Support for the Democratic Party candidates in three geographical constituencies in the May elections is slipping, according to a new survey.
The poll by the Social Sciences Research Centre at the University of Hong Kong says support for Democratic candidates in the Island and Kowloon East constituencies has dropped three percentage points, while Democrat support in the New Territories East constituency has slipped four percentage points.
Of the 325 voters contacted in the Island seat, 43 per cent said they would vote for the Democratic Party and its candidates led by Martin Lee Chu-ming.
Under proportional representation, the party would get the equivalent of 1.7 seats according to the percentage of votes. With 13.6 per cent support, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) would get 0.5 seats.
A quarter of respondents were don't knows. The pollsters said the Democrats needed to work harder to secure the second seat.
While the DAB has the best chance of winning a seat, it remains unclear if the last seat would go to Christine Loh Kung-wai of the Citizens Party, or the Liberal Party's Ada Wong Ying-kay.
In Kowloon East, one-third of respondents were still undecided, while 42 per cent said they would vote for the Democrats. Such a result translates into 1.3 seats.
