TABLE-Czech left extends lead in poll

                                
 PRAGUE, Oct 8 (Reuters) - The Czech left-wing Social
Democrats (CSSD) pulled further ahead of the main rightist
party, the Civic Democrats (ODS) ahead of an election in
mid-2010, a survey showed on Thursday.
                                
 The poll by the CVVM agency showed backing for the Social
Democrats at the end of September rose to 32.0 percent from 29.5
percent a month ago, while support for the right-wing Civic
Democrats shrank to 28.5 percent from 29.5 percent.
                                
 No party is expected to win an outright majority in the
spring election, and the poll showed various majority coalitions
would be possible.
                                
 Support for the newly-formed conservative party TOP09 dipped
to 12.5 percent from 13.0 percent. Backing for the far-left
Communists fell to 12 percent from 15.5 percent.
                                
 The Czech Republic has had a non-partisan government headed
by Prime Minister Jan Fischer since the leftist parties toppled
a Civic Democrat-led coalition government in March.
                                
 A plan to hold an early ballot in October was struck down by
the Constitutional Court last month.
                                
 Parties must win at least 5 percent of the national vote to
win seats in parliament.
                                
 
DATE       INSTITUTE  ODS    CSSD   KSCM  TOP09  KDU-CSL  Greens
 Oct 08/09    CVVM    28.5   32.0   12.0  12.5     6.0      3.0
 Oct 02/09    STEM    23.2   27.4   10.6   9.2     4.2      4.6
 Sept 16/09   CVVM    29.5   29.5   15.5  13.0     5.5      4.5
 Aug 31/09    STEM    24.1   29.0   11.2   6.8     5.7      2.7
 Aug 19/09    CVVM    31.0   33.0   13.5   9.5     5.0      3.0
 June 25/09   CVVM    35.0   30.0   16.0   2.0     6.5      5.5
 June 19/09   STEM    28.3   28.2   12.8    -      6.2      2.7
 May 19/09    STEM    23.7   32.4   10.9    -      5.3      5.9
 May 19/09    CVVM    29.0   38.0   15.0    -      7.0      6.5
 April 15/09  CVVM    28.0   37.5   15.5    -      7.0      7.0
 April 15/09  STEM    27.5   35.1   10.5    -      4.4      5.6
 March 18/09  CVVM    31.5   36.0   16.0    -      5.0      7.0
 March 17/09  STEM    27.8   35.3   11.0    -      6.0      5.3
 Feb 18/09    CVVM    29.0   38.5   15.5    -      7.0      6.0
 Feb 13/09    STEM    25.5   35.2   11.8    -      6.8      5.1
 Jan 28/09    CVVM    29.0   41.0   14.0    -      5.5      7.0
 Jan 16/09    STEM    22.5   37.7    9.9    -      6.5      5.8
 Dec 19/08    STEM    23.5   38.4   11.4    -      5.4      6.3
 Dec 17/08    CVVM    27.0   44.5   14.0    -      6.0      6.0
 Nov 21/08    CVVM    27.5   43.0   11.5    -      6.5      8.0
 Nov 18/08    STEM    21.1   37.7    9.6    -      5.6      5.6
 Oct 30/08    STEM    21.4   33.3   12.0    -      6.1      7.1
 Oct 29/08    CVVM    26.5   40.0   14.5    -      7.0      8.5
 Sept 17/08   CVVM    29.0   34.0   16.0    -      7.5     10.0
 Sept 16/08   STEM    22.3   32.6   11.8    -      5.9      8.4
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June 2006 election    35.4   32.3   12.8    -      7.2       6.3
 
                                
 NOTE. The CVVM poll was conducted between September 21 and
September 28 among 1,005 eligible Czech voters.

 The parties are:
 - Civic Democratic Party (ODS) - right-of-centre,
liberal-conservative
 - The Czech Social Democratic Party (CSSD) - leftist
 - The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM) - far left
 - The new conservative party TOP 09
 - Christian Democratic Union-Czechoslovak People's Party
(KDU-CSL) - centrist
 - The Greens - environmentalists, centrist
                                
 
                                
 Pollsters: The CVVM results are based on a model predicting
gains at the ballot box, excluding those not willing to vote and
undecided.
                                
 STEM results are direct voter preferences, and include
replies from all respondents including those not willing to
vote. Parties should thus win a larger than indicated share of
the vote at the election.
 (Reporting by Mirka Krufova)