Ukraine presidential election polls
Presidential election Held 24 Feb 2022.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy leads the polling average with 27.4%, 10.1 points ahead of Valerii Zaluzhnyi.
Also polled: Parliamentary election.
Average
Updated 34 minutes ago
Zelenskyy SNVolodymyr Zelenskyy
27.4
−2.4
Zaluzhnyi Ind.Valerii Zaluzhnyi
17.3
−0.4
Fedorov Ind.Mykhailo Fedorov
9.9
+1.3
Budanov Ind.Kyrylo Budanov
8.4
−1.0
Poroshenko YeSPetro Poroshenko
6.5
−0.4
Terekhov UKhIhor Terekhov
4.3
−0.3
Usyk Ind.Oleksandr Usyk
4.0
−0.4
Razumkov RPDmytro Razumkov
3.6
−0.3
Trend
Zelenskyy SNZaluzhnyi Ind.Fedorov Ind.Budanov Ind.Poroshenko YeSTerekhov UKh
Stances
Zelenskyy SNZaluzhnyi Ind.Fedorov Ind.Budanov Ind.Poroshenko YeSTerekhov UKh
Immigration5 unplaced
ExpandRestrictRemigration
Economy2 unplaced
Free marketState-directed
Christian identity4 unplaced
Abortion4 unplaced
Broad accessProtect unborn life
Marriage & family4 unplaced
Individual choiceTraditional
National culture3 unplaced
CosmopolitanPreserve heritage
Technology4 unplaced
Light-touchRein in Big Tech
Scores and reasons written by AI. Methodology
Why these scores
Immigration
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy: 4 of 10 Urges return of emigrants and draft-age men; his government plans regulated labour migration for shortages
Economy
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy: 4.5 of 10 Backed land-market opening and privatisation; signed wartime rises in military levy and bank taxes
- Mykhailo Fedorov: 3 of 10 Created Diia.City low-tax regime for IT firms; pledged to eliminate bureaucracy, open-tender defence procurement
- Petro Poroshenko: 3.5 of 10 Opposes wartime tax rises on sole proprietors; as president backed Prozorro and coal-mine privatisation
- Ihor Terekhov: 6 of 10 Made all Kharkiv public transport free from 2022, plus free communal meals; critics call it left-wing populism
Christian identity
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy: 4 of 10 Signed 2024 ban on Moscow-linked church bodies as 'spiritual independence'; no wider religious agenda
- Petro Poroshenko: 5.5 of 10 As president obtained 2019 Tomos for Ukrainian Orthodox autocephaly, campaigned on faith; backs ban on Moscow-linked church
Abortion
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy: 2 of 10 Said in 2019 abortion should not be banned and is a personal choice; 12-week on-request law unchanged
- Petro Poroshenko: 2.5 of 10 Never sought to change on-request abortion to 12 weeks as president or since
Marriage & family
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy: 3.5 of 10 Rules out marriage change under martial law; asked for civil-partnership study; in 2024 said he would sign one
- Petro Poroshenko: 5 of 10 Opposes same-sex marriage but defended Kyiv Pride as a constitutional right in 2015
National culture
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy: 6 of 10 Signed wartime bans on Russian music and books and 2023 law removing Russian-imperial place names
- Petro Poroshenko: 7 of 10 Signed 2019 law making Ukrainian mandatory in public life and 2017 Ukrainian-language schooling law
- Ihor Terekhov: 3.5 of 10 Fought to keep Russian's regional status and Marshal Zhukov names; fined in 2022 for speaking Russian on air
Subsidiarity
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy: 3.5 of 10 Applied for EU membership 2022 and pursues accession; centralised wartime power via military administrations
- Petro Poroshenko: 3.5 of 10 Signed 2019 constitutional amendment committing to EU and NATO; launched 2014 municipal decentralisation
- Ihor Terekhov: 6 of 10 Founded and heads Association of Frontline Cities and Hromadas (2025); sought local say over Kharkiv's language status
Technology
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy: 4.5 of 10 Signed 2022 media law extending regulator online; his ministry's AI roadmap favours voluntary self-regulation
- Mykhailo Fedorov: 3 of 10 As digital minister set 'bottom-up' AI policy of voluntary codes and sandboxes; champions military AI
Second round
Zelenskyy SN 64.835.2 Poroshenko YeS
1 poll, latest 2 Aug
Zaluzhnyi Independent 66.233.8 Zelenskyy SN
1 poll, latest 2 Aug
Budanov Independent 60.339.7 Zelenskyy SN
1 poll, latest 2 Aug
Zelenskyy SN 56.843.2 Biletsky NK
1 poll, latest 2 Aug
Recent polls
| Date | Pollster | SN | Ind. | Ind. | Ind. |
|---|
| 23 Aug | Info Sapiens | 31.3 | 17.3 | 9.7 | 7.4 |
| 2 Aug | SOCIS | 17.8 | 17.1 | 10.5 | 6.7 |
| 21 Jul | Rating | 22.3 | 14.9 | 13.4 | 7.2 |
| 19 Jun | Info Sapiens | 34.2 | 16.7 | 3 | 8.4 |
| 3 Jun | Rating & IRI | 34 | 16 | | 12 |
| 18 Mar | SOCIS | 29.3 | 25 | | 13.7 |
| 31 Dec 2025 | IPSOS | 20 | 23 | | 7 |
| 26 Dec 2025 | Info Sapiens | 23.9 | 17.1 | | 4.2 |
| 18 Dec 2025 | SOCIS | 30.6 | 29.6 | | 8.1 |
| 16 Oct 2025 | SOCIS | 30.1 | 28.9 | | 5 |
| 3 Oct 2025 | American Political Services | 30.3 | 28.5 | | 7.6 |
| 23 Aug 2025 | Rating | 35.2 | 25.3 | | 4.5 |
| 27 Jul 2025 | Rating | 32 | 25 | | 5 |
| 11 Jun 2025 | SOCIS | 30.9 | 27.7 | | 5.2 |