Presidential elections in Ukraine: the first results

The first round of elections of the President of Ukraine will be won by showman Vladimir Zelensky with a result of more than 30%. This is evidenced by the data of the ec-regulations published at 20:00 and specified at 23:00. The second place is occupied by the current President Petro Poroshenko. More than 19% of Ukrainians surveyed voted for him. Former Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is about 14% of the vote. The turnout amounted to 63.92%.

The turnouts five minutes before the closing of the plots. TV channel 112.ua

Read more. By 23:00, the CEC of Ukraine managed to process 0.52% of the ballots - while Zelensky and Tymoshenko with 28.5% and 18%, respectively, are held on the second round. However, Tymoshenko’s grinding with Poroshenko is minimal. The current president had 16.95% of the vote at 23:00, and the Eccit Polels talk about his passage on the second round.

• During the vote, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine received an application for 1768 violations, 19 criminal proceedings were opened . The CEC of serious violations did not record. One of the violators was the candidate Lyashko, who demonstrated his ballot to journalists, putting a tick opposite his surname. The representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has already stated that a verification of violation of the secret of voting is being carried out.
• So far, Tymoshenko has not announced whether she was going to challenge the results. In the afternoon, the CEC of Ukraine gathered more than 100 people. According to journalists, young people came to watch the electoral process and protect the tents. Earlier, the CEC has tents of the party of Yulia Tymoshenko "Fatherland". Several buses of the National Guard of Ukraine also drove up to the building, journalists report.

The reaction of candidates. The leaders of the race have already managed to turn to their voters with words of gratitude. “Well, it happened - 30.4%. As you can see, there are a lot of ecciptles, and the president is one, ”Zelensky commented on the results of the poll. He specified that he has no plans to create a coalition with Tymoshenko. The former Deputy Prime Minister announced that she did not trust the results of the ec-regulations and will wait for the final count. Poroshenko did not comment on the results, but concluded that Zelensky could not speak on equal terms with Moscow.

• Yuri Boyko, who is considered a pro -Russian candidate, criticized the campaign of Poroshenko. According to him, the current president used the administrative resource and "unprecedented pressure", which explains the result.
• Anatoly Gritsenko, who, according to the survey results, is fifth, gaining about 7% of the vote, refused to support Poroshenko. He also did not say that he would support Zelensky. Whether Gritsenko will offer his voters to vote for Yulia Tymoshenko, he also did not specify.

Context. 63.9% of voters came to the elections, the data of the channel 112.ua for 19.55 indicate. In 2014, this figure amounted to 59.48%. In the 2010 presidential election, the turnout reached 69.15%of voters, in 2004 - 74.5%, in 1999 - 73.8%.

• Read more about candidates and relations with Russia, The Bell wrote here . The second round will be held in Ukraine in three weeks. A candidate who gained more votes will win it.