Three social research centers to hold National Exit Poll 2019

The Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation (DIF), the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology and the Razumkov Center have announced about the start of the National Exit Poll 2019 project.

Iryna Bekeshkina, Director of the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation, stated this at a press conference at Ukrinform on Thursday, March 21.

She said that “the consortium of these three organizations” will hold exit polls at polling stations on March 31.

"Exit polls in Ukraine play a special role and are of special importance. This is not a necessary condition for night talk shows, but a form of public control over the electoral integrity," she said.

According to Bekeshkina, the first results of the exit poll will be made public at 20.00, this will be the figures collected as of 18.00. Then sociologists will release data at 23:00, this will be the figures collected before the closure of polling stations.

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