Preliminary data reveal outcome of 1st round of Kryvyi Rih mayor elections

According to the exit poll, Vilkul remains Mayor of Kryvyi Rih / Photo from UNIAN

In the special election of the Mayor of Kryvyi Rih, incumbent Mayor Yuri Vilkul won the first round scoring a comfortable 73.9% of votes, says the report, according to 0564.ua local news service referring to the Kryvyi Rih election commission.

Semen Semenchenko received 10.74% of ballots (30,777 votes), while Svitlana Sova from Syla Liudey (Power of the People) party – 4.6% (13,190) and UKROP’s Mykola Kolesnik got 4.3% (12,315).

Ihor Levytskiy of People's Control got 2.58%, or 7,405 votes. 

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55.88% of registered Kryviy Rih residents showed up on Sunday to cast their ballots, according to the report by the local election commission.