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A new poll shows the NDP trailing the UCP by nine percentage points, a narrower margin than observed in a number of other recent surveys gauging party support before the April 16 provincial election.

The online Leger poll, which surveyed 879 people on April 2 and 3, shows Jason Kenney and the UCP are ahead of Rachel Notley and the NDP, by 48 per cent to 37 per cent in Calgary — a city widely considered crucial in deciding which way the vote will go.

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Province-wide, the poll gives the UCP 47 per cent support to the NDP’s 38 per cent, with the Alberta Party garnering nine per cent and the Liberals four per cent.

Other polls conducted late last month listed the UCP advantage as high as 21 per cent across Alberta and in Calgary.

Edmonton remains the only region favouring the NDP, where the poll suggests it holds a lead of 48 per cent to the UCP’s 38 per cent.

Notley, whose name has been a consistent selling point for her party, was seen as being the best premier by 34 per cent of respondents, compared to 28 per cent for Kenney.