Ukraine’s presidential election is due to take place on May 25.<br /><br />An opinion poll has indicated that Petro Poroshenko has a good chance of winning in the first round.<br /><br />Poroshenko is endorsed by retired boxer Vitaly Klitschko and supported by 48.4 percent of decided voters, just short of the absolute majority needed to avoid a second-round runoff.<br /><br />Vitaly Teslenko from the Ukrainian Voters Committee told euronews: “Poroshenko has the highest rating of people’s trust in all Ukrainian regions. The only exception are eastern regions Donetsk and Luhansk. The locals there haven’t decided who to support.”<br /><br />Poroshenko backed the uprising that ousted president Viktor Yanukovyth in February and previously served as foreign minister and economy minister.<br /><br />One man told euronews: “I think Poroshenko has a good chance of winning. He has quite good political record, and he is a good person.”<br /><br />“I think he is likely to win,” said one woman. “He is moderate, clever and a successful businessman.”<br /><br />The poll has former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko on 14 percent which would put her in second place with nearly twice as many votes as third-ranked contender Serhiy Tigipko.<br /><br />A second round will be held three weeks later on June 15 if nobody wins more than 50 percent in the first.<br /><br />The poll was taken by four agencies led by the SOCIS institute in Kyiv in all regions except Crimea.
