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Ukraine's Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced first vote count results in the Vybory (Election) e-system.

Some 1.08% of protocols have been processed, which is almost 91,000 votes, an UNIAN correspondent reported.

Reports were provided by polling stations from all regions except Zaporizhia, Cherkasy, Sumy, Chernihiv, Volyn, and Chernivtsi.

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Presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky leads with 70.36% in general at all the polling stations except for Lviv region.

His rival, incumbent President Petro Poroshenko, has 27.29%, but his tally in Lviv region is 67%.

Some 2.33% of ballot papers were recognized invalid.

The second round of the presidential elections took place in Ukraine on April 21. Two candidates – Zelensky and Poroshenko – were competing in the runoff.

Screenshot from CEC's website