Post by Jaga on Oct 1, 2007 23:53:55 GMT -7
The turnover was high. See Tymoshenko nice picture:
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-ukraine1oct01,0,1488180.story?coll=la-home-world
Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's 'Orange' camp appears headed for a narrow victory in parliamentary elections, exit polls show.
By David Holley, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
October 1, 2007
KIEV, Ukraine — Parties favoring a pro-Western foreign policy and closer ties with the European Union appeared headed for a narrow victory in parliamentary elections, according to exit polls.
Sunday's balloting pitted against each other the same two sides that faced off in 2004 in Ukraine's Orange Revolution, when weeks of street protests forced a repetition of a presidential runoff election.
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Yulia Tymoshenko, 46, the most fiery leader of those protests, seemed headed early today toward becoming prime minister again.
With about 25% of ballots counted, parties backing Tymoshenko had 49% of the vote compared with 35% for parties backing Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich and 4% for the bloc of centrist former parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn.
Four exit polls, however, suggested a much narrower margin separating the top two vote-getters, which would make Lytvyn's bloc a potential kingmaker.
Results closer to the predictions of exit polls might allow Yanukovich, whose presidential victory was overturned in 2004, to remain prime minister if he can woo the centrist party to his side.
Tymoshenko, speaking late Sunday after release of the exit poll results, claimed victory and predicted her Orange camp would agree on the makeup of a new government within days. She also expressed concern that her opponents might attempt to falsify the ballot count.
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-ukraine1oct01,0,1488180.story?coll=la-home-world
Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's 'Orange' camp appears headed for a narrow victory in parliamentary elections, exit polls show.
By David Holley, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
October 1, 2007
KIEV, Ukraine — Parties favoring a pro-Western foreign policy and closer ties with the European Union appeared headed for a narrow victory in parliamentary elections, according to exit polls.
Sunday's balloting pitted against each other the same two sides that faced off in 2004 in Ukraine's Orange Revolution, when weeks of street protests forced a repetition of a presidential runoff election.
Related Stories
- Ukraine vote may be replay with twist
Yulia Tymoshenko, 46, the most fiery leader of those protests, seemed headed early today toward becoming prime minister again.
With about 25% of ballots counted, parties backing Tymoshenko had 49% of the vote compared with 35% for parties backing Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich and 4% for the bloc of centrist former parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn.
Four exit polls, however, suggested a much narrower margin separating the top two vote-getters, which would make Lytvyn's bloc a potential kingmaker.
Results closer to the predictions of exit polls might allow Yanukovich, whose presidential victory was overturned in 2004, to remain prime minister if he can woo the centrist party to his side.
Tymoshenko, speaking late Sunday after release of the exit poll results, claimed victory and predicted her Orange camp would agree on the makeup of a new government within days. She also expressed concern that her opponents might attempt to falsify the ballot count.