Yanukovych would have won if elections were held next Sunday

Party of Regions leader Victor Yanukovych would have gained the largest number of votes in the Ukrainian presidential election if the election were held next Sunday, the Ukrainian Project System said. The agency polled 1, 200 adults by phone on Nov. 4-10, 2009.Some 21.4% of the respondents said they would vote for Yanukovych, 18.1% for Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, 7.8% for Front for Change leader Arseniy Yatseniuk, 6.9% for Verkhovna Rada Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn and 3.8% for Communist Party leader Petro Symonenko.Some 3.2% preferred President Viktor Yuschenko, 2.1% - businessman Sergiy Tigipko, 1.5% - Oleksandr Pabat, and 1.4% - Oleh Tiahnybok.A total of 2.3% said they would prefer another candidate.Some 4.5% said they would not vote; 9.5% would support neither candidate; and 17.2% would still have to make their choice.