Viktor Yanukovych

10:42 09/02/2010

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With 99.91% of the vote counted, opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych has a 3.47% lead over Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Ukraine's presidential polls runoff, the country's election authority said on Tuesday.

Yanukovych now has 48.95% of the vote, followed by Tymoshenko with 45.48%.

A simple majority is needed in the presidential runoff election.

KIEV, February 9 (RIA Novosti)

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