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Petro Poroshenko is far ahead in the presidential race with 54.45 percent of votes after 95.05 percent of electronic voting reports have been processed, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said on May 27.

The leader of Batkivschyna All-Ukrainian Union Yulia Tymoshenko received 12.88 percent of people’s votes, Radical party leader Oleh Liashko won 8.38 percent of votes, leader of Civil Position Party Anatoliy Hrytsenko – 5.46 percent, and independent MP Sergiy Tigipko – 5.28 percent.

Besides, Svoboda Party leader Oleh Tiahnybok obtained 1.16 percent of the electors’ votes, and Right Sector Party leader Dmytro Yarosh – 0.7 percent.