Exit Poll Results: Regions 33%, BYT 23%, Our Ukraine 14%.

According to official exit polls the Party of Regions, which has had a commanding lead in the polls since coming back from death’s door after the firing of the Tymoshenko government, finished with roughly 33%. A minor surprise was the Tymoshenko block in second with almost 23%. The President’s party, Our Ukraine, stumbled in with 13.5%. From the second tier the Socialists 5.4%, Communists 3.5% and the Natailia Vitrenko Block 3.4% all seem likely to overcome the 3% barrier. Concorde Capital: The ‘orange’ camps began coalition talks this morning. There could be some changes when the official total comes out tomorrow however, barring any major surprises it looks as though we will have another orange government with Tymoshenko at the helm.

                                                                   Exit Poll Results %

                                      Democratic Initiatives*             Ukraine Social Service            FOM Ukraine

Party of Regions                           33.3                                  28.5                                  31.4

Tymoshenko Block                        22.7                                 21.6                                   22.9

Our Ukraine                                13.5                                  15.6                                    17.0

Socialists                                     5.4                                    5.5                                     6.9

Communists                                 3.5                                    4.7                                     3.9

Block Nataliya Vitrenko                 3.4                                     3.2                                    2.9

Lytvyn Block                                2.7                                     5.1                                    2.5