Six parties have greatest chance of entering Ukraine parliament - poll

25.02.2019 18:51

Ukrinform

Six parties would have the greatest chance of winning seats on the Verkhovna Rada if the parliamentary election were held in mid-February, according to a survey conducted by Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS).

In particular, among the respondents who are going to vote and have decided on which party to support, 22.7% would vote for the Servant of the People party, 16.9% for the Batkivschyna party, 16.2% for the Petro Poroshenko Bloc's Solidarity party, 11.4% for the Opposition Platform - For Life party, 6% for the Civil Position party, and 5.7% for Oleh Liashko's Radical Party. The remaining political parties and blocs, according to the poll, would not overcome the 5% threshhold needed to enter parliament. According to the KIIS report, these six parties now have the greatest chance of winning seats on parliament.

At the same time, among those who are going to vote in the elections, 13.6% would support the Servant of the People party, 10.1% the Batkivshchyna party, 9.8% the Solidarity party, 6.8% the Opposition Platform - For Life party, 3.6% the Civil Position party, and 3.4% Oleh Liashko's Radical Party.

Among all respondents aged 18 and older, 12.5% would vote for the Servant of the People party, 9.3% for the Batkivshchyna party, 8.9% for the Solidarity party, 6.3% for the Opposition Platform - For Life party, 3.3% for the Civil Position party, and 3.2% for Oleh Liashko's Radical Party.

The all-Ukrainian public opinion poll was conducted by KIIS from February 8 to 20, 2019. The institute polled 2,042 respondents aged over 18 from 110 populated localities in all regions of Ukraine (except for Crimea). In Luhansk and Donetsk regions, the poll was conducted only on the territory controlled by the Ukrainian authorities.

The poll's margin of error (with a probability of 0.95 and a design effect of 1.5) does not exceed 3.3% for figures close to 50%, 2.8% for figures close to 25%, 2% for figures close to 10%, and 1.4% for figures close to 5%.

The parliamentary elections in Ukraine are due to be held this autumn.