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Candidates for the presidency in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Petro Poroshenko, have gained 73.17 percent and 24.5 percent of the vote, respectively, the country’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has said after it processed 90.1 percent of the voting protocols.

Zelenskiy is leading in all regions, except Lviv region.

As was reported, Zelenskiy leads with 73 percent of the runoff vote, according to the National Exit Poll, while incumbent President Petro Poroshenko is supported by 25.5 percent of voters. According to the TSN’s exit poll, Zelenskiy was supported by 72.7 percent and 27.3 percent voted for Poroshenko. The exit poll results announced on TV Channel 112.Ukraine says that Zelenskiy got 73.7 percent of the vote and Poroshenko had 26.3 percent.

According to the CEC, the voter turnout on April 21 was 62.07 percent.