VIKTOR YUSCHENKO WINS 39.87% OF VOTES IN PRESIDENTIAL

WHILE VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH WINS 39.32%, ACCORDING TO CEC'S TALLY OF 100% OF PROTOCOLS

Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, Wed, November 10, 2004

KYIV - 39.87% of voters cast their ballot in favor of Our Ukraine
Coalition leader Viktor Yuschenko and 39.32% voted for Prime
Minister Viktor Yanukovych, the Central Election Commission has
calculated the voting returns from 100% protocols of election
commissions. This was disclosed to journalists by the Central Election
Commission's head Serhii Kivalov. The data include votes of
27,897,559 persons.

Candidate                 %Number of votes      Number of persons

Viktor Yuschenko             39.87%              11,125,395
Viktor Yanukovych           39.32%              10,969,579
Oleksandr Moroz               5.81%                1,621,154
Petro Symonenko               4.97%                1,388,045
Natalia Vitrenko                 1.53%                   426,897
Anatolii Kinakh                   0.93%                   260,890
[rest of candidates not shown]

The second round is expected to be held on November 21.