The first round of the presidential election in Ukraine will take place on 17 January. Ukraine Today has reported the findings of the December opinion poll. The figures are very similar to the November poll. Anyway, the outcome seems to be certain. Viktor Yanukovych looks likely to be elected at the second ballot. Here are the most important figures:

First round
V. Yanukovich 33.3%
Y. Timoshenko 26.6%
S. Tigipko 7.4%
A, Yatsenyuk 6.7%
V. Litvin 4.1%
V. Yushchenko 3.8%

Second round
V. Yanukovich 46.7%
Y. Timoshenko 30.0%