A comedian with no political experience has won the most votes in Ukraine’s presidential election, according to an exit poll. A comedian with no political experience has won the most votes in Ukraine’s presidential election, according to an exit poll. Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko speaks to the media at a polling station (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)The top two candidates will face a presidential runoff on April 21. “Zelenskiy has shown us on the screen what a real president should be like,” said voter Tatiana Zinchenko, 30, who cast her ballot for the comedian. Ukraine’s former prime minister, Ms Tymoshenko, shaped her message around the economic distress of millions in the country.

Source: Irish Independent March 31, 2019 17:37 UTC