Former strongman and powerlifter Vasily Virastyuk was declared the winner of the by-election to parliament in the Ivano-Frankivsk region of Ukraine. About it informs civil network “Support”.
“Vasily Virastyuk was officially elected a people’s deputy. The CEC established the election results in constituency No. 87 and recognized the candidate from the Servant of the People party Vasily Virastyuk as an elected people’s deputy of Ukraine. According to the protocol of the district election commission, he received 15,536 votes,” the statement says. …
Note that Virastyuk was a candidate from the Servant of the People party, receiving 31.25% of the vote. In 2004 he won the tournament “The Strongest Man in the World”, while he became the “Strongest Man of Ukraine” six times.