Party of Regions member Kosiuha wins mayoral election in Alchevsk

11:20, 03.06.2013 1 min read

Party of Regions representative Volodymyr Kosiuha has been elected mayor of Alchevsk (Luhansk region), the Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) has told Interfax-Ukraine.

A representative of the Luhansk regional branch of the CVU, Oleksiy Svetikov, said that according to the protocol of the Alchevsk city territorial election commission, 9,764 people (50.95%) voted for Kosiuha.

A representative of the Ukrainian Communist Party, Oleksandr Bebeshko, took second place, with 3,097 votes (16.3%). He is followed by a representative of the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine, Mykola Boiko (1,494 votes, or 7.78%), UDAR Party member Vitaliy Serpokrylov (1,326 votes, or 6.9%), and Civil Position Party representative Valeriy Filatov (1,153 votes, or 6%).

A total of 1,558 local residents (8.11%) voted against all candidates. A total of 19,072 voters participated in the election, and the turnout was 22.32%.