Foreign Correspondence

[Amaunet]

Yanukovych leading in Ukraine's vote - exit polls

I'll wait until they count the 'red' states.

-Am

Nov 21 2004 4:28PM

MOSCOW. Nov 21 (Interfax) - Exit polls show Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych is leading in the run-off of the country's presidential elections, the Ekho Moskvy radio station said.

A report by SOCIS and Social Monitoring poll-takers available as of 12:00 p.m. local time suggested that 53% of voters had cast their ballots for Yanukovych, as compared with opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko's 44%, the radio station said.

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=10722645