Yanukovych wins 48.96% of votes, Tymoshenko 45.47% after 99.98% of protocols counted
Yanukovych won 48.96% of votes, and Tymoshenko received 45.47% of votes, according to results of vote count of 99.98% of protocols.

Yanukovych wins 48.96% of votes, Tymoshenko 45.47% after 99.98% of protocols counted

Feb 9, 2010 at 16:34 | Ukrainian News
Presidential candidate, leader of the Party of Regions Victor Yanukovych won 48.96% of votes, and presidential candidate, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko received 45.47% of votes, according to results of vote count of 99.98% of protocols from district election commissions, the Central Electoral Commission has informed.

Yanukovych won support of 12,479,684 voters, while Tymoshenko of 11,589,624.

Besides, 4.36% or 1,112,703 voters supported neither of the two candidates.

According to data of different exit-polls, 48.5-50.26% of voters supported Yanukovych in the second round of the presidential elections and 44.2-45.7% supported Tymoshenko, and the gap between them was 2.8-6.06%.

The turnout was 69.07% in the runoff.

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