Servant of People party gets 42% of votes after 30% of ballots were counted in Ukraine

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KIEV, Jul 22, 2019, TASS. The Servant of People party got 42.12% of votes at the snap parliamentary election in Ukraine after 30% of ballots were counted, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said on Monday, reported the TASS.

Five parties have so far overcome the five-percent threshold.

Opposition Platform For Life received 12.69% of votes, former president Pyotr Poroshenko’s European Solidarity – 8.7%, former prime minister Yulia Timoshenko’s Batkivschina – 8.2%, singer Svyatoslav Vakarchuk’s Voice – 6.4%.

A total of 225 candidates will be elected by party lists, while 199 candidates will be elected in single-member districts.

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