Polls were opened for voting at the extraordinary elections of deputies of the Parliament of Ukraine.

The sections will be to work up to 20. 00 local time (21. 00 GMT).

on a five-year term will be elected 423 MP: 198 in single-member constituencies and 225 party list with reduced barrier of 5%. The Ukrainian authorities have realized that you will not be able to hold elections in half of the electoral districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions because of the military conflict between the Ukrainian security forces and militias.

the CEC announced that parliamentary elections would take part 52 political parties, but only 29 of them go to the elections on party lists, the other ' candidates in single-mandate constituencies. Just 6670 man expressed a desire to fight for the Deputy chair and were registered as candidates for deputies

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