KIEV, Nov. 17 ??“ The Regions Party, led by former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, leads other groups in an opinion poll taken five months ahead of general election in Ukraine, according to data released Thursday.

Yanukovych??™s party would score 17.5% of the vote, while President Viktor Yushchenko??™s group, Our Ukraine, would collect 13.5%, according to data by Razumkov Center, an independent think tank.