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have no loyal, established voters so far. Vladimir Kornilov, director of the Ukrainian branch of the Institute of the CIS Countries, holds that the only candidate with an established electorate is Pyotr Simonenko, who had 3.95% of the vote. In the second round, his support could mean a lot more than that of Tyhypko and Yatsenyuk.The likelihood of a Tymoshenko-Tyhypko tandem, in exchange for the prime minister"s seat for the latter, is not great. Let"s bear in mind that, according to the Ukrainian constitution, the prime minister can take office only with the approval of the Verkhovna Rada.
Therefore, it can be deduced that an "automatic" transfer of the votes of candidates that did not make it into the second round is not a given. At the same time, few political scientists can imagine that such a purposeful political figure as Yulia Tymoshenko would just surrender while so close to victory. If she is defeated, she is expected to either contest the election results
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