Ukraine PM’s bloc ahead but Orange alliance set to win election

AN INDEPENDENT exit poll indicated Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych’s party was leading in yesterday’s parliamentary elections by a slim margin — ahead of the bloc led by Yulia Tymoshenko.

The poll showed Yanukovych’s bloc with 35.5% of the vote, and Tymoshenko’s with 31.5%.

President Viktor Yushchenko’s party was trailing a distant third with 13.4%, according to the poll, conducted by Ukraine’s three leading polling agencies.