Results of exit polls: Vladimir Zelensky will become the new president of Ukraine

In 20: 00 in Kiev time (13: 00 in New York), polling stations were closed in Ukraine and the data of the first exit poll were announced, according to which Vladimir Zelensky was the winner in the presidential race.

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

At 22:00 (15:00 New York time) the final data of the National exit poll were announced: Zelensky - 73%, Poroshenko - 25,5%. In the West, 56,9% voted for Zelensky, in the Center - 70,2%, in the South - 85,4%, in the East - 87,3%.

According to the National Exit Poll at 20:00 (13:00 New York time), Zelensky won 73,2% of the votes, and his competitor Petro Poroshenko - 25,3%. Another 1,5% of ballots were found to be spoiled. A total of 13 respondents were interviewed who voted at 686 polling stations. The national exit poll used the “secret ballot” technique. The statistical sampling error does not exceed 300%.

The TSN news service provided the results of its exit poll: according to their data, Zelensky received 72,7% of the votes, Poroshenko - 27,3%. In all regions, Zelensky received more than half of the votes. In the west of Ukraine - 52%, in Kyiv 59,5%, in the rest - more than 70% of the votes of Ukrainians.

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Facts about Vladimir Zelensky

Vladimir Zelensky: where he was born, grew up, studied

Zelensky was born on January 25 1978 year in Krivoy Rog. As a child, he lived with his parents for four years in Mongolia, in the city of Erdenet, there he graduated from the first class, writes Unian. Then his family returned to Krivoy Rog, where he studied at school number 95 with in-depth study of the English language.

In 1995, he entered the Krivoy Rog Economic Institute of the Kiev National University of Economics, where he received a law degree. True, he worked in the specialty for two months - in practice.

The path of Vladimir Zelensky as a showman Vladimir Zelensky became famous back in the 1990s thanks to KVN. He was a member of STEM "Besprizornik", the team "Young Krivoy Rog", "Zaporozhye-Krivoy Rog-Transit".

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The start of the star journey was 1997, when Zelensky (as captain), together with Denis Manzhosov, Yuri Krapov and Alexander Pikalov, created the “95th Quarter” team, which was named after one of the districts of Krivoy Rog. Soon the team makes its way to the KVN Major League.

In 2003, there was a conflict between the “95th Quarter” and Alexander Maslyakov’s creative association “AMiK”, which is why Zelensky’s entire team left KVN. Free floating: “Studio “Kvartal 95” In 2005, after the scandal with KVN, the show “Evening Quarter” started on one of the Ukrainian channels. Soon this program became the highest rated on Ukrainian TV in the segment of television humor. Later the Kvartal-95 studio was opened. And then Zelensky and his partners launch a number of successful projects, including, for example, “Evening Kyiv”, “Fight Club” and “Ukraine, Rise Up”, “League of Laughter”.

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Film Zelensky

In 2008, he played one of the main roles in the comedy “Love in the City,” and then in the sequels of this film, released in 2010 and 2013.

In 2011, a remake of “Office Romance” was released, where Zelensky played the main role. Then there was filming in the comedy “Rzhevsky against Napoleon. Zelensky also played the role of teacher Vasily Goloborodko, who became president, in the popular television series “Servant of the People” (three seasons have already been released).

Another no less successful and popular project by Vladimir Zelensky and the 95 Quarter studio is the comedy series Swat, which, by the way, was banned in Ukraine, as was his star’s entry, Fyodor Dobronravov, to our country.

Vladimir Zelensky: wife and children

The showman has been married to Elena Kiyashko since 2003, whom he dated for about 7 years before the wedding. They studied in parallel classes at school. In 2008, a new addition to the family appeared - daughter Sasha. And at the beginning of 2013 - son Kirill.

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The beginning of the political career of Vladimir Zelensky

The Ukrainian media have long written (since 2017) that Vladimir Zelensky could take part in the 2019 presidential elections. Speaking on the New Year's address on the 1+1 TV channel on December 31, 2018, Zelensky announced that he would run for the post of head of state in the 2019 presidential elections. Later, the Servant of the People party nominated the showman as a presidential candidate.

After that, Vladimir Zelensky and his team became active on social networks, publishing a series of appeals to Ukrainians and the current head of state, Poroshenko.

On March 31, according to the voting results in the first round of the presidential elections in Ukraine, Zelensky became the leader, for whom 30,24% of voters voted. In second place is the current President Petro Poroshenko with the support of 15,95% of voters.

Since none of the candidates won an absolute majority of votes (more than 50%), after the official results were announced, the Central Election Commission announced a repeat vote.

On April 19, a debate took place at the NSC Olimpiyskiy between Vladimir Zelensky and Petro Poroshenko, which was actively discussed in all social networks.

Zelensky-Poroshenko debate: quotes from Ze!Candidate

“I myself voted for Poroshenko. But I was wrong. Little did I know that his “living in a new way” would mean “survive.” That's why I'm here. With my team. I'm not a politician, I'm just a person. Ordinary person. Who came to break this system."

“How did it happen that Ukraine is practically the poorest country under the richest president in history? Why were the arsonists of the Roshen store found in 4 hours, but the arsonists of military warehouses and Sheremet car fuses could not be found for several years. Why is no one behind Ilovaisk and Debaltsevo? Why is it that after 5 years we still don’t know the names of the murderers on the Maidan?... Why aren’t Yanukovych’s henchmen punished? Why hasn’t the immunity of deputies been lifted?”

“First of all, I am not your opponent, I am your verdict.”

“About the fact that I am “hiding”: I have been to the ATO many times. You know that I had a lot of filming for “Evening Quarter”. Who am I hiding from? What agendas am I hiding from? I'm a public person. They couldn’t find me and give me a summons?”

In another unexpected turn, Zelensky knelt down during the debate as a sign of respect for the memory of the Ukrainians killed in the war with the Russian Federation in the Donbass, when Poroshenko said that “it’s not on your knees that you have to crawl to Putin in order to protect the state.” .

“About the knees, so that everyone understands what I meant. It seems to me that every reasonable person understands this. I am now ready to kneel before every mother who did not wait for her son from the front, her son. I am ready now to kneel before every child who did not live to see their father. I am ready to kneel now before every woman who did not wait for her husband, and I invite you,” Zelensky emphasized, addressing Poroshenko.

“Peter Alekseevich had a lot of achievements. And so it is. Visa-free, tomos, language, army. Everything you wrote on billboards. But you know, it seems to me that for some reason you wrote down all these achievements only to yourself. I don’t understand why... The Ukrainian language existed before you.”

“As for visa-free travel, yes, this is a victory. A victory for Ukrainian diplomats, the Ukrainian diaspora, who fought for visa-free travel even before you became the president of Ukraine.”

As previously reported by ForumDaily:

• March 31 in the first round of the presidential election in Ukraine showman Vladimir Zelensky significantly ahead of the current president of Petro Poroshenko. Zelensky scored more than 30% of votes. Poroshenko 15,93%.
• The debates of the candidates at the Olympic Stadium were to be held on April 14, but Zelensky was in paris and didn't come. Petro Poroshenko spoke. Zelensky proposed a new date - April 19.
• Poroshenko and Zelensky earlier argued about the place and time of the debate Live on the TV channel 1 + 1. Poroshenko was in the studio, and Zelensky spoke on the phone from Paris. The president invited his opponent to the debate at the April 14 stadium. Zelensky replied that the date of April 19 was discussed earlier. He did not listen to comments Poroshenko and hung up.
• According to the resolution of the Central Election Commission, the official debate should take place in the Public Television studio on April 19 at 19:00, so the debate at the stadium will be considered unofficial. But in the end, Poroshenko’s team announced their readiness to meet with Zelensky at the Olimpiysky on April 19 at 19:00.
• On April 9, representatives of the CEC and NOTU announced that official television debates between presidential candidates Petro Poroshenko and Vladimir Zelensky were scheduled for April 19. Their cost will be 5 million 766 thousand UAH (almost $ 216 000).
• The debate took place on April 19 - here it is five best moments of the dialogue Zelensky and Poroshenko.
• After the debate at the stadium Poroshenko went to the Studio of public television, where Zelensky did not come.
• Social networks pretty reacted violently to the performance two candidates.
• On the eve of the second round of Vladimir Zelensky tried to remove from the election through the courtbut do it failed.
• On election day to the presidential candidate of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, at his election headquarters at the Parkovy Exhibition and Convention Center in Kiev the police came. The reason for the visit of law enforcement officers was Zelensky’s demonstration of his filled-in ballot at a polling station.

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