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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Elections in Ukraine through social media

View the story "What foreigners witnessed on Ukrainian Elections? #elect_ua" on StorifyWhat foreigners witnessed on Ukrainian Elections? #elect_uaParliamentary Election took place on Oct 28, 2012 in UkraineStorified by Vitaliy Moroz· Mon, Oct 29 2012 09:53:08Parliamentary elections in Ukraine today - hashtags: #вибори2012 #elect_uaEPPENEMO observers: elections in 2012 less free than in 2006, 2007 & 2010. #elect_uaDominik SipinskiOfficially observing the elections in #Ukraine today. Reports of violations are flooding in #elect_ua #вибори2012Stephan BociurkiwNothing new in Ukrainian politics: divided opposition split the vote and, bar a breakthrough in single-seats, lost elections #elect_uaDominik Sipinski#EU #MEP obs in #Ukraine #elections @pawelkowalpl @michaelgahler @AnnaMariaCB @mareksiwiec @mmigalski @ProtasiewiczJ @vigenin #ep #elect_uaLevi MatusofHelp needed: hashtags for elections in #Ukraine? #вибори2012, #выборы2012, #elect_ua, #ukrainevotes, #lectukr - what else? | #electionseastbook_enExit poll for #elect_ua suggests victory for Party of the Regions with 30%, Batkivshchyna on 23%, UDAR 14%, Svoboda 12% and Communists 11%.Carl Thomson"Nick Griffin(BNP): knowing how bad is the election system in the UK I've no right to criticise Ukraine #elect_ua”So why did you go?Roger BoyesParty list accounts for only half seats in Rada, other 50% single-member districts elected on first-past-the-post basis #ukraine #elect_uaCREES BirminghamUnsurprisingly, Svoboda scores well in West, PoR & CPU in East and South, Fatherland & UDAR in Centre and West #elect_ua #вибори2012CREES BirminghamHigh turnout in Lviv and Kiev benefitted the opposition without doubt. Especially Western Lviv is opposition-minded #elect_uaDominik SipinskiUpdated exit poll at 23:00 (Kyiv): PoR 28.1%, Fatherland 24.6%, UDAR 15.4%, Svoboda 12.2%, CPU 11.6% #екзитпол #elect_ua #вибори2012CREES BirminghamColours of the winners: http://pic.twitter.com/n2DTogu7 by @knieczypor | #ukrainevotes #elect_ua #вибори2012eastbook_en@Batkivshchyna demolishes rivals in Kiev with est. 36% of vote, Party of Regions takes the east and rural areas #elect_uaDominik SipinskiPolling station chairman has staff move tables so the count can be recorded #elect_ua #UkraineVotes http://pic.twitter.com/agHSdadSIRI#Ukraine: exit polls for Batkivshchyna (#EPP) & UDAR (EPP applicant) very encouraging; looking forward to the result #elect_ua #вибори2012Wilfried MartensSorting party ballots in Lutsk #Ukraine #elect_ua #UkraineVotes http://twitpic.com/b8a6anIRIVote tabulation is one of the many concerns for the international election observation missions #elect_ua #UkraineWilfried MartensReading the statements from EP/OSCE/CoE/IRI on #Ukraine #elect_ua; as @HabsburgDouglas said "democratic progress appears to have reversed"Wilfried MartensCounting unused ballots #elect_ua #UkraineVotes http://pic.twitter.com/r6Z7iM77IRIA little girl helps her grandfather put his ballot in the box #elect_ua #UkraineVotes http://pic.twitter.com/2v84m1bQIRICon. Dreier & Steve Nix talk to the chairman about voting at his station #elect_ua #UkraineVotes http://pic.twitter.com/8z0wWNa0IRI36.7 million people eligible to cast their ballot in #UkraineElections today. Over 5,200 candidates will contest 450 seats. #UkrainevotesMission CanadaCurrently Party of Regions candidates take 117 mandates from the major. distr. That might give them majority and no coalition gov. #elect_uaDominik SipinskiStill only 40% of votes from Kiev counted, so changes will happen to the result #elect_uaDominik Sipinski'It is a step backwards', says Walburga Habsburg Douglas. OSCE/CE/NATO/EP criticise the fairness of elections in a joint statement #elect_uaDominik SipinskiConsidering the actions of power & the excessive role of money in this election, democratic process have reversed in Ukraine. OSCE #elect_uaHarriet Salemindependent Ukrainian media report blatant attempts of the ruling party to steal opposition votes in Kiev in districts 214 & 222 #elect_uaEvgen Vorobyov'Democratic progress seems to have regressed', cocludes Walburga Habsburg Douglas, head of OSCE observers #elect_uaDominik SipinskiBoxing champion Vitali Klitschko's UDAR party comes third in Ukraine electionitnnewsUkraine election: Viktor Yanukovych's party claims winsandyvideozObservers keep vigil in Ukraineeuronews