Comedian and leader of the Servant of the People political party Vladimir Zelensky and incumbent Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko have entered a runoff presidential election with more than 97% of the vote counted, Ukraine's Central Election Commission said.
Zelensky leads the Ukrainian presidential race with 30.26% of the vote, almost double the number of Poroshenko, who secured 15.92%.
According to the Commission, all other candidates have lost chances to make it into the runoff. The leader of the Batkivshchyna party Yulia Timoshenko comes in third with 13.38%, followed by Yuri Boyko, candidate from the Opposition Platform - For Life party, with 11.66%, TASS reported.
The runoff election is scheduled for April 21.