Yushchenko officially declared winner in Ukraine presidential run-off

According to official results, west-leaning Viktor
Yushchenko has won the Ukraine presidential
elections with 51.99% of votes against 44.2% for pro-Russian
Viktor Yanukovich.

The Ukraine electoral commission has officially declared Viktor
Yushchenko the winner of the ‘third round’ of Ukraine’s
presidential elections.

Results confirm Yushchenko’s victory with 51.99% of votes
against 44.2% for Viktor Yanukovich, a lead of 2.27 million votes.
Turnout was 77.19%, the electoral commission chief declared in a
television address on 10 January.

Yushchenko will take office after an inauguration due to take
place on 15-16 January. But the process could be delayed as
supporters of Yanukovich pledged to lodge a complaint before the
Ukraine Supreme Court.

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