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Updated results from the Central Election Commission:
With 94 percent of ballots counted from the March 31 election, Zelenskyy was on a pace for a strong first-place finish with 30.3 percent of the vote, according to results from the Central Election Commission (CEC). Poroshenko was well behind with 15.9 percent, followed by former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who had 13.4 percent.
The National Democratic Institute (NDI) election observer delegation has said that the election was “competitive and credible” despite the “long-standing need for electoral reforms.”