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Tue 01 Jan 2010Yanukovich wins first round of Ukrainian election with 11% margin
UKRAINIAN OPPOSITION leader Viktor Yanukovich and prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko both claim to be well placed to win next month’s presidential election run-off, after Sunday’s first round failed to give any candidate an overall majority.
With almost all the votes counted, Mr Yanukovich led last night with 35.42 per cent against 24.95 per cent for Ms Tymoshenko, who is confident of overturning the deficit by attracting the support of most of the Ukrainians who voted for 16 other first-round candidates.
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