13:39
29.10.2012
Walburga Habsburg Douglas, head of the OSCE observer mission in Ukraine, spoke to reporters today in Kyiv about yesterday's elections. Some quotes are below. Read the full OSCE statement here.
"Considering the abuse of power and the excessive role of money in this election, democratic progress appears to have reversed in Ukraine."
"The October 28 parliamentary elections were characterized by the lack of a level playing field, caused primarily by abuse of administrative resources, a lack of transparency of campaign and party financing, and a lack of balanced media coverage."
"Ukraine stepped backward by excluding hundreds of candidates for technical reasons, not to mention the very unfair exclusion of [jailed opposition leaders] Mrs. [Yulia] Tymoshenko and Mr. [Yuriy] Lutsenko."
"The October 28 parliamentary elections were characterized by the lack of a level playing field, caused primarily by abuse of administrative resources, a lack of transparency of campaign and party financing, and a lack of balanced media coverage."
"Ukraine stepped backward by excluding hundreds of candidates for technical reasons, not to mention the very unfair exclusion of [jailed opposition leaders] Mrs. [Yulia] Tymoshenko and Mr. [Yuriy] Lutsenko."
13:06
29.10.2012
IRI’s delegation: uneven campaign playing field causes #Ukraine elections to fall short ow.ly/eQrvy #elect_ua #UkraineVotes
— IRI (@IRIglobal) October 29, 2012
12:59
29.10.2012
OSCE and other observers says that "democratic progress seem to have reversed" in Ukraine and that election was "a step backward".Worrying
— Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) October 29, 2012
12:09
29.10.2012
Via Ukraine's Central Election Commission -- with 58% of the vote counted:
Party of Regions: 34.5%
Batkivshchyna: 22%
Communist Party: 15%
UDAR: 13%
Svoboda: 8.6%
Party of Regions: 34.5%
Batkivshchyna: 22%
Communist Party: 15%
UDAR: 13%
Svoboda: 8.6%
11:21
29.10.2012
Via Ukraine's Central Election Commission -- with 54% of the vote counted:
Party of Regions: 35%
Batkivshchyna: 22%
Communist Party: 15%
UDAR: 13%
Svoboda: 8.5%
Party of Regions: 35%
Batkivshchyna: 22%
Communist Party: 15%
UDAR: 13%
Svoboda: 8.5%
09:58
29.10.2012
Via Ukraine's Central Election Commission -- with 49% of the vote counted:
Party of Regions: 35.06%
Batkivshchyna: 21.95%
Communist Party: 14.92%
UDAR: 12.87%
Svoboda: 8.31%
Party of Regions: 35.06%
Batkivshchyna: 21.95%
Communist Party: 14.92%
UDAR: 12.87%
Svoboda: 8.31%
09:52
29.10.2012
Whatever the outcome of the #Ukraine election, interesting to see four (or more?) genuinely independent parties getting seats. Not #Russia
— Daniel Sandford (@BBCDanielS) October 29, 2012
09:45
29.10.2012
#Ukrainevotes. PoR & Communists doing better that in exit polls, esp in constituency seats: could be trouble ahead! bit.ly/ezyPbW
— The EIU EEurope Team (@TheEIU_EEurope) October 29, 2012
09:28
29.10.2012
The OSCE will hold a press conference at 2:30pm local time on the election monitoring mission in Ukriane. We will embed the live video here.
09:23
29.10.2012
Via Ukraine's Central Election Commission -- with 46% of the vote counted:
Party of Regions: 35.15%
Batkivshchyna: 21.9%
Communist Party: 14.94%
UDAR: 12.87%
Svoboda: 8.26%
Party of Regions: 35.15%
Batkivshchyna: 21.9%
Communist Party: 14.94%
UDAR: 12.87%
Svoboda: 8.26%