BRAMA, Nov. 15, 1999, 8:30am EST

Kuchma overpowers his opponent Symonenko: the Ukrainian electorate says "NO" to soviet-like rule

NEW YORK -- With approximately 98.5% of the returns counted from 95.96% of the poll stations reporting, Leonid Kuchma is the undisputed victor in the 1999 Presidential Elections of Ukraine. At 15:05 hours (8:05am EST), the vote count stands at 15,307,207 for Kuchma versus 10,263,011 for his Communist Party opponent Petro Symonenko.

According to the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Ukraine, the breakdown is as follows:

36,345,242 Total registered voters 27,183,105 Took part in the electoral process (or 74.8% of the total registered) 15,307,207 for Leonid Kuchma 10,263,011 for Petro Symonenko 939,246 Votes for neither candidate (Ukrainian law permits a vote of "none of the above.") 673,641 Votes invalidated (innacurately filled out forms) 27,183,105 TOTAL

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