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Eight opposition representatives have claimed victory in eight single-seat constituencies in Kyiv with all ballots counted, according to the Web site of the Central Election Commission.

Vitaliy Yarema, a nominee of the Batkivschyna United Opposition,
former chief of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry’s main office in Kyiv
and head of the board of the Law and Dignity charitable organization,
tool the most votes in constituency No. 212. Incumbent BYT-Batkivschyna
MP Volodymyr Yavorivsky won the elections in constituency No.213.

Andriy Illienko, a representative of the Svoboda Party, snatched
victory in constituency No. 215. Batkivschyna representative Oleksandr
Bryhynets took the most votes in constituency No. 217.

Batkivschyna representatives Ksenia Liapina, Volodymyr Ariev,
Volodymyr Bondarenko, Oleksandr Chornovolenko, Leonid Yemets and Dmytro
Andriyevsky won the elections in constituencies Nos. 216, 218, 219, 220,
221 and 222 respectively. UDAR Party representative Viktor Chumak
claimed victory in constituency No. 214.

The vote count is continuing in two single-seat constituencies. With
96.51% of the ballots counted in constituency No. 211, Batkivschyna
representative Serhiy Teriokhin holds the lead with 30.28% of the vote,
followed by Regions Party representative Ihor Lysov, with 26.75% of the
vote. With 76.23% of the ballots counted in constituency No. 223,
self-nominee Viktor Pylypyshyn holds the lead, with 28.37% of the vote,
while Svoboda Party representative Yuriy Levchenko is second (27.51%).