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Svoboda leading in election to Ivano-Frankivsk city council with 57% of ballots counted

Svoboda leading in election to Ivano-Frankivsk city council with 57% of ballots counted

With 56.8% of the ballots counted, seven political forces get seats in Ivano-Frankivsk city council.

The Svoboda All-Ukrainian Association received 27% of the vote, the Front for Change 14.3%, the Batkivschyna Party 9.6%, the Regions Party 8.4%, the Third Force Party 6.3%, the UDAR Party 5.3%, and the Our Ukraine Party 4.3%, Ivano-Frankivsk city election commission told Interfax-Ukraine.

A total of 41 parties were participating in the election to Ivano-Frankivsk city council.

The local election was conducted under a mixed proportional-majority system, with one half of the local council deputies being elected on party lists, and the other half elected in single-member constituencies, although only local party organizations were able to nominate candidates for these constituencies.

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