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"I'm ready to include [points from] the programs of other candidates in my program," Yanukovych said. Leader of the Regions Party Victor Yanukovych has said he is ready to include some points of the programs of the presidential candidates who failed to win through to the second round into his program, and to realize them after the second round of the presidential election.

"I'm ready to include [points from] the programs of other candidates in my program," he told journalists in Kyiv on Jan. 18.

The data obtained from processing 95.18% of votes from local election commissions have shown that 35.42% voters cast votes for Viktor Yanukovych at the Ukrainian presidential election, 24.95% for Yulia Tymoshenko, and 13.01% for Sergiy Tigipko, the Ukrainian Central Election Commission said.

Six point ninety-six percent voted for Arseniy Yatseniuk, the CEC said. The top five is closed by incumbent Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko with 5.5% of the vote. Petro Symonenko was favored by 3.54% voters, Volodymyr Lytvyn by 2.33%, Oleh Tiahnybok by 1.45%, and Anatoliy Hrytsenko by 1.20%.

Two point two percent of voters voted for none of the 18 candidates.