48% READY TO SUPPORT YUSHCHENKO, 36% WILL BACK YANUKOVYCH

POLL BY RAZUMKOV CENTER:
ON FRESH RUNOFF VOTE ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Ukrainian News Agency, Kiev, Ukraine, December 1, 2004 (14:44)

KYIV - According to the public opinion poll held by the Ukrainian Center for Economic and Political Studies named after Oleksandr Razumkov, 47.8% of the poll participants are ready to support the candidacy of Our Ukraine coalition leader Viktor Yuschenko, and 36% will back Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych on fresh runoff vote on presidential election. Ukrainian News learned this from the poll data.

Poll participants answered the question, who they were prepared to vote for in the new second round of presidential election should it be held. 4.5% of the poll participants are prepared to vote against all. 4.8% will not come to elections. 6.9% failed to give answer.

Poll participants also answered the question, which candidate has more chances to be elected president. 45% of the poll participants said that Yuschenko had more chances, and 30% thought Yanukovych did. 13% of the poll participants believe that Yuschenko and Yanukovych have equal chances. 12.1% found it difficult to find answer.

On November 25-29, the center polled 2,013 people older than 18 in all regions of Ukraine. According to the exit poll inquiries made by the Consortium comprising the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, the Razumkov Ukrainian Center for Economic and Political Research and
the Democratic Initiatives fund, 53% of the voters cast their ballots in favor of Yuschenko and 44% voted for Yanukovych.