Social Democrats cements poll lead as municipal elections loom

POPULAR SUPPORT for the Social Democratic Party has increased noticeably in the past month, providing the opposition party with a comfortable lead over other parties in Finland, shows the latest opinion poll conducted for Helsingin Sanomat by Verian.

Support for the party has increased by 1.5 percentage points to 24.0 per cent – an increase that is attributable to a number of reasons, according to Sakari Nurmela, a research director at Verian.