Servant of People party leading with 43.1% of votes after 90% of ballots counted

World July 23, 2019, 4:55

A snap parliamentary election was held in Ukraine on July 21

KIEV, July 23. /TASS/. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky's Servant of People party has received 43.10% of votes in the Sunday snap parliamentary election after 90% of ballots were counted, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said on Tuesday.

A total of five parties overcame the five-percent threshold. Opposition Platform For Life received 12.94% of votes, former president Pyotr Poroshenko's European Solidarity — 8.18%, former prime minister Yulia Timoshenko's Batkivschina — 8.18% and singer Svyatoslav Vakarchuk's Golos (Voice) — 5.92%.

A snap parliamentary election was held in Ukraine on July 21. Voter turnout stood at 49.84%, the lowest ever in the hisotyr of Ukrainian parliamentary elections.

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