The Verkhovna Rada has scheduled the next presidential election in Ukraine for Sunday, October 25, 2009. \n \n \n401 deputies voted "for." In particular, 174 deputies from the Party of Regions, 155 from BYuT, 26 from NU-NS, 27 from the Communists, 19 from the Lytvyn Bloc. \n \n \nThe resolution takes effect on the day of its publication. \n \nParliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn emphasized that the deputies "made a political decision." \n \nAndriy Shevchenko's resolution to schedule the election for December 27 received only 1 vote "for." \n \nAs is known, Viktor Yushchenko won the presidential election in the third round on December 26, 2004, and the president's inauguration took place on January 23, 2005. \n \n