Kuchma Reelected President Of Ukraine; Communist Loses; Voter Turnout High From: The Washington Post | Date: November 15, 1999| Author: Peter Finn | Copyright 1999 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Leonid Kuchma won a second five-year term as president of Ukraine by presenting himself as the centrist candidate most likely to push this former Soviet republic toward market reforms and integration with the West.

The Central Elections Commission said this morning that with 97 percent of the votes counted, Kuchma had 56 percent, compared with almost 38 percent for his Communist challenger, Petro Symonenko.

Kuchma had portrayed his opponent, who heads the Communist Party in parli...

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