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Ukraine poll on knife-edge in tense ballot count


Ukraine`s elections hung on a knife-edge Tuesday as preliminary results threatened a dead heat and pro-Western President Viktor Yushchenko ordered a probe into possible ballot fraud.

Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko, his ally in the 2004 pro-democracy Orange Revolution, saw their early slim lead diminish rapidly as late results came in while their arch-rival, Moscow-backed Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, scored steady gains.

The turnaround threatens the Orange alliance`s plans to remove Yanukovych from power and replace him with Tymoshenko, a fiery reformer who wants to set the former Soviet republic of 47 million people on a firmer Western course.

Yushchenko ordered a police probe into the vote count in eastern and southern Ukraine, traditionally pro-Russian strongholds of Yanukovych.

He said results were being released too slowly and ordered "law-enforcement agencies immediately to begin an investigation."

The deputy chairman of the Central Election Commission, Andrei Magera, said the commission was "not satisfied with the current situation."

Official results based on 90.2 percent of ballots cast showed Yanukovych`s Regions Party ahead with 33.49 of the vote.

Together with three smaller parties, he could theoretically form a coalition with 45.8 percent -- matching the combined total reached so far by Yushchenko`s Our Ukraine and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc.

That potential dead heat means the ultimate fate of Ukraine`s parliamentary election, the third national poll in as many years, could depend on tiny parties cast in the role of kingmaker.

However it was unsure whether one of these parties, the Socialists, would even pass the three percent barrier to be allotted parliament seats, while the slightly bigger Lytvyn Bloc has not yet promised to deal with Yanukovych.

Yanukovych, who is seen as close to Ukraine`s former rulers in Moscow, warned his opponents not to celebrate too soon.

"We won and I am sure that we will form the government," he said, Interfax reported, while Channel Five television had him insisting, "nothing confirms the Orange forces` victory."

About 3,000 flag-waving supporters of his Regions Party gathered on Kiev`s main Independence Square for what was billed as a victory rally.

The election was called early to put an end to a debilitating power struggle between Yushchenko and Yanukovych, who secured the premier`s post after a strong performance in parliamentary elections 18 months ago.

Yushchenko and Tymoshenko were at the heart of the Orange Revolution alliance, which overturned a rigged presidential election win by Yanukovych. Yushchenko triumphed in the rerun but the alliance was swiftly undone by infighting.

Its return would mark a sensational comeback based on better than expected showings by Tymoshenko`s bloc in Sunday`s vote, when she said she wanted to form a new government with Yushchenko within 48 hours.

But they had yet to set up a formal coalition and analysts cautioned that almost any twist was possible.

The main Western monitoring group, the OSCE, gave Sunday`s election a clean bill of health.

"The elections met levels of well-accepted European standards," said Adrian Severin, a European Parliament member in the observer team.

Washington, the European Union and an increasingly assertive Kremlin are all vying for influence in this strategically placed country, which has expressed interest in joining both the European Union and NATO.

Tom Casey, a US State Department spokesman, said Washington hopes "that this election will result in a government in Ukraine that can be effective and can serve the needs of the people".

"And we stand ready to work with whatever government results from these elections," he said.

Ukraine straddles key Russian gas export routes to energy-hungry EU clients and is also a testing ground for Western-style economic and political reforms in the former Soviet Union, where many countries are now led by authoritarian governments.

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