Support for Religa rallies
Support for the high-profile surgeon has rallied over the past few weeks, with polls showing him closing in on current leader, right-wing Warsaw Major Lech Kaczyński, and one survey giving him the top spot.
The daily Rzeczpospolita put centrist, non-aligned Religa at the top of the field with 25 percent, up two points from his rank in its previous poll and three points ahead of Kaczyński, who slipped by one point.
Rival newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza showed Kaczynski on top with 22 points and Religa second with 18, but said Religa would beat Kaczyński by 53 percent to 47 in a run-off.
The country will vote on October 9 to select a successor to Aleksander Kwaśniewski, who by law must step down after two terms in office. If no one wins a majority in the first round, the top two enter a run-off two weeks later. The Rzeczpospolita and Gazeta Wyborcza polls were carried out on June 15-19 and June 18-19 respectively - after Kaczyński had hit the headline for banning the controversial equality march in Warsaw. Each of the polls surveyed around 1,000 people. (Reuters)
The daily Rzeczpospolita put centrist, non-aligned Religa at the top of the field with 25 percent, up two points from his rank in its previous poll and three points ahead of Kaczyński, who slipped by one point.
Rival newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza showed Kaczynski on top with 22 points and Religa second with 18, but said Religa would beat Kaczyński by 53 percent to 47 in a run-off.
The country will vote on October 9 to select a successor to Aleksander Kwaśniewski, who by law must step down after two terms in office. If no one wins a majority in the first round, the top two enter a run-off two weeks later. The Rzeczpospolita and Gazeta Wyborcza polls were carried out on June 15-19 and June 18-19 respectively - after Kaczyński had hit the headline for banning the controversial equality march in Warsaw. Each of the polls surveyed around 1,000 people. (Reuters)
