POLL: NDP In Dead Heat With Tories In Canada Election

There are two new polls released Sunday which demonstrate that the perennial third party in Canadian politics has a fairly good chance of being first in the Monday May 2nd federal election.

Here is the Ekos poll:

May 1, 2011

National Federal Vote Intention
(committed voters only)

34.8% Conservative Party of Canada
32.4% New Democratic Party
20.4% Liberal Party of Canada
 5.7% Bloc Québécois
 5.6% Green Party of Canada

n=2,988

Here is the Forum research poll:

May 1, 2011

National Federal Vote Intention

35% Conservative Party of Canada
33% New Democratic Party
19% Liberal Party of Canada

However, as social democrat notes at DailyKos.com, this does not mean that NDP will end the election with  enough seats to lead the next Canadian government, due to the vagaries of the first-past-the-post parliamentary system.