Polling stations opened their doors at eight o'clock on a Sunday morning in Ukraine, for early legislative elections are supposed to win the pro-Western forces, emanating from the protest movement witnessed by Kiev last winter, a large majority.
Elections are held, called for by the President of Petro Poroshenko to turn the page of President Viktor Yanukovich system permanently after the protest movement toppled by a Western-backed months continued in Independence Square in Kiev.
The country has seen a conflict between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists in the east, leading to the exclusion of about 5 million voters reside in the Crimea, annexed by Russia, or in combat zones, out of 36 million, from the ballot de facto.
Opinion polls suggest that President Poroshenko Party enjoys the greatest opportunities to win about 30% of the vote, as would be the party or coalition with the most pro-Western, especially the populist party led by Oleg Aahko Party and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
It is likely to be unable former allies of Yanukovich, who were at the forefront in the 2012 election, and especially the representatives of the party regulations and a strong Ukraine opposition bloc, to achieve great results allow them a large representation in the parliament, and the Communists are expected to get out of it.
Elections are held in a very difficult period for this former Soviet republic aspiring to join the European Union, which lost the Crimea in March after it joined Russia, facing an armed rebellion pro-Ross in the basin of Donbass, the conflict killed more than 3,700 people since mid-April
The results of opinion polls when voters leave the polling stations immediately after the vote before the final results gradually broadcast on Sunday night, and these results will give an idea of the balance of power in the public opinion, but not about the distribution of the parliament's 450 number because of the complex nature of the way the voting seats.
Elects half of Representatives ballot relative to national regulations, and the other half Aghlabide ballot from one cycle in circles.
And translate the vast majority pro-Western, which is expected to occupy the seats in parliament for the first time since the independence of this former Soviet republic, the arrival of young people representing civil society participated in the protest movement in the field (Independence Square) in Kiev and fighters returning from the front.
Recall that with winter approaching, the new parliament to quickly address the dispute with Moscow over gas file, which led to deprive Ukraine of Russian gas since last June and threatening disorders in Europe supply.