GfK Ukraine: Klitschko catches up with Yanukovych in presidential rating

20.05.2013 18:23

Ukrinform

KYIV, May 20 /UKRINFORM/. UDAR Party leader Vitali Klitschko has caught up with President Viktor Yanukovych in the presidential rating, according to a survey conducted by GfK Ukraine in April 2013.

"If the election of the Ukrainian president were held next Sunday, 16% of Ukrainians would give their votes for Viktor Yanukovych and 16% would vote for Vitali Klitschko," reads a statement posted on the gfk.ua Web site.

The company's analysts said that compared with March 2013, Vitali Klitschko's rating rose by 6 percentage points, while Viktor Yanukovych's rating remained unchanged.

Klitschko's rating improved in Kyiv (to 17% in April from 9% in March), western (29% vs. 18%), central (21% vs. 13%) and northern (to 18% in April from 8% in March) regions. At the same time, Arseniy Yatseniuk's rating in these regions, except the northern regions, worsened.

The UDAR Party also improved its rating, with 17% of respondents ready to vote for it, which is 3% more than in March.

The study was conducted within the regular study of electoral preferences of the population on April 3-23, 2013. A total of 1,000 respondents aged over 16 were interviewed. The survey's maximum margin of error is 3.1%.

GfK Ukraine has conducted regular surveys of electoral preferences of the public every month since 2009.