(Brazil's population is almost three times the size of Ukraine's)
Crimeans vote in Kherson, a city near the de-facto border with Russian-annexed Crimea. The peninsula will have no direct representation in the new parliament.
No voting in eastern Ukrainian town controlled by Kyiv, according to battallion commander
The commander of Ukraine's Aidar battalion tells RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service that members of the pro-Kyiv fighting force in the eastern Ukrainian town of Schastya (literally, Happiness) have been unable to vote.
"Neither the fighters, nor the residents of Schastya, nor people who came from [separatist-controlled areas of] Luhansk were able to vote," said Serhiy Melnichuk.
This map provided by Hromadske TV shows the expected voting status of areas in Luhansk and Donetsk regions. Schastya is about 20 kilometers north of the city of Luhansk.
40 Percent turnout as of 1600 Kyiv time, according to the Central Election Commission
Recent polling showed Yulia Tymoshenko's Batkivshchyna party just below the five percent threshold necessary to win seats in parliament.
The de-facto leaders of areas in Donetsk and Luhansk controlled by separatists have forbidden voting in today's parliamentary election. Instead, they plan to hold elections of their own on November 2. Buzzfeed's Max Seddon caught this scene at an election rally titled "Day of the United People of Free Donbas" in Donetsk's central square today. (Donbas is another name for the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk)
Candidates' car attacked in central Ukraine
Mustafa Nayem says seven unknown assailants attacked his car, carrying him and two other parliamentary candidates, this morning. According to a post on Facebook, the attack took place between the villages of Kazarnya and Subotsi in central Ukraine. He says the night before he had reported a group of "unknown young men" to police.
Nayem, is credited by some as the man who instigated the Euromaidan protests last year. He is vying for a parliamentary seat in the Petro Poroshenko bloc that is expected to win a plurality of the vote.
A candidate vying for a seat in the Rada dressed as Darth Vader was not allowed to cast a ballot, he told journalists.
"I have a passport, I showed it to the members of the electoral commission. To cut it short, they once again did not let me [vote]. It is disappointing. But the fact that I didn't vote does not mean that the new Ukrainian empire will not be built," the candidate with the Internet Party told journalists in Kyiv.
RFE/RL's Carl Schreck reported that 16 Darth Vaders registered for the ballot for the elections.
The Ukrainian Embassy in Moscow says that "as many as 406 voters" cast their ballots by 4 p.m., surpassing the count for the 2011 parliamentary elections.