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CEC registered Klyuev as a candidate for deputy
The Central Election Commission registered independent Rada deputy Serhiy Klyuev and another 282 candidates in single-member constituencies for the early parliamentary elections.
The corresponding decision was made at the CEC meeting on Monday.
Klyuev is the brother of the former Head of the Presidential Administration (of Viktor Yanukovych), Andriy Klyuev, who has been placed on the international wanted list.
He was registered as a self-nominated candidate in constituency No.46 of Donetsk region.
In the regular Rada elections in 2012 he entered parliament running from the Party of Regions in the same constituency.
140 candidates were registered on Monday from the following parties: 3 from New Policy, "5.10" and the Democratic Alliance, 4 from Spravedlyvist (Justice) and 128 from the Party of Serhiy Tihipko "Strong Ukraine."
143 registered on Monday is running as a self-nominated candidate.
Among others, the CEC also registered another 17 incumbent Rada deputies: Hryhoriy Kaletnik in constituency No.18 of Vinnytsia region, Yakiv Bezbah — No.24, Andriy Shypko — No.35 and Dmytro Shpenov — No.37 of Dnipropetrovsk, Ihor Shkiriya — No.46 and Andriy Ponomaryov — No.61 of Donetsk, Volodymyr Lytvyn — No.65 of Zhytomyr, Serhiy Kaltsov — No.75 and Yevhen Kartashov — No.76 of Zaporizhzhia, Oleh Kulynych — No.147 of Poltava, Vitaliy Khomutynnik — No.171, Dmytro Shentsev — No.176, Anatoliy Hirshfeld — No.179 and Yevhen Murayev — No.181 of Kharkiv, Volodymyr Saldo — No.182 and Oleksandr Hereha — No.192 of Khmelnytskyi region.
The commission also registered Volodymyr Svyryda (deputy general director of the Voyenremservice concern of the Ministry of Defense) in constituency No.153 of Rivne region, Andriy Shynkovych (deputy head of Epicenter K.) — No.189 of Khmelnytskyi region, and Mykhailo Petrunyak (president of the Ukrainian-Spanish Chamber of Commerce) — No.83 of Ivano-Frankivsk region.
In addition, the CEC registered television host Oleksiy Durniev as a candidate in constituency No.135 of Odesa region.
In total, as of Monday, the Central Election Commission registered 676 candidates in single-member constituencies: 503 self-nominated and 173 nominated by political parties.
As is known, the CEC registered the parties Civic Position, All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland", Revival, Civic Movement and the Communist Party in the nationwide multi-member constituency for the early Rada elections.
The early parliamentary elections will be held on 26 October.
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