Four political parties would enter Ukraine’s parliament if elections were held in the immediate future, according to a new poll published by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology on Dec. 30.
The largest number of the poll’s respondents said that they would vote for the pro-Russian Opposition Platform – For Life party. It would receive the votes of 23.1% of respondents who had already made up their mind about which party to support.
President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Servant of the People party would take second place with 20.9% support, while the European Solidarity party led by former President Petro Poroshenko would get 14.1%. The Batkivshchyna party led by former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko would receive 9.8% support.
All these parties would pass the 5% threshold to enter parliament.
Three more parties are on the brink of passing the threshold. According to the poll, former lawmaker Oleh Lyashko’s Radical Party has 6.1% support, former Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman’s Ukrainian Strategy has 5.2% and the Syla i Chest (Strength and Honor) party led by Ihor Smeshko, the former Security Service chief, has 4.4% support.
According to the survey, 52.9% of respondents say they would certainly vote in parliamentary elections were they held in the near future, while another 19.4% would likely vote.
Currently, the Servant of the People party holds 246 seats in parliament, Opposition Platform – For Life has 44 seats, and European Solidarity holds 27 seats. The Batkivshchyna party and the For the Future party each have 24 seats. The Dovira (Trust) party and the Golos (Voice) party each have 20 lawmakers in the parliament. The remaining 17 lawmakers are unaligned.
The poll also asked about presidential elections. According to its results, 53.3% of respondents would vote if elections were held soon, while 19.7% aren’t sure, but would likely vote.
Zelensky would likely win such an election, while Yuriy Boyko, the pro-Russian leader of Opposition Platform – For Life, would take second place. Poroshenko would take third.
The Kyiv International Institute of Sociology conducted the poll on Dec. 17-23, interviewing 1,200 Ukrainians in person using laptops.
