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Ukrainian PM's party gains 22 per cent of votes at parliamentary elections

Other News Materials 28 October 2014 09:02 (UTC +04:00)
Uktaine's President Petro Poroshenko said earlier he considered Yatsenyuk's party a strong partner candidate for the creation of a parliamentary coalition
Ukrainian PM's party gains 22 per cent of votes at parliamentary elections

With 83.18 per cent of ballots counted, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk's People's Front is gaining 22 per cent of votes in the country's parliamentary elections, leaving Poroshenko's bloc behind with 21.63 per cent, RIA Novosti reported referring to Ukraine's Central Election Commission.

According to the commission, another four parties are entering the Ukrainian parliament: Samopomich (Self-Help) party headed by mayor of Lviv Andriy Sadovy with 10.98 per cent of the votes, the Opposition Bloc with 9.48 per cent, Oleh Lyashko's nationalist Radical Party with 7.46 per cent, and Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party headed by former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko with 5.69 percent.

Uktaine's President Petro Poroshenko said earlier he considered Yatsenyuk's party a strong partner candidate for the creation of a parliamentary coalition.

On October 26, an early parliamentary election was held in Ukraine, with the turnout standing at 52.42 per cent.

The previous election took place in October 2012. On August 26, Poroshenko dissolved the Verkhovna Rada and declared an early parliamentary vote, saying that the composition of the parliament, elected under the presidency of ousted Viktor Yanukovych, was no longer relevant to the existing political situation.

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