Czech Social Democrats, the strongest opposition party, have been losing support in public opinion polls following the arrest of one of its key power brokers, David Rath, on charges of corruption. The preferences of other parties has strengthened, to the extent that the Christian Democrats would be able to put deputies in Parliament, if elections were held today. But according to STEM agency, the leftist parties still have a majority. Its poll was taken as Rath was being taken into custody, and in it, the Social Democrats fell from 28 to 21 percent in the preference ratings. Elections held on that day would return a parliament in which the Social Democrats would take 81 seats, 11 less than in April. The Communist party would retain 42 seats, whereas the current coalition parties and the Christian Democrats could muster just 77 seats combined.
