The polls also had Zelenskiy outpacing incumbent President Petro Poroshenko and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the other top candidates, by a broad margin. Exit polls released Sunday showed Zelenskiy received 30.4 per cent of the vote, while Poroshenko had 17.8 per cent. If no candidate secures an absolute majority of Sunday's vote, a runoff between the two top finishers would be held April 21. The National: How Volodymyr Zelenskiy could become Ukraine's presidentUkraine has an interesting cast of contenders running for its upcoming presidential election. Zelenskiy and Tymoshenko both used the alleged embezzlement to take hits at Poroshenko, who shot back at his rivals.

Source: CBC News March 31, 2019 09:45 UTC