Chairman of the Ukrainian opposition party Udar (Punch) and WBC Heavyweight Champion boxer Vitali Klitschko speaks to the media during his news conference in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Klitschko's party garnered 13 percent of the vote during Sunday's parliamentary elections in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Kosarev)
Chairman of the Ukrainian opposition party Udar (Punch) and WBC Heavyweight Champion boxer Vitali Klitschko speaks to the media during his news conference in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Klitschko's party garnered 13 percent of the vote during Sunday's parliamentary elections in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Kosarev)
Chairman of the Ukrainian opposition party Udar (Punch) and WBC Heavyweight Champion boxer Vitali Klitschko smiles during his news conference in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Klitschko's party garnered 13 percent of the vote during Sunday's parliamentary elections in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Kosarev)
FILE - In this Monday, April 4, 2011 file photo, former Ukrainian Prime Minister and main opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is pictured in her headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine. Tymoshenko's party alleged widespread violations, such as vote-buying and multiple voting and the jailed leader, who is currently undergoing treatment for a back problem in a Ukrainian hospital, launched a hunger strike in protest. (AP Photo / Efrem Lukatsky, file)
Members of a local election commission open a ballot box to count votes after a day of election at a polling station in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Ukrainians are electing a parliament on Sunday in a crucial vote tainted by the jailing of top opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko and fears of election fraud. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
Election commission officials count ballots at a polling station in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Ukrainians are electing a parliament on Sunday in a crucial vote tainted by the jailing of top opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko and fears of election fraud. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ? Ukrainian opposition parties are scrambling for position after the ruling party scored a confident victory in parliamentary elections denounced as unfair by international observers.
President Vitkor Yanukovych's Party of Regions was poised to retain its majority of seats in parliament, according to nearly final officials results released Tuesday. But the opposition appeared uncertain about whether to recognize the election and start building a coalition or focus on protesting the results of the vote.
The West has condemned Sunday's election as a step away from democracy with Yanukovych's main opponent jailed and allegations of fraud.
The jailed former premier Yulia Tymoshenko launched a hunger strike to protest the violations. But her most likely partner, the world boxing champion Vitali Klitschko appeared more focused on forging a parliamentary alliance.
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