Economics: Elections: Vote count lifts PM Yatsenyuk into the lead

Макроэкономика 28.10.2014 As of Sunday's exit polls with 21% of the votes counted, People's Front, PM Yatseniuk's party, had the second highest share. As of today, with 85% of the votes counted, Yatseniuk's party topped the list of parties that are above the 5% threshold with 22.0% of the votes while Poroshenko's Bloc was slightly behind with 21.7%. Other parties' voting shares were in accordance with Sunday's exit polls, excluding Svoboda party that struggled to gain more than 5% of the votes. For the markets, PM Yatsenyuk's confidence increases as he retains the prime minister post, which is favorable for reforms as voters appear to have supported his reform agenda to be implemented immediately after the elections.