Greek leftist party Syriza maintains poll lead as elections loom

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek leftist opposition party Syriza holds a steady 3.5 point lead over the ruling conservatives with little over a week of campaigning left before a snap election on Jan. 25, an opinion poll published on Thursday showed.

Syriza would garner 31.5 percent of the vote against 28 percent for the centre-right party of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the survey by pollsters Pulse for Action 24 television showed.

Two previous polls by the same firm also gave the leftist party, which wants to cancel austerity measures imposed to meet the conditions of Greece's 240 billion euro bailout, a 3.5 point lead over the conservatives.

(Reporting By Costas Pitas; Editing by Hugh Lawson)