Official election results in Ukraine: Zelensky may become the country's most popular president

As of 4: 00 in the morning of April 22 (21: 00 in New York), the Central Election Commission of Ukraine processed 60,89% of protocols. 72,96% of voters voted for Vladimir Zelensky, and 24,70% voted for Petro Poroshenko. 2,32% of bulletins are invalid.

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If Zelensky is able to keep the current level of support until the end of the counting of votes, he will become the most popular president of Ukraine at the time of election in history, writes RBC.

Photo: screenshot CEC on 4: 00 in Ukraine (21: 00 in New York)

Before him in Ukraine, no one gained more than 70% of the vote.

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According to the final data of the National exit poll in Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky gets more than 73% of the votes. If the leader of the Servant of the People party retains this level of support until the end of the counting of votes, he will become the most popular presidential candidate in the history of independent Ukraine.

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Prior to that, Leonid Kravchuk, the first president of the country after the collapse of the USSR, was a champion among the leaders of independent Ukraine in terms of support. Before Petro Poroshenko, he was also the only head of the country elected in the first round - December 1 1991, he received at the elections 61% of votes. As president, he remained until July 1994, when he was dismissed as a result of early elections by Leonid Kuchma, who won 52,15% of votes in the second round. Early elections in Ukraine in 1994 were held due to the strike of Donbas miners.

In the election of 2014, Poroshenko won the first round, gaining a little more than half of the votes - 54,7% of votes.

Vladimir Zelensky. Photo: YouTube / Radio Liberty Debate Video Screenshot

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Vladimir Zelensky already congratulated with the victory of world leaders, ex-politicians, opposition leaders. Most politicians published greetings in social networks, but US President Donald Trump, French leader Emmanuel Macron and Polish leader Andrzej Duda called Zelensky personally.

During a briefing at headquarters, Zelensky said that the current president of the country and his rival in the elections - Petro Poroshenko - already called him and congratulated him on his victory. According to Zelensky, the president promised to help him with advice if necessary.

The leader of the party "Servant of the People", in turn, promised that if the public supports this decision, he will be ready to enter Poroshenko into the government.

Photo: Tatyana Dovgan. Photo published by permission

How is the transfer of power to the president in Ukraine

• After the end of voting in the presidential elections in Ukraine, the Central Election Commission sums up the voting results. This should occur no later than three days after receipt of all protocols with data on the results of voting from district election commissions and no later than ten days after the holding of the elections themselves.
• A candidate is considered elected if he received more than half of the votes of the voters who took part in the voting (if there was a vote in one round), or a candidate who received more votes than his opponent in the second round (if there was a vote in two rounds).
• The newly elected President of Ukraine takes office no later than 30 days after the official announcement of the election results. He takes the oath to the people at the ceremonial meeting of the Verkhovna Rada. The President of the Constitutional Court takes the oath of the president.
• The president does not form the government of Ukraine, and the Cabinet does not resign after the presidential elections. All members of the government must approve the Verkhovna Rada.
• After the parliamentary elections, the president, at the suggestion of a coalition of parliamentary factions, submits the candidacy of a new prime minister to the Verkhovna Rada. The decision on his resignation takes Rada.
• The President of Ukraine may also offer the Rada his candidates for the posts of ministers of foreign affairs and the Ministry of Defense, as well as candidates for the posts of the head of the Security Service of Ukraine and the Prosecutor General. The remaining members of the government are appointed by the Verkhovna Rada.
• May appoint the highest command of the armed forces of Ukraine and assign the highest military ranks.
• Appoint half of the members of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine and the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting; as well as a third of the judges of the Constitutional Court.
• May terminate the powers of the Verkhovna Rada (in three cases: if it did not form a coalition within a month, did not form a new government in 60 days after the old resignation, if parliamentary meetings cannot begin within 30 days).
• Can veto the laws adopted by the Verkhovna Rada.
• May suspend government orders if they do not comply with the Constitution of Ukraine.
• May appoint ambassadors and heads of diplomatic missions of Ukraine in other states and organizations.
• Elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine will be held in the autumn of 2019.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• In 22: 00 (15: 00 in New York) the final data of the National exit poll was announced: Zelensky - 73%, Poroshenko - 25,5%. In Western Ukraine, Zelensky was voted 56,9%, in the Center - 70,2%, in the South - 85,4%, in the East - 87,3%.
• ForumDaily conducts a live broadcast of elections in Ukraine.
• Until the closure of the last polling station in the world — he is in San Francisco — remains an hour's 2. As Ukrainians vote in America, read and see in our material.
• Here's how Vladimir Zelensky himself responded to win after these exit polls. Here is the reaction of Petro Poroshenko.
• 10 facts about Zelensky: when and where he was born, how he made his career, what assets he owns and how long he intends to hold the presidency. In this news - facts about his wife Elena, the future first lady of Ukraine.
• А here the informationwhich is published on the Zelensky Israeli press, which found his Jewish roots.

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