling party enjoys the support of 22.6% of the voters, compared to 15.4% for the main opposition SDSM; 6.4% for the junior ruling coalition partner Democratic Union for Integration; and 3.6% for the opposition ethnic Albanian Democratic Party of Albanians About 33% of the respondents say they will not vote while 10.6% have not yet decided. The survey was conducted by phone from May 26th to 28th.