19:11
25.5.2014
Another pic from Poroshenko HQ as exit poll results announced:
19:10
25.5.2014
And they're celebrating at Poroshenko HQ:
19:08
25.5.2014
And another exit poll gives Poroshenko 57.8 and Tymoshenko 12.8
19:07
25.5.2014
19:06
25.5.2014
Poroshenko expected to speak in 15 minutes.
19:04
25.5.2014
19:03
25.5.2014
Official exit polls:
Poroshenko - 55.9 percent
Tymoshenko - 12.9 percent
Here's Reuters' report:
Poroshenko - 55.9 percent
Tymoshenko - 12.9 percent
Here's Reuters' report:
Ukraine exit poll points to Poroshenko outright win in presidential vote
KIEV, May 25 (Reuters) - An exit poll on Sunday indicated that Ukrainian confectionery tycoon Petro Poroshenko was elected president after securing an absolute majority in the first round of voting.
The poll gave 48-year-old Poroshenko 55.9 percent, well ahead of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko in second place with 12.9 percent. If confirmed by results on Monday, this outcome would avert the need for a runoff vote next month.
The National Exit Poll 2014, conducted by a consortium of Democratic Initiative, the Kiev International Sociology Institute (KMIS) and the Razumkov Ukrainian Centre for Economic and Political Research, had an error margin of 3.5 percent.
KIEV, May 25 (Reuters) - An exit poll on Sunday indicated that Ukrainian confectionery tycoon Petro Poroshenko was elected president after securing an absolute majority in the first round of voting.
The poll gave 48-year-old Poroshenko 55.9 percent, well ahead of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko in second place with 12.9 percent. If confirmed by results on Monday, this outcome would avert the need for a runoff vote next month.
The National Exit Poll 2014, conducted by a consortium of Democratic Initiative, the Kiev International Sociology Institute (KMIS) and the Razumkov Ukrainian Centre for Economic and Political Research, had an error margin of 3.5 percent.
18:57
25.5.2014
More on the "Poroshenko won" meme. DOnetsk-based blogger Oleksiy Matsuka says he took 55.9 percent. We'll know soon enough...
18:55
25.5.2014
More on SBU claims that it foiled an attempt by hackers to rig election results. This from "The Kyiv Post":
Read it all here.
A group of hackers has been arrested in Kyiv with specialized equipment intended to rig the results of the Ukraine’s presidential election, according to Victor Yagun, deputy head of the Security Service of Ukraine, known as the SBU.
Yagun alluded to a number of cyber attacks against the Central Election Commission, particularly targeting the election analytics system that aggregates voter data. Yagun said that at least one detainee was cooperating with the authorities.
It is still not confirmed that the suspects in custody were behind the May 22 hacking of the CEC server – just three days before early presidential and local elections – which the SBU earlier reported had the elements of an inside job.
“The attack came from the Internet, but somebody partially switched off the defense system from the inside,” one government security source told the Kyiv Post on the condition of anonymity because of sensitivity of the issue.
Yagun alluded to a number of cyber attacks against the Central Election Commission, particularly targeting the election analytics system that aggregates voter data. Yagun said that at least one detainee was cooperating with the authorities.
It is still not confirmed that the suspects in custody were behind the May 22 hacking of the CEC server – just three days before early presidential and local elections – which the SBU earlier reported had the elements of an inside job.
“The attack came from the Internet, but somebody partially switched off the defense system from the inside,” one government security source told the Kyiv Post on the condition of anonymity because of sensitivity of the issue.
Read it all here.
18:52
25.5.2014