CEC starts counting votes in Ukraine's presidential election

Showman Vlodymyr Zelensky leads in Ukraine's presidential election with 0.54% of ballots counted.

Such data have been published on the website of the Central Election Commission (CEC) as of 23.15, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.

According to these results, Volodymyr Zelensky garnered 28.51% of the vote, Batkivshchyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko 18.03%, and incumbent President Petro Poroshenko 16.94%.

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