03/11/2014 15:55
Acting Prime Minister Zakharchenko wins Donetsk election
Acting Prime Minister Alexander Zakharchenko has won the election in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the republic's central election commission said Monday, according to RIA Novosti.
Zakharchenko received 756,340 votes, while runner-up Alexander Kofman received around 111,000 votes. All votes have now been counted, the commission informed.
More than one million people took part in the election, with some 104,540 people voting distantly.
Zakharchenko's Donetsk Republic party leads in the parliamentary election with some 662,000 votes.
On Sunday, the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics held elections of the heads of the local governments and representatives of the legislative bodies. According to the election commission, no violations which could have affected the voting process have been registered.