04:53 26.10.2015

CEC: Voter turnout at local elections in Ukraine exceeds 46%

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CEC: Voter turnout at local elections in Ukraine exceeds 46%

KYIV. Oct 26 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Almost 13.8 million Ukrainian citizens came to the local elections on October 25, which is 46.62% of the total number of voters, the Central Elections Commission (CEC) reported.

According to the summary data on the number of voters that received bulletins at voting stations posted on CEC website, the western regions of the country lead in the voter turnout. Ternopil region had the largest number of voters that came to the elections (56.5%). It is followed by Lviv (56.31%), Volyn (55.29%), Ivano-Frankivsk (52.85%) and Rivne (50.83%) regions. In addition, the turnout in Zakarpattia (49.16%) and Chernivtsi (48.86%) was much lower.

Rather high turnout was noticed in the central Ukraine. Particularly, over 50% of people voted in Khmelnytsky and Vinnytsia regions. The results in Dnipropetrovsk region are 42.99%, in Cherkasy region – over 47%, Kirovohrad region – 46.83%, and in Poltava region – 49.31%.

The lowest number of voters came to the elections in Donetsk (264,716, or 31.65%) and Luhansk (159,047 or 35.27%) regions. A total of 44.43% of voters came to the elections in Kharkiv region.

The turnout in Kyiv amounted to 41.87%m and 49.09 in the region. The results in Chernihiv region amounted to 48.76%, in Zhytomyr region – 49.09%, and in Sumy region – 46.03%.

A total of 44.51% of voters came to vote in Zaporizhia region, 41.87% - in Odesa region, 38.38% in Mykolaiv region and 37.41% - in Kherson region.

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