Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament

KYIV, November 8 /Ukrinform/. The Bloc of Petro Poroshenko will have the greatest number of seats in parliament according to preliminary calculations of the results of voting in a multi-member district and single-member electoral districts.

Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Mykhailo Okhendovsky said this at a briefing on Saturday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported.

"The overall result of political parties in the elections consists of the number of seats it received in the multi-member electoral district and single-member electoral districts," Okhendovsky said.

Thus, he said, given the election results on party lists and voting at single-member constituencies, the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko will have most MPs in the Verkhovna Rada of the eighth convocation - 132, the People's Front - 82, and Samopomich Union - 33.

In addition, Okhendovsky said, the Opposition Bloc will have 29 deputies in the new parliament, the Radical Party - 22, and Batkivshchyna - 19.

The CEC chairman also said that those who were elected MPs at single-member constituencies were six members from Svoboda, one each from Serhiy Tihipko's Strong Ukraine, Zastup, Right Sector, Volia and 96 self-nominees.

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