Yanukovych, Tymoshenko go into Ukraine election runoff Feb. 7
08:29, 20 January 2010
KIEV. January 20. KAZINFORM Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko face a February 7 runoff in Ukraine's presidential polls after neither of them was able to secure victory in the first round of voting; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
With 100% of the ballots counted, Yanukovych garnered 35.32% and Tymoshenko took 25.05%.
Ex-National Bank head Serhiy Tyhypko gained 13.06%. He was followed by ex-parliamentary speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk with 6.96% and incumbent president Viktor Yushchenko with 5.45%. A total of 2.2% of voters voted for "none of the above."
"This is preliminary information," deputy Central Election Commission chairman Andrey Magera said, adding that the official results would be made available later; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.
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