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The Ukrainian presidential election of 2010 was Ukraine's fifth presidential election since declaring independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. The first round was held on January 17, 2010. The run-off between Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych followed on February 7, 2010. On February 14, Viktor Yanukovych, with 48.95% of the popular vote, was declared President-elect and winner of the 2010 Ukrainian Presidential election. According to Article 104 of Ukraine's Constitution, the President must be sworn into office within 30 days from the official declaration of the poll before the Ukrainian parliament.〔(CEC official declaration of the 2010 Presidential election ), Central Election Commission of Ukraine〕 The Ukrainian Parliament scheduled Yanukovych's inauguration for February 25.〔(Update: Yanukovych to be sworn in, rival fights on ), ''Kyiv Post'' (February 14, 2010)〕 On February 17, 2010, the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine, suspended the results of the election on appeal from Tymoshenko. The court suspended the Central Election Commission of Ukraine ruling that announced that Viktor Yanukovych won the election, but did not postpone or cancel Yanukovych's inauguration.〔http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/world/europe/18ukraine.html High Court in Ukraine Weighs Appeal on Election〕〔(Ukrainian election results suspended on appeal )〕〔(Ukrainian election result suspended after PM's appeal )〕 On February 20, Tymoshenko withdrew her appeal.〔(Ukraine Prime Minister Drops Election Challenge ), ''New York Times'' (February 20, 2010)〕 ==Summary== Early vote returns from the first round of the election held on 17 January showed Yanukovych in first place with 35.8% of the vote. He faced a 7 February 2010 runoff against Tymoshenko, who finished second (with 24.7% of the vote). Analysts predicted a slight advantage for Tymoshenko in the second (and final) round as she was more likely to attract voters from the other 16 candidates who did not proceed to the second round.〔(Analysts say exit poll results favor Tymoshenko win on Feb. 7 ), ''Kyiv Post'' (18 January 2010)〕 Viktor Yanukovych refused to hold debates with his opponent before the second round of voting, saying Yulia Tymoshenko should either take responsibility for every word as prime minister, or go to the kitchen.〔(), The Financial (1 February 2010)〕 After all ballots were counted, the Ukrainian Central Election Commission declared that Yanukovych won the election with 48.95% of the vote compared with 45.47% for Tymoshenko.〔(Regular elections of the President of Ukraine 17/01/2010 ), Central Election Commission of Ukraine〕 Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc members immediately claimed that there was systematic and large-scale vote rigging in this run-off.〔(Turchynov: vote rigging in favor of Yanukovych was systematic, large-scale ), ''Kyiv Post'' (10 February 2009)〕〔(Nataliya Korolevska: victory will be ours ), Yulia Tymoshenko official website (8 February 2009)〕〔(Andriy Shevchenko: whole gamut of fraud in Donbas ), Yulia Tymoshenko official website (8 February 2009)〕〔(Ukraine election: Yanukovych urges Tymoshenko to quit ), BBC News (10 February 2009)〕 On 10 February 2010, Yanukovych called on Tymoshenko to abandon her protests and resign as Prime Minister.〔 On 9 February 2010, Yanukovych had stated that Borys Kolesnykov was his preferred next Prime Minister of Ukraine. According to him pre-term parliamentary elections will be imminent if the Ukrainian parliament would not work effectively. Yanukovych also stated that, as the largest faction in the parliament at the time, his party was entitled to nominate the premier.〔("Yanukovych opts for Borys Kolesnykov to become premier" ), Z I K (9 February 2010)〕 On 15 February, Yanukovych stated "I do not rule out the candidature of Tigipko (as next Prime Minister). Tigipko is on the list which, in my opinion, will be discussed next week in parliament".〔(Yanukovych does not rule out Tigipko as prime minister ), ''Kyiv Post'' (15 February 2010)〕 On 16 February 2010, Ukraine's parliament had fixed 25 February 2010 for the inauguration of Yanukovych as president.〔(Update: Ukraine's Yanukovych to be sworn in on Feb. 25 ), ''Kyiv Post'' (16 February 2010)〕 On 17 February 2010, "the Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine", suspended the results of the election on Yulia Tymoshenko's appeal.〔(Ukrainian election results suspended on appeal ), Associated Press (17 February 2010)〕〔(Ukrainian election result suspended after PM's appeal ), BBC News (17 February 2010)〕 On 20 February 2010, Tymoshenko withdrew her appeal after "the Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine" rejected her petition to scrutinize documents:〔(Yulia Tymoshenko will not challenge election results in Supreme Court ), Official website of Yulia Tymoshenko (20 February 2009)〕 — about 300,000 voters who voted but were not in the "Register of Voters of Ukraine"; — about 1.3 million voters who "without right" voted in their homes; — about falsification in the election in the eastern regions (Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv region, Crimea, etc.) — fixed by law-enforcement officials.〔(Ukraine Prime Minister Drops Election Challenge ), NY Times (20 February 2010)〕 Tymoshenko stated, "I and my political party will never recognize Yanukovych as the legitimately elected president of Ukraine", and "an honest court will assess that Yanukovych was not elected President of Ukraine, and that the will of the people had been rigged".〔(Yulia Tymoshenko: sooner or later an honest court will assess the fraudulent 2010 elections ), Official website of Yulia Tymoshenko (20 February 2009)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ukrainian presidential election, 2010」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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