CEC deputy head: 'Elections in 2012 the dirtiest in Ukraine's history due to terrible stage of vote counting'

The current parliamentary elections were the dirtiest in Ukraine's history, Deputy Head of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Zhanna Usenko-Chorna has said.

"Unlike the polling day, the day of the will of citizens, which was quite calm and transparent, the most important stage in the elections - the establishment of the voting and election results – unfortunately, has currently entered into a very terrible stage. There are a few constituencies in Ukraine, which very clearly demonstrate depravity, a component of the majority system of the elections," she told reporters at the commission on Thursday.

Usenko-Chorna said that there were currently many constituencies where the election results were not just questionable, "but show that they were grossly rigged."

The parliamentary elections in Ukraine were conducted under a mixed system, with 225 MPs elected on party lists and 225 in single-seat constituencies (the elections in 2007 were held under a proportional system). Parliamentary candidates run in single-seat constituencies either from parties or through self-nomination. The election threshold for parties on party lists in these elections was 5%.