AKIPRESS.COM - Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko plans to start talks on forming a coalition government after exit polls showed his bloc emerge strongest in Sunday's parliamentary elections.

He said talks might last up to 10 days. PM Arseniy Yatseniuk's People's Front party could be a key partner, he added, reports BBC.

Pro-Western parties look set to dominate parliament after the first legislative polls since the pro-Russian former President, Viktor Yanukovych, was driven from power in February.

No votes were cast in two areas under control of pro-Russian separatists in the east of Ukraine, with 27 parliamentary seats there and in Crimea - annexed by Russia in March - remaining vacant.

Preliminary official results are expected later on Monday.