KIEV, October 15 (RIA Novosti) - The leaders of the pro-presidential bloc Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense and the Yulia Tymoshenko bloc have initialed a coalition agreement.
Earlier reports said the "orange" coalition would be formed on Tuesday when Ukraine's parliament is due to hold its first session.
"The head of state said political negotiations were coming to a close," the presidential press service said on Monday. "The parties said they were ready to sign an agreement to form a coalition tomorrow."
"No differences remain, and we are ready to sign the agreement," Tymoshenko said before initialing the agreement.
Earlier on Monday, the Ukrainian Election Commission posted the final results of the snap parliamentary elections held on September 30, Ukraine's top election official, Volodymyr Shapoval, said.
Five parties made it into the Supreme Rada, the country's 450-seat parliament. The Party of Regions collected 34.37% of the vote, followed by the Yulia Tymoshenko bloc with 30.71% and Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense with 14.15%. The Communists and the Lytvyn bloc gained 5.39% and 3.96% of the vote, respectively.
The two "orange" parties will hold 228 seats in the new parliament, with 226 votes needed to form a coalition.
Voter turnout stood at 23.3 million, or 62.2% of the total number of the electorate.
