Elections in Ukraine

By Yuriy Gorodnichenko (UC Berkeley)

Results from exit polls [1, 2] show that Petro Poroshenko is elected the President of Ukraine. At the same time, dismal performance of candidates affiliated with Viktor Yanukovych and the Party of Regions, the former ruling party in Ukraine.

	All-Ukrainian TV exit-poll	National exit-poll
Poroshenko	57.3%	55.9%
Tymoshenko	12.4	12.9%
Lyashko	8.7%	8%
Grytsenko	6%	6.3%
Tygipko (former Party of Regions)	4.4%	4.7%
Dobkin (Party of Regions)	2.3%	2.1%

 

 Update: Yarosh, the leader of the Right Sector, got less than 1%. Epic fail of Russian propaganda.