POLL SHOWS KOSTUNICA IS MOST POPULAR YUGOSLAV POLITICIAN

BELGRADE, March 4 (Hina) - Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica continues to be the favourite politician in the federation, while the DOS ruling coalition would convincingly win a possible election, according to a research conducted by the Strategic Marketing agency. Grading politicians between one and five, 911 people questioned over the telephone between Feb. 25 and March 2 gave Kostunica 3.99. He is followed by Yugoslav Deputy Prime Minister Miroljub Labus, who was given 3.79, central bank governor Mladjan Dinkic who was given 3.52, and Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic with a grade of 3.07. Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic was given an average grade of 2.7. The DOS coalition, which comprises 18 parties, would win a 61.3 vote if elections were held. Only 18.5 of the constituents would abstain from voting. If Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia ran at the elections outside of the coalition, it would win 29.1 percent of the vote, and the other coalition parties, together, 31.1 percent. Milosevic's Socialist Party of Serbia would win 9.5 percent and Vojislav Seselj's Serb Radical Party six percent of the vote. (hina) ha