Zelenskyy to lose to Zaluzhnyi in second round of presidential election, - poll. INFOGRAPHICS
If the Ukrainian presidential election were held in the near future, Volodymyr Zelenskyy would receive 18% of the vote in the first round, Valerii Zaluzhnyi 10.5%, and Petro Poroshenko 9.6%. At the same time, in the second round, Zaluzhnyi would lead the incumbent president with 36.4% to 25.3%.
According to Censor.NET, these findings are based on data from a sociological survey conducted by Active Group.
Presidential election
If the election were held this coming Sunday, 18% of those surveyed would support the current head of state, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
"Valeriy Zaluzhnyi has 10.5%, Petro Poroshenko has 9.6%, and they are tied within the margin of error. Ihor Terekhov has 6.6% support, Mykhailo Fedorov has 5.4%, and Kyrylo Budanov has 4.6%.
3.7% would vote for Andrii Biletskyi, 3.2% for Dmytro Razumkov, and 3.1% for Yulia Tymoshenko. Oleksii Honcharenko has 2.6%, Serhii Prytula—2.1%, Yurii Boiko—0.5%, and another candidate—2.2%.
"7.4% would vote against all candidates or spoil their ballots, 8.4% would not vote, and another 12.1% remain undecided," the survey report states.
Among those who have made up their minds
Among those who plan to vote and have made up their minds (72.1% of respondents), 25.0% would vote for Zelenskyy. Zaluzhnyi would receive 14.6%, Poroshenko – 13.3%, Terekhov – 9.2%, Fedorov – 7.5%, and Budanov – 6.3%.
Second round
In a second-round runoff between Valerii Zaluzhnyi and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 36.4% of respondents would vote for Zaluzhnyi, while 25.3% would vote for Zelenskyy.
16.1% would vote against both candidates or spoil their ballots, 12.0% would not vote, and another 10.2% were undecided. Among those who plan to vote and have made up their minds (61.7% of respondents), Zaluzhnyi leads with 59.0% to 41.0%.
In a head-to-head matchup between Petro Poroshenko and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy leads: 35.1% to 27.1%. 18.5% would vote against both candidates or spoil their ballots, 11.8% would not vote, and another 7.5% are undecided.
Among those who plan to vote and have made up their minds (62.2% of respondents), 56.5% support Zelenskyy and 43.5% support Poroshenko.
