Yanukovich wins the presidential elections in Ukraine - the central election comission
17:30, 10 February 2010
KIEV. February 10. KAZINFORM The Ukrainian Central Election Commission announced the election results, after 100% of electronic protocols from the district election committees had been counted; Kazinform refers to ITAR-TASS.
The leader of the Party of Regions Viktor Yanukovich was elected Ukraine's president gaining 48.95% of votes in the second round of the presidential elections, while Yulia Timoshenko polled 45.47% of votes, the press service of the Ukrainian Central Election Commission reported on Wednesday.
The gap between Yanukovich and Timoshenko has made 3.48% or 888,000 votes. Some 4.36% of voters did not support any candidate; Kazinform cites ITAR-TASS.
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