Poroshenko Bloc expected to get 132 seats in Ukrainian parliament November 8, 2014 - 21:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The pro-European party of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is expected to seize a fourth of the 423 seats that have been put up for grabs during the recent parliamentary election, Ukraine's Ukrinform agency cited Central Election Commission's head Mikhail Okhendovsky as saying Saturday, Nov 8, according to RIA Novosti. The president's Poroshenko Bloc is expected to get 132 seats, followed by People's Front of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk with 82 seats. The Samopomich (Self-Help) party of Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy is predicted to garner 33 seats, the Opposition Bloc will be eligible to 29 parliament members, Oleh Lyashko's nationalist Radical Party will appoint 22 members of parliament, while Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party of Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will get 19 seats. At least six seats will be given to nationalist Svoboda party and one seat to Strong Ukraine, Zastup and Right Sector each, while independents will get 96 seats. Ukraine held a snap parliamentary election on October 26. Ukrainians went to the polls to vote for 423 members of the Verkhovna Rada — 225 of them from party lists and 198 in single-candidate constituencies. Following the polls, Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk entered talks to form a "powerful democratic coalition" of pro-European parties, a move applauded by the West.  Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads.   Partner news |  Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
