People's Deputy of Ukraine Volodymyr Bondar took part in a meeting of the Lutsk Press Club of Market Reforms, where the topic "The Importance of Exit Polls for Ensuring Transparency and Openness of Elections" was discussed. The People's Deputy emphasized the relevance of this topic, precisely on the eve of the Ukrainian Presidential elections, and noted the importance of any controlling moments, especially after the elections in Mukachevo. "Exit poll data in Ukraine has the character of announcing preliminary election results, and can simultaneously have a serious political character, while abroad exit polls are used for preparing television shows," noted Volodymyr Bondar. The People's Deputy claims that the owners of most Ukrainian television channels are not interested in obtaining the fastest operational information, since they are expressors of the interests of certain political forces. "Under certain circumstances they are interested in information that may not always be objective. Therefore, leading channels do not act as commissioners for conducting exit polls in our state. But the fact that the funding of exit poll research has a non-Ukrainian origin does not mean that the results are commissioned. And it is not worth talking about a biased approach of the organizations that conduct such research. In Ukraine, three structures have experience in conducting exit polls and the margin of error is very small, which testifies to professionalism and correctness of approaches," believes Volodymyr Bondar. He is convinced that the structures that will conduct exit polls at the presidential elections will give an objective result with a small possible margin of error. The deputy illustrated the significance of this electoral procedure using the example of Georgia, where the announcement of exit poll data changed the election results and the situation in the state. Volodymyr Bondar believes that "today's authorities have reached the point where they are ready to falsify elections as the only possible option for the victory of the pro-government candidate." Therefore, opposition forces will use several countermeasures — collection of protocols, exit polls, appeals to international structures. If the official results announced by the CEC differ drastically from the exit poll data, this will mean that the elections were falsified. The first results will prompt both politicians and citizens to think about the further development of the state. According to the people's elected representative, there is a possibility that exit polls may be conducted by 20 structures, 17 of which are commissioned with certain political goals. "They will be the ones to issue the results needed by the current authorities, and a significant part of the media will refer to these results. This will be an ordinary practical technology to avoid the consequences of the Georgian scenario. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why leading television channels do not act as commissioners of exit poll research," believes Volodymyr Bondar.