Zelenskyy's Party Tops Poll With Almost 50% Ahead Of Parliamentary Vote - Pollster

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) Ukrainian Servant of the People Party, whose member Volodymyr Zelenskyy secured a landslide victory in April's presidential election, is leading in a poll ahead of the parliamentary elections with almost 50 percent of potential votes, while their closest opponents trail behind with less than 11 percent, a poll, carried out by sociological group Rating, showed on Wednesday.

"The leader of voters' affection among the political forces is Servant of the People party, with 48.2 percent of those who intend to vote and have already decided [on who they may vote for] ... ready to support it," the pollster said.

According to the results of the poll, the 5 percent threshold, which is necessary to secure seats in parliament, may be also exceeded by the Opposition Platform � For Life party, projected to gain 10.7 percent of potential votes; by European Solidarity, led by former President Petro Poroshenko, with 7.

8 percent of potential votes; and by Fatherland party of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, which is expected to win up to 6.9 percent of the vote.

The survey was taken from May 29-June 3 across Ukraine, not including some of the territories in the country's eastern Donbas region, which are not controlled by Kiev. The poll covered 2,000 adult respondents, the margin of error does not exceed 2.2 percent.

Meanwhile, another poll taken by another Ukrainian pollster from May 15-31 among a comparable number of respondents showed on Monday that Servant of the People Party enjoyed support of 30.8 percent of potential voters.

The parliamentary elections in Ukraine, which were not supposed to be held until October, are now scheduled for July 21, since Zelesnkyy dissolved the legislature in late May.