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Ukrainian opposition leader Victor Yanukovych scored 48.95 percent in Sunday's election, 3.48 percent ahead of his rival Yulia Tymoshenko with 45.47 percent, results showed after 100 percent of the vote was counted.

Yanukovych has already claimed victory, but Tymoshenko has cried foul, accusing him of vote-rigging. The Central Election Commission, which announced these results on Wednesday, must formally call the result of the election by Feb. 17.