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| Ukraine election: early results indicate big win for president's party | Ukraine election: early results indicate big win for president's party |
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| The Ukrainian president’s party has won a majority of seats in Sunday’s parliamentary election, according to early results. | |
| With nearly half of the ballots counted on Monday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s party, Servant of the People (SOTP), is projected to win 42.4% of the vote. Results from single-mandate constituencies also show Zelenskiy’s allies winning in at least 115 of the 199 districts, meaning SOTP is projected to win an outright majority of seats at the supreme rada. | |
| Of the 424 seats in the Ukrainian parliament, 225 lawmakers are elected on party rolls and 199 in single-mandate districts. | Of the 424 seats in the Ukrainian parliament, 225 lawmakers are elected on party rolls and 199 in single-mandate districts. |
| If confirmed, SOTP will become the first party in Ukraine’s modern history to form an absolute parliamentary majority. | If confirmed, SOTP will become the first party in Ukraine’s modern history to form an absolute parliamentary majority. |
| Four other parties were on course to pass the 5% threshold necessary to get party-list seats, according to early results. | |
| A party led by one of the Russian president Vladimir Putin’s closest associates, the Ukrainian tycoon Viktor Medvedchuk, was in second place with 13% of the vote. It was followed by the European Solidarity party of the former president Petro Poroshenko, whom Zelenskiy defeated in a landslide in the country’s spring presidential election. | A party led by one of the Russian president Vladimir Putin’s closest associates, the Ukrainian tycoon Viktor Medvedchuk, was in second place with 13% of the vote. It was followed by the European Solidarity party of the former president Petro Poroshenko, whom Zelenskiy defeated in a landslide in the country’s spring presidential election. |
| Zelenskiy, a comedian before entering politics, called the election three months ahead of schedule because the parliament was dominated by his opponents. He said a majority at the Rada would support his promised fight against corruption as well as other reforms. | Zelenskiy, a comedian before entering politics, called the election three months ahead of schedule because the parliament was dominated by his opponents. He said a majority at the Rada would support his promised fight against corruption as well as other reforms. |
| Zelenskiy took office in May and soon founded SOTP, which took its name from the television comedy in which he played a teacher who unexpectedly becomes president. | |
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