Gap between Yanukovych and Tymoshenko stands at 3.1% with 99.27% of ballots counted

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With 99.27% of the ballots in the Ukrainian presidential run-off counted, Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych has won 48.76% of the vote, while Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko collected 45.66%, the press center of the Ukrainian Central Election Commission (CEC) has reported.

A total of 4.37% supported neither of the candidates.

The gap between Yanukovych and Tymoshenko now stands at 3.1%.

The voter turnout on February 7 was 69.07%.

The CEC is now receiving ballot-count documents in electronic form and has started receiving official vote returns on paper.

08.02.2010