Campaign to end Thursday,election silence begins at midnight

BELGRADE - Thursday is the last day for the political parties to try to win the trust of voters as the election silence ahead of Sunday's snap elections will begin at midnight.

The election silence will last by the close of polls at 20:00 CET on March 16.

According to the latest opinion poll by polling agency Faktor Plus, the number of sway voters stands at 20 percent.

The same poll indicate that the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) can count on 44.6 percent of votes, the Socialist Party of Serbia-Party of United Pensioners of Serbia-United Serbia (SPS-PUPS-JS) 13.8 percent, the Democratic Party (DS) 9.1 percent, the New Democratic Party (NDS) Boris Tadic 8.5 percent, the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) 6.5 percent, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 5.5 percent, the United Regions of Serbia 3.6 percent, Dveri 3.5 percent and the Serbian Radical Party 2.8 percent.

The parties standing for the early parliamentary elections have time to win over new voters only by midnight when the election propaganda will be suspended in line with the Law on the Election of Members of Parliament.

Foto Tanjug, M. Jelesijevic, illustration