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Viktor Yushchenko

UkraineHead of statePresident of Ukraine, 2005–2010

Ukrainian opposition candidate in the 2004 presidential election. He led the first round, was declared the loser of the November run-off, and successfully challenged that declaration in the Supreme Court, which annulled it and ordered a repeat vote that he won. He was poisoned with dioxin during the campaign; responsibility has never been established.

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Electoral record

Each entry is dated, categorised by what it did to the conduct of an election, and cited.

  1. 2004RecordedCandidacy

    Led the first round on 31 October with 39.9 per cent, narrowly ahead of the incumbent prime minister.

    Ukraine, Presidential Election, 31 October, 21 November and 26 December 2004 — ODIHR final report — OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
  2. 2004Disputed resultAction

    Challenged the Central Election Commission's determination of the 21 November run-off result before the Supreme Court, in a televised hearing that ran five days and heard testimony from five commission members.

    Supreme Court of Ukraine, decision of 3 December 2004 — Supreme Court of Ukraine
  3. 2004Upheld resultRuling

    The Supreme Court granted the challenge in part, ruled the commission's determination unlawful, annulled the resolutions declaring a winner, and ordered a repeat vote — while declining his request to declare the first-round leader elected outright.

    Supreme Court of Ukraine, decision of 3 December 2004 — Supreme Court of Ukraine
  4. 2004RecordedCandidacy

    Won the repeat run-off of 26 December with 51.99 per cent to 44.20 per cent.

    Ukraine, Presidential Election, 31 October, 21 November and 26 December 2004 — ODIHR final report — OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
  5. 2004RecordedStatement

    Was poisoned with TCDD dioxin during the campaign. His Vienna clinic announced the diagnosis in December 2004 and said identifying who was responsible was not its role; a peer-reviewed study later identified and measured the poison's metabolites.

    2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) poisoning in Victor Yushchenko: identification and measurement of TCDD metabolites — The Lancet

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