Yulia Tymoshenko achieves convincing victory in 17 regions of Ukraine

Yulia Tymoshenko’s campaign manager Oleksandr Turchynov reports that based on results of their parallel vote count Yulia Tymoshenko is winning in 17 oblasts of Ukraine.

"We have counted 85.7% of protocols from the polling station commissions. Yulia Tymoshenko has achieved a convincing victory in 17 administrative territorial units," Oleksandr Turchynov said today on a briefing.

However, he notes that support for the two candidates is currently divided equally.

According to Turchynov, Yulia Tymoshenko achieved a victory in the Vinnytsia (70%), Volyn (79.5%), Ivano-Frankivsk (87%) and Rivne (76%) oblasts.

Yulia Tymoshenko was also supported by 49% of residents in the Zakarpattia oblast, 57.4% of residents in the Zhytomyr oblast, 69.4% of residents in the Kyiv oblast, 54.2% of residents in the Kirovohrad oblast, and 53% of residents in the Poltava oblast.

She gained a convincing victory in the Lviv (87%), Ternopil (87%), Khmelnytsky (64%), Cherkasy (64%), Chernivtsi (66%) and Chernihiv (62%) oblasts and city of Kyiv (65%).

Oleksandr Turchynov added that it is very difficult to count votes from the east and west of the country because of delayed protocols.