Tymoshenko leads presidential candidate poll

12:31, 13.07.2018 1 min read

If presidential elections in Ukraine were held next Sunday, the leader of the Batkivschyna Party Yulia Tymoshenko, actor and showman Volodymyr Zelensky, musician Sviatoslav Vakarchuk and leader of the Civil Position Party Anatoliy Hrytsenko would receive the most votes, according to results of sociological research conducted by GfK Ukraine.

According to the results of the survey published in Kyiv on Thursday, 10% of respondents are ready to vote for Tymoshenko, 7% for Zelensky, 7% for Vakarchuk and 6% for Hrytsenko. Opposition Bloc leader Yuriy Boiko, Radical Party leader Oleh Liashko, incumbent President Petro Poroshenko would receive 5% each.

Some 3% of those polled said they would vote for For Life Party leader Vadym Rabinovych and current Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman. Other candidates would receive 1% or less.

Some 19% said they would not take part in presidential elections, while 23% found it difficult to answer the question.