February 19, 2026

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Poll: Karystiana is ahead of Mitsotakis and Tsipras in the fight for the post of prime minister, but ND is still in the lead


According to company survey results Real Pollspresented by the portal protagon.grparty “New Democracy” retains first place in assessment of the electoral resultdialing 28.7%.

Break from the party “Sail of Freedom”returning to second position, is 15.1 percentage points.

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This figure exceeds the result European elections June 2024 (28.31%), however remains below the level recorded at double parliamentary elections in 2023. In this case we are talking about the best result of the ruling party over the past six months.

At the same time, the study records significant dynamics around the potential “Project Caristianu”which is becoming an independent factor in the political landscape.

In a hypothetical scenario in which all parties participate in elections with other leaders“New Democracy” is losing almost two percentage unitswhereas PASOK shows sharp growth, adding 5.5 points and reaching 15.7%.

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Noticeable changes have been recorded in the opposition camp. Party Zoe Constantopoulou returns to second place with indicator 13.6% versus 11.8% in December. At the same time PASOK loses more 1.5 pointsdropping to 10.3% in voting evaluation.

Amid discussions of possible new parties Alexis Tsipras And Maria Karistianu, SYRIZA continues to fall, dropping to 4.1% intending to vote and 5.3% in the forecast of the final result.

The remaining parties demonstrate relative stability: “Greek Solution” — 6.9% in intention and 9% in forecast, KKE – 6.3% and 7.7% respectively, “Voice of Reason” – 3.6% and 4.3%, MeRA25 – 2.8% and 4.5%.

It is noteworthy that the share of respondents declaring their intention to vote for “another party”grew up with 7% in December until 12.1%. Number undecided amounted to 14.8%.

Appeal by Tsipras and Karystianou

When asked about the likelihood of voting for a party led by Alexis Tsipras 80% of respondents answered negatively. The electoral “ceiling” of the former leader of SYRIZA is reduced to 16% compared to 21.7% in December.

In case Maria Karistianu two thirds of respondents also spoke negatively, however every fourth expressed his readiness to support such a political initiative. In personal comparisons she ahead in the race for the post of prime minister How Kyriakos Mitsotakisso Alexis Tsipras.



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