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Opposition party still in the lead in Ukraine poll

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Latest reports from Ukraine's Central Election Committee put the pro-Russian Party of Regions in the lead with 26.96% of the vote, and said 38.9% of votes had been counted.

KIEV, March 27 (RIA Novosti) - As of 15.30 GMT, the party led by opposition politician Viktor Yanukovych is leading Sunday's parliamentary poll in Ukraine.

Latest reports from Ukraine's Central Election Committee put the pro-Russian Party of Regions in the lead with 26.96% of the vote, and said 38.9% of votes had been counted.

It is followed by the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko, a leader of last year's "orange revolution" (23.61%), and the pro-presidential Our Ukraine bloc (16.28%). The Socialist Party and the Communist Party have gathered 7.11% and 3.51% respectively.

Images (Ukraine's parliamentary elections).

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