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A total of 20.8 percent of Ukrainians would vote for incumbent President Viktor Yanukovych if the next presidential elections were held on Sunday, Oct. 6.

According to the results of the public opinion survey conducted by R&B Group and announced at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on Monday, 11.7 percent of Ukrainians would vote for Leader of UDAR Party Vitali Klitschko, 10.9 percent for Leader of the Batkivschyna Party Yulia Tymoshenko, 6.3 percent for leader of the Batkivschyna faction in parliament Arseniy Yatseniuk.

Leader of the Communist Party of Ukraine Petro Symonenko would get 4.9 percent of the vote, independent MP Petro Poroshenko 3.2 percent, and Leader of Svoboda Party Oleh Tiahnybok 3.1 percent.

At the same time, 11.5 percent of respondents said they would not go to the polls, 16.6 percent were undecided, and 7.9 percent said they would vote against all candidates.

The survey was conducted by R&B Group in all regions of Ukraine on Sept. 15-25, 2013. A total of 3,117 respondents aged over 18 years were polled. The margin of error is 2 percent.