Finally, members of the district election commission 194 (centre in Cherkasy) have just announced the information on voting and signed the final protocol, according to which Mykola Bulatetskyi, candidate for People's Deputy of the political party All-Ukrainian Union Fatherland won.

Let us remind that, according to the CEC website, yesterday, at DEC No.194 results of already 100% stations were processed but until now, there has been a desperate struggle between Mykola Bulatestkyi and a self-nominated candidate Valentyna Zhukovska, who, according to the information of the CEC website, has 12,373 votes less.

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Serhii Varych
Election Programmes Coordinator of the Civil Network OPORA
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Reference

Civic monitoring conducted by OPORA - is a type of network activity, aimed at impartial assessment of the preparation and conduct of elections, as well as preventing violations through comprehensive civic action. Professional monitoring at all stages of the election process indirectly influences the quality of the campaign. The public opinion, both foreign and domestic is formed through gathering and spreading of information among the target audience.  
From a strategic perspective public monitoring of elections focuses upon improving the system and certain procedures.  
In 2012, during Parliamentary elections in Ukraine OPORA is carrying out a large-scale campaign of long- and short term observation, organizing a statistical vote-count by the results of voting with the proportional component of the electoral system on a basis of representative selection, will provide 100% coverage of polling stations by observers in separate single-mandate majoritarian districts. OPORA observers will work in all 225 electoral districts, and 3,500 activists will join them on the voting day. Organization will use the latest means of spreading information on observation results, including infographics and interactive maps.