Tigipko would have left his opponents behind if he won through to the run-off, according to the exit poll. Sergiy Tigipko, who came third in the first round of Ukraine's presidential election on Jan. 17, would have left his opponents behind if he won through to the run-off, according to the results of an exit poll initiated by the ICTV Channel and conducted by pollster GfK NOP.

If Tigipko and Yulia Tymoshenko won through to the run-off presidential election, they would have collected 42.9% and 27% of the vote respectively, the channel's press service reported on Tuesday.

If Tigipko and Viktor Yanukovych won through to the run-off presidential election, they would have garnered 43.1% and 31.6% of the vote respectively.

A total of 21,635 respondents were interviewed during the exit poll. Some 13.1% of those polled declined to participate in the poll.

As a result, the gap between Tigipko and Tymoshenko would have been 15.9% and between Tigipko and Yanukovych 11.5%.