How have the sympathies of Ukrainian voters...
the run-up to the second election round.For instance, Verkhovna Rada Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn is mostly supported by rural residents who are unlikely to side with Tymoshenko.
But to some extent she can count on the Interior Ministry personnel, the largest national security agency headed by one of her closest supporters Yury Lutsenko.
Viktor Yanukovych, the current leader of the influential opposition Party of Regions in the Verkhovna Rada and Tymoshenko"s main rival, received over 35%, which is less than in the 2004 presidential elections (39.26% in the first round).
Nevertheless, Yanukovych has managed to preserve his influence in eight eastern and southern Ukrainian regions, the Crimea and Sevastopol. He has also won first place in Ukraine"s westernmost Carpathian region.
As far as central Ukraine is concerned, Yanukovych"s results largely compare with the 2007 Rada elections.
The total defeat of the current president Viktor Yushchenko
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