8 February 2010
Yanukovych 2.41% ahead of Tymoshenko
Viktor Yanukovych leads Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko by 2.41% in Ukraine's presidential polls runoff, the Central Election Commission said on Monday, RIA Novosti reported. With 97.03% of the vote counted, Yanukovych has garnered 48.4% of the vote, and Tymoshenko 45.99%. Exit polls put Yanukovych's lead over Tymoshenko at from 2.8% to 6.2%. According to the latest figures, 4.4% of voters chose the 'neither of the above" option./Trend/