Kyiv: Exit polls on Sunday predicted that Volodymyr Zelensky, a former television actor and comedian will win Ukraine’s presidential elections. Citing
Kyiv [Ukraine]: Exit polls on Sunday predicted that Volodymyr Zelensky, a former television actor and comedian will win Ukraine’s presidential elections.
Citing results of the exit polls, Al Jazeera reported that the comedian will defeat incumbent President Petro Poroshenko with 73.2 percent of the vote against 25.3 percent.
The ballots cast on Sunday were yet to be counted by Ukraine’s Central Election Commission, but the exit polls coincided with the official results after the first round of elections which were held three weeks ago.
Shortly after the poll results were announced on Ukraine’s state broadcaster Ukrinform, Poroshenko, conceding defeat at a press conference, said that he would help the new President prepare for the role between the official announcement of the election results and his inauguration.
