Election fraud may affect results in some single-seat constituencies, says Ukrainian Voters Committee

Most of the violations during the voting and tabulation in the October 28 parliamentary elections in Ukraine will have no impact on the results of the elections on party lists, but may affect the results in some single-member constituencies, Chairman of the Voters Committee of Ukraine Oleksandr Chernenko has said.

"Most of these problems will not affect the election results in the nationwide constituency. However, election abuses and their concentration in certain districts both during the voting and the vote count could affect the outcome of the elections in those districts, and distort them. According to our estimate, from ten to fifteen constituencies could be affected," he said at a press conference in Kyiv on Monday.

The elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine took place on October 28. They were conducted under a mixed system, with 225 MPs elected on party lists and 225 in single-seat constituencies (the elections in 2007 were held under a proportional system). Parliamentary candidates run in single-seat constituencies either from parties or through self-nomination. The election threshold for parties on party lists in these elections is 5%.