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A candidate of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity" Vladyslav Atroshenko has won the second round of the mayoral elections in Chernihiv.

A total of 51.52 percent of voters (or 53,201 people) supported Atroshenko, the official website of the Central Election Commission reported on Nov. 17.

His rival, a representative of the Nash Kray party, Oleksandr Sokolov received 43.15 percent of the vote (44,560 votes).