April 2009 Ukrainian Presidential Poll Results

A recent public opinion poll conducted by the Kyiv International Sociology Institute indicates Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych has increased his lead heading toward the next Ukrainian presidential election.

The poll results are:

Viktor Yanukovych (Party of Regions) - 25.6%
Yulia Tymoshenko (Prime Minister/BYuT) - 14.4%
Arseniy Yatsenyuk (former Parliament Speaker) - 13.6%
Petro Symonenko (Communist Party) - 3.3%
Volodymyr Lytvyn (current Parliament Speaker/Lytvyn Bloc) - 2.9%
Viktor Yushchenko (current President) - 2.4%

Yanukovych's lead has increased from 1.4% in a March poll by the Ramukov Center to 11.2% over current Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. President Viktor Yushchenko remains at the bottom of the poll and continues to lose support.

This latest poll was conducted by interviewing 1,984 Ukrainian citizens between March 26 and April 17, 2009. The margin of error is 2.5%.