2004年11月21日，乌克兰总统选举展开第二轮投票，现任总理亚努科维奇和“我们的乌克兰”政党联盟领导人尤先科的“命运”交到了选民手中，约有4000名外国观察员对第二轮投票进行了监督。乌克兰选举委员会22日宣布，乌克兰总统选举计票已达98.24%，亚努科维奇获得49.58%的选票，领先反对派候选人尤先科3个百分点。

结果公布后，尤先科当即表示：“我们毫无疑问赢得了这场选举，我们必须捍卫这个胜利。乌克兰已经发生了政变……政府在选举中全面舞弊，我不会信任中央选举委员会。”尤先科还号召他的支持者走上街头举行和平示威。

外电报道如下：

The liberal challenger in Ukraine's presidential election early on Monday alleged authorities were falsifying the result and he called on his supporters to stage peaceful street demonstrations.

Viktor Yushchenko said there had been blatant cheating in Sunday's run-off vote in two specific areas of eastern Ukraine, where his opponent, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, is particularly strong.

Falsify表示“篡改；伪造，作假，撒谎”，例如：Her speech in Parliament was falsified by the newspapers.（她在议会里的发言被报纸歪曲了。）