Over 60% of Ukrainians ready to vote in parliamentary elections

Some 65% of Ukrainians would come to polling stations if the elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine were held next Sunday, according to a poll conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation and the Razumkov Center.

The results of the survey were presented at a press conference on Tuesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

According to the poll, 65% of respondents are ready to vote in the upcoming parliamentary elections, while 19% of respondents are not inclined to participate in these elections.

The survey shows that among political parties and blocs, the majority of the vote of citizens who will go to the polls would be received by the Batkivshchyna Party (12.6%) and the Civil Position Party (10.7%).

They are followed by the Opposition Bloc (8.5%), For Life Party (8.1%), Oleh Liashko's Radical Party (7.9%), and the Petro Poroshenko Bloc's Solidarity Party (7.8%).

Sociologists also said that Samopomich Union (5.1%) and the recently registered Servant of the People Party (5%) would probable break the 5% electoral threshold.

A nationwide survey was conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation and the sociological service of the Razumkov Center from May 19 to May 25, 2018 in all regions of Ukraine, except for annexed Crimea and occupied areas in Donbas.

A total of 2,019 respondents aged over 18 years were interviewed. The poll's margin of error does not exceed 2.3%.

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