Lead narrows in Ukraine presidential election

KIEV | Mon Feb 8, 2010 12:42am EST

KIEV Feb 8 (Reuters) - Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich led Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko by a margin of 2.74 percent in a run-off presidential election on Monday with 87.3 percent of votes counted, official results showed.

The central election commission gave Yanukovich a slender lead with 48.54 percent of the vote against 45.80 for Prime Minister Tymoshenko.

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