Petro Poroshenko’s Bloc leading at Ukraine’s parliamentary elections
The parliamentary elections have been held: the turnout has reached almost 52.5%, the Ukrainian Central Election Commission reports.
As of 4 a.m. Minsk Time, the CEC has already counted about 10% of ballot papers. Petro Poroshenko’s Bloc is leading. The bloc has scored about 22% of votes, UNIAN reports. The People’s Front is behind it a bit with about 22%. The association Samopomoshch has scored less than 10%, Opposition Bloc – about 9%, Oleh Lyashko’s Radical Party– a bit over 8%, Batkivshchyna – about 6%.
All the other political parties have scored less than 5% (minimal requirement).
Photo: website of Ukrainian CEC
