Premier Ted Baillieu will come under renewed pressure to lift his, and the government's, performance following a poll that puts the opposition Labor Party in an election-winning position and Labor leader Daniel Andrews as preferred premier.

A Channel 7 News/ReachTEL phone poll released on Sunday night found Labor led the Coalition on the primary vote, with the ALP attracting 36.8 per cent, the Coalition 34.4 per cent and the Greens 12 per cent. Preference flows would deliver a Labor victory.

Premier Ted Baillieu could be voted out at the 2014 state election. Credit:Arsineh Houspian

And despite controversy last week involving Bob Katter's Australian Party and two of its candidates' comments on homosexuality, the new party is more popular than the Nationals, attracting 4.4 per cent of the vote, compared with the Nationals' 3.5 per cent.

Labor leader Daniel Andrews leads Mr Baillieu as preferred premier, 55.6 per cent to 44.4.