October Ukrainian Election lowest turnout on record With 35Million voters registered (Including Crimea) less than 15.5Million voters participated with the most of the non participants coming from Eastern Ukraine. The voter turnout was lower in all Regions (Oblasts) By comparison we compared the 2012 Parliamentary elections to the October 26, 2014 election. 35800128 registered 20388019 (56.94%) voted 35373498 registered ~15772155 (44.58%) voted A difference of 12.37% or 4.73 million voters * Crimea represents ~02.04% voters Most if not all of the non-voters in 2014 would have supported Party of Regions or the Communist Party of Ukraine For detailed publication of election results Click here see our dynamic election map Official Election results CVK website
Exit polls from Ukraine's September 30 Parliamentary elections are indicating a divided country with Bloc Yulia Tymoshchenko along with Party of Regions maintaining leading poll position. The final outcome of the poll is unknown, Exit polls are not accurate, what is clear, as was anticipated is that Ukraine remains bitterly divided, a situation made worst by the president's unconstitutional power play. Viktor Yushchenko the biggest loser The Exit Polls show the Our Ukraine - People's Self Defence Party having lost ground. The Our Ukraine and People's Self-Defence alliance was expected to poll much higher. Victor Yushchenko, Ukraine's President had campaigned extensively for his party from the president's pulpit. Yushchenko was on National Television every night and even made an address to the Nation on the eve of the election. In spite all his efforts and the merger/takeover of the people's self defence party the President's party has not improved on th
Ukraine's embattled President Viktor Yushchenko, has launched his bid for a second term of office promising a host of things he cannot deliver, He claims he will secure Ukraine the right to visa free travel within Europe and will dismiss Ukraine's parliament if they do not conform to his demands and adopt his proposed new constitution which would see the President invested in absolute power and control. His platform for a second term was presented to a less then packed audience of members of his staff and the remnants of his party Our Ukraine who have remained loyal and supportive of the president. Yushchenko's statements and reports in the media have demonstrated why he should not and will not be re-elected to a second term. Yushchenko's demands that the parliament must adopt his proposed constitutional reforms or face dismissal shows a complete lack of understanding of Ukraine's laws and democratic values. Yushchenko attempts to force a referendum to i
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