UKROP party candidate Konstankevych wins Rada by-election in district No. 23 in Volyn
A candidate of the UKROP party, member of Volyn Regional Council, Iryna Konstankevych has won in the by-elections to the Ukrainian parliament in single mandate district No. 23 (with the center in the village of Manevychi, Volyn region).
With all ballots counted, she received 57.42% of the vote (44,123 votes). Candidate of the Batkivschyna Party Liudmyla Kyrda got 12.94% of the vote, representative of the Radical Party Serhiy Bula 8.71%, independent candidate Fedir Venislavsky 5.17%, the rest of the candidates scored less than 4%, the Central Election Commission reported on its website.
All in all, 18 candidates ran for parliament in district No. 23. The voter turnout was 48.8%.
Konstankevych is deputy chair of the charity foundation Ihor Palytsia Foundation "United Together."
The elections to district No. 23 were appointed in connection with the death of MP Ihor Yeremeyev, who was the co-owner of the Continuum group of companies, which owns WOG gas stations network and Kherson Oil Refinery.