New Marmara-survey predicts 10.8% Labour lead over PN

Labour would win a general election with a lead of 10.8% over the Nationalist Party, statistician Vincent Marmara said on Sunday

Results of Marmara’s latest survey show that the Labour Party is enjoying the support of 53% of voters while 42.2% would choose the PN.

4.8% would opt for other political parties, including ADPD.

The survey among 1000 people was held before the country learned that Joseph Muscat could contest the European Parliament elections.

A substantial number of people said they would not vote if elections were held tomorrow, resulting in a low turnout of 71%.

Vincent Marmara said the figures showed a shift of 1.7% from the PL to the PN since the last general election, with Labour still enjoying a comfortable lead of 27,000 votes.

When asked which party leader they preferred to be prime minister, 44.2% of the participants chose Robert Abela, while 23.3% named Bernard Grech.