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Ukraine's pro-western parties win polls amidst crisis

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ANI London
Last Updated : Oct 27 2014 | 11:25 AM IST

Ukraine's pro-western parties are set to rule the country after the first elections to the body since February's revolution, suggest exit polls.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's bloc seems set to win the most with PM Arseny Yatsenyuk's People's Front party a close second, as the votes are counted.

Poroshenko thanked the voters for their support and described it as a call for a reformist, pro-European majority.

According to the BBC, around two million voters in conflicted eastern Ukraine did not vote while 1.8 million in annexed Crimea also did not participate in the voting.

Pro-Russian separatists in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions plan to conduct their own polls next month.

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First Published: Oct 27 2014 | 11:11 AM IST

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