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Putin would have won convincing victory if presidential election held last Sunday

MOSCOW. Jan 17 (Interfax) - President Vladimir Putin would have won a convincing victory if a presidential election had been held in Russia last Sunday, with 55% of Russian citizens supporting him.

Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov could have counted on 12% of the votes. Liberal Democratic Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky would have been supported by 4% of voters. Kemerovo governor Aman Tuleyev would have won 3% of the votes. Two percent of voters each would have supported Yabloko leader Grigory Yavlinsky, head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Yevgeny Primakov and Minister for Civil Defense and Emergencies Sergei Shoigu.

The Public Opinion Foundation released the data on Thursday with reference to a poll of 1,500 people in 100 towns and villages in Russia's 44 regions, territories and republics on January 12-13.

As compared to the previous poll done on December 22-23, Putin's rating was up 5%, the rating of Zyuganov was down 1%, that of Zhirinovsky and Tuleyev was up 1%, and the rating of Yavlinsky, Primakov and Shoigu did not change.

Forty-one percent of the respondents said President Putin is doing "satisfactory," while 39% of those polled gave him "a good mark," and 8% assessed Putin's activities as "excellent."

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