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The New Democratic Party is hanging on to its 2011 vote share on the island of Montreal but is in a virtual tie with the Liberals, who have gained since the last federal election, a new poll shows.

The same poll says the two parties that have traditionally had problems making inroads in Montreal, the Bloc Québécois and Conservatives, are getting little traction in the city.

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With the federal election campaign now a month old, the new Mainstreet/Postmedia poll — this one of Montrealers alone — suggests affection for the NDP has not waned in the years since the 2011 election.

Many Montreal poll respondents remember exactly how they voted the last time and say they’llrepeat their vote on Oct. 19.

Had voters gone to the polls last Sunday (Aug. 27), 33 per cent of voters on Montreal Island would have voted NDP compared with 31 per cent who said they would vote Liberal, the poll finds. The other parties are well behind.