Please register to access this content.
To continue viewing the content you love, please sign in or create a new account
Dismiss
This content is for our paying subscribers only

World Europe

Partial results give comedian Zelensky strong lead in Ukraine vote

The election commission website gave Zelensky 30.2 per cent



Preliminary results of the first round of Ukraine's presidential election at the Central Electoral Commission headquarters in Kiev.
Image Credit: AFP

Kiev: Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky took a strong lead Monday with over half the votes counted in the first round of the Ukraine presidential election.

The election commission website gave Zelensky 30.2 per cent with President Petro Poroshenko trailing on 16.7 percent ahead of an expected second round run-off on April 21.

Advertisement