Symmachia Ellinon, the party backed by former Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris, is polling above the parliamentary thresh...

Symmachia Ellinon, the party backed by former Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris, is polling above the parliamentary threshold for the first time, reaching 4.2% in a Marc poll presented on ANT1 on October 15. Kasidiaris was convicted for participation in a criminal organisation and was released from prison before helping establish the new party. The result puts Symmachia Ellinon in seventh place nationally, ahead of Voice of Reason at 3.6%. The Marc figure is not an outlier. An ALCO poll from October had the party at 4.7% in voting intention, an Opinion Poll survey put it at 3.5%, and the first poll to measure the party at all, the Interview poll published October 13, showed 3.4% in voting intention and 3.7% in the vote estimate. Greece's parliamentary threshold sits at 3%, meaning the party is clearing the bar in multiple surveys. New Democracy leads the field at 30.4%, followed by Tsipras' party at 15.8%. Greek Solution and the KKE are tied at 7%. Analysts are now debating what Symmachia Ellinon's rise means for the broader right flank of Greek politics. The party is competing for voters with Greek Solution, Voice of Reason, and NIKI, all of which operate in the space to the right of New Democracy. Whether it consolidates that vote or splits it remains an open question ahead of the next election. #Greece #GreekPolitics #Kasidiaris