May 21 (SeeNews) - The governing centre-right Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) remains a favourite to win Croatia's July 5 parliamentary vote, keeping its lead ahead of centre-left opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) for a second month in a row in May, an opinion poll showed.
If general elections were held now, HDZ would receive 29.7% support, down by 0.2 index points compared to the April value, while SDP would collect 28.7% of the votes, up by 1.4 points, a survey conducted by Promocija Plus agency for public broadcaster HRT showed on Wednesday.
The survey was carried out between May 15 and May 18 among 1,400 people, with a margin of error of plus/minus 2.62%.
This is the second time since December 2019 for HDZ to outrun SDP in the survey.
In January, SDP candidate Zoran Milanovic won Croatia's presidential election, defeating incumbent president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, who was backed by HDZ.
The results of the May survey indicate that the only other party that would pass the 5.0% threshold if the elections were held now is the recently unveiled political formation of musician Miroslav Skoro, who ended third in the first round of the presidential election.
Skoro's Homeland Movement was backed by 9.3% of respondents in the May survey, up by a monthly 0.1 index points.