Posted by Kiev, Feb 10 (RIA Novosti) Former prime minister Viktor Yanukovych received 48.95 percent of the vote in the second round of Ukraine’s presidential election, 3.48 percent more than his opponent Yulia Tymoshenko, election authorities said Wednesday after completing the vote count.
With all the votes counted, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko had 45.47 percent of the votes, a Central Election Commission official said.
Tymoshenko has said in post-election comments that she would challenge the result.
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