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Ukraine president's party gets solid parliament majority

The anti-corruption party of Ukraine's new president has won a commanding majority of seats in the national parliament, near-complete election results showed Tuesday, giving him leverage to try to enact his promised reforms.

 

The national election commission reported Tuesday that with 98% of ballots counted, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's Servant of the People party had 43% of the vote for the 225 seats in parliament that are allocated proportionally. Party candidates also led in races for 176 of the 199 parliament seats being chosen in individual constituencies.

 


פרסום ראשון: 07.23.19, 21:49