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Amsterdam (ANTARA News / Reuters) - The Dutch Labour Party (PvdA) suffered the defeat of Christian Democrats (CDA) in a poll conducted Friday night, marking the fierce battle between Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, leader of the CDA and PvdA Job Cohen's new leader in elections on June.

PvdA, leading in the polls a month ago after Cohen announced at the party's leadership see the number of seats that may reach down to three to 30 while the CDA won by one to 29 last week, according to Synovate Politieke Barometer survey.

Dutch government falls on February 30 in one persilisihan on the future of the Dutch mission in Afghanistan and the elections will be held on June 9.

Politics in the Netherlands has changed since March 12 when the Labour leader Wouter Bos retreat to make way for Cohen, who was then mayor of Amsterdam.

In a poll who is the most preferred to occupy the prime minister's seat, Cohen received the support three times more than its competitors, including Balkenende.

"It seems that Cohen's effect, which gave Labour 33 seats in the three polls, began to dim," said Synovate.

Exit polls from the Maurice de Hond on Wednesday showed Labour ahead with 33 seats, followed by the Liberals (VVD) with 28 seats and the Christian Democrats with 26 seats.