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The Bloc of Petro Poroshenko, Oleh Liashko's Radical Party, People's Front, and Samopomich (Self-Assistance) Union are expected to garner enough votes in the upcoming early parliamentary elections in Ukraine to qualify for parliament, as is seen from a public opinion survey conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation in all regions of Ukraine except Crimea on Oct. 9-18, 2014.

“For the time being, among those intending to run in the elections, the election threshold should be reached by the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko political party with 20.5% [of the votes], Oleh Liashko’s Radical Party with 8.6%, People’s Front led by Arseniy Yatseniuk and Oleksandr Turchynov with 6.8%, and Samopomich Union with 5.8%. The political party Batkivschyna All-Ukrainian Union led by Yulia Tymoshenko is very close to passing the threshold with 4.7%,” the foundation said in a report.

According to the survey, a total of 3.6% of the voters, who are going to the polls, will support the Opposition Bloc led by Yuriy Boiko, 2% will vote for the Svoboda party led by Oleh Tiahnybok, 2.8% for the Communist party of Ukraine, 1.25% for the Righty Sector, 3.75% for Strong Ukraine party led by Sergiy Tigipko and 3.3% for Civil Position party led by Anatoliy Hrytsenko.

According to the poll, a total of 54.6% of respondents are ready to vote at the elections on October 26, 18.8% are likely to vote, 20.4% won’t come to polling stations, and 4.8% are unlikely to vote. In addition, a total of 32% of the voters haven’t decided who to vote for.

“If only those, who have already made their choice, voted, seven or eight political forces would get into the Verkhovna Rada: the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko (30.4%), Liashko’s Radical Party (12.9%), the People’s Front party (10.8%), the Samopomich Union (8.5%), Batkivschyna (7.5%), Tigipko’s Strong Ukraine (5.6%), the Opposition Bloc (5.9%) and possibly Civil Position (4.8%). However, the votes of those 32%, who haven’t decided yet, might be distributed in a different manner,” reads the survey.

The poll was conducted in 110 populated areas in the whole of Ukraine except for Crimea and Luhansk region. A total of 2,025 respondents were polled. The poll’s margin of error doesn’t exceed 2.2%.