Polling stations, like this one in the Crimean capital of Simferopol, opened quietly on September 30
President Viktor Yushchenko leaves a Kyiv polling station with his wife, Katerina Chumachenko (front), and his daughter, Vitalina (behind him). Yushchenko signed a decree on April 2 dissolving parliament and ordering new elections
Prime Minister and Party of Regions Chairman Viktor Yanukovych at a polling place in Kyiv
Voter sentiment in the capital buoyed by sunshine and flowers
Opinion polls suggest that none of the three leading forces will win an outright majority in the 450-seat Verkhovna Rada
A woman casts a ballot in Dnipropetrovsk, in eastern Ukraine
Election workers check voter-registration lists at a polling station in Donetsk
International election monitors in Ukraine for the voting include 700 people from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
Last-minute ballot-checking in the eastern Ukraine city of Dnipropetrovsk. There are 37 million registered voters in Ukraine
Orthodox priests consult candidate lists in the capital