POLL-Poland's ruling party has 42.4% support before Oct vote -poll

Reuters

Sept 9 (Reuters) - Poland's ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party continues to command the highest support of any political grouping ahead of parliamentary elections in October, according to a poll released on Monday. A poll by IBRiS conducted on Sept. 6-7 showed the PiS-led coalition with 42.4% support. Its main rival, Civic Coalition, which includes Civic Platform (PO), was at 22.7%, the leftist bloc Lewica had 13.1% and PSL/Kukiz'15 had 5.6% support. Poland, the biggest post-communist European Union member country, will hold elections to the lower and upper houses of parliament on Oct. 13 after four years of PiS rule. Below are the latest party polls (the newest at the top): P'ster PiS PO Lewica PSL/Kukiz'15 Konfederacja IBRiS 42.4 22.7 13.1 5.6 3.4 IBRiS 43.4 21.2 14.1 5.7 4.8 IPSOS 41 28 13 5 5 CBOS 47(+3) 19(-3) 9(+1) 6(-4) 2(-2) IBRiS 41.5 26.6 12.2 7.2 4.7 Indicator 41.3 28.5 11.3 5.7 3.1 IBRiS 41 25 13(+3) 6 5 Kantar 39(-5) 30(+3) 11 6(+2) 6(+1) PiS - ruling Law and Justice party along with its two small satellite parties. PO - Civic Platform along with small parties Nowoczesna and others. Lewica - block of three leftist parties including post-communist SLD and progressive Wiosna. PSL/Kukiz'15 - agrarian Polish Peasants' Party and anti-system Kukiz'15 run by rock-star Pawel Kukiz acting together. Konfederacja - block of far-right parties. (Reporting by Alan Charlish; Editing by Paul Tait)