Ukrainian Central Election Commission Head Okhendovsky
Mykhaylo Okhendovsky, head of the Ukrainian Central Election Commission, walks past a screen displaying the partial results of the parliamentary election at the commission's headquarters in Kiev October 27, 2014. Pro-Western parties will dominate Ukraine's parliament after an election handed President Petro Poroshenko a mandate to end a separatist conflict and steer the country further out of Russia's orbit into Europe's mainstream. Poroshenko planned to start coalition talks on Monday after exit polls and partial results showed most of the groups that were holding up democratic and legal reforms demanded by the European Union had been swept out of parliament on Sunday. Reuters

Voters in conflict-riddled Ukraine have spoken. Ballot results have shown the people effectively approved the direction of the country to go out of Russia's hold and into Europe's mainstream.

The parties in Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's bloc secured the most number of votes at 23 percent. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk's group, the People's Front, was second with 21 percent. The Samopomich party, also a pro-Europe party, came third with 14 percent of the votes. Despite leading different parties, both Messrs Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk go for a pro-western stance for Ukraine.

Mr Poroshenko, reeling from the successful turnout of the parliamentary elections, said on national television that the sentiments of the people that eventually came through the ballot meant one thing - that they no longer want to be under a regime of communism.

"For that I congratulate you," the Ukrainian leader told his countrymen. "The people's judgment, which is higher than all but the judgment of God, has issued a death sentence to the Communist Party of Ukraine."

Ukraine's Communist Party failed to win a single parliamentary seat, a first since the 1917 Russian revolution. This effectively meant Russia would have a hard time championing its cause in Ukraine due to the absence of communist allies in the nation's parliament. Poroshenko added more than three-quarters of voters showed "firm and irreversible support" for Ukraine's course toward Europe.

On Monday, Mr Poroshenko planned to immediately start coalition talks so as to start and ensure a smooth process of democratic and legal reforms demanded by the European Union.

In the U.S., President Barack Obama congratulated the Ukrainian people for the "orderly and peaceful" election that are "largely in line with international standards," a statement issued by the White House said on Monday, noting the White House looks forward to the convening of the new parliament and the quick formation of a strong, inclusive government.

Jose Manuel Barroso, head of the European Commission, tweeted on Monday that the recent elections was a "victory of democracy and European reforms agenda" in the former Soviet state.

Congratulations to the people of #Ukraine! Victory of democracy and European reforms' agenda.

— José Manuel Barroso (@BarrosoEU) October 27, 2014

The government expected 36 million Ukrainians to take part in Sunday's elections. However, those in Crimea as well as in the parts of eastern Ukraine failed to vote. Crimea was annexed in March by Russia. Eastern Ukraine, on the other hand, has been embroiled in months of unrest between Ukrainian forces and armed pro-Russia separatists.

Sunday's legislative polls were the first since Viktor Yanukovych, pro-Russian former president, was ousted in February after refusing to sign an agreement on closer ties with the European Union.