Monday, 1 April 2019

TV comic leads first round of Ukraine's presidential election

Volodymyr Zelenskiy has 30.2% of vote, beating Petro Poroshenko and ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko

The actor and comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy has taken a commanding lead in the first round of the Ukraine’s presidential elections, early results have shown.

With just over half of the ballots counted early on Monday, Zelenskiy had 30.2% of the votes. The incumbent president, Petro Poroshenko, was in a distant second place with 16.6% followed by former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko on 13%, the national elections commission said. The results were closely in line with a major exit poll.

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