Zelensky would beat opponents in first round of presidential election

poll

29.12.2021 17:17

Ukrinform

If the presidential election in Ukraine were held in the near future, the incumbent president, Volodymyr Zelensky, would receive the most votes in the first round, according to a survey conducted by the Razumkov Center's sociological service together with the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation.

The results of the survey were presented at a press conference at Ukrinform on Wednesday, December 29.

The poll found that 17.5% of all respondents or 24% of those who will go to the polls and have decided on whom to vote for would support Zelensky.

Some 11% and 16% of respondents, respectively, intend to vote for Petro Poroshenko, 8% and 10% for Yulia Tymoshenko, 7.5% and 9% for Yuriy Boiko, 7% and 9% for Dmytro Razumkov, 5% and 6% for Ihor Smeshko, 5% and 6% for Yevhenii Murayev, 3.5% and 5% for Volodymyr Groysman, 2% and 3% for Serhiy Prytula, 2% and 2% for Oleh Liashko, 1.5% and 2% for Ruslan Koshulynsky, 1% and 2% for Anatoliy Hrytsenko, and 1% and 1% for Vitali Klitschko.

According to the survey, if Zelensky and Poroshenko reach the presidential run-off, they would receive approximately the same number of votes - 23% of all respondents or 50% of those who will take part in the election and have decided on whom to vote for.

If Zelensky and Boiko reach the second round of the presidential election, 26% and 63%, respectively, would vote for the incumbent president, and 17% and 37%, respectively, would support Boiko.

If Zelensky and Razumkov win through to the second round, 22% and 44%, respectively, would vote for Zelensky, and 30% and 56%, respectively, would vote for Razumkov.

If Zelensky and Tymoshenko advance to the second round, 24% and 53.5%, respectively, would vote for Zelensky, and 22% and 46.5%, respectively, would vote for Tymoshenko.

The survey was conducted from December 17 to 22, 2021. Some 2,018 respondents aged 18 and older were interviewed in all regions of Ukraine, except for Crimea and the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The poll's margin of error (excluding the design effect) does not exceed 2.3% with a probability of 0.95.