Exit poll of Dnipropetrovsk mayoral elections / Photo from UNIAN
In the second round of mayoral elections in Dnipropetrovsk Boris Filatov (UKROP) received 62% of votes, while Olekandr Vilkul (Opposition Bloc) gained support of 38% of the voters, according to the independent exit poll by the Kyiv International Sociology Institute, conducted at the request of 1+1 TV channel.
The "secret ballot" method was applied in the exit poll. The statistical sampling error does not exceed 3.5%.
4,608 respondents were interviewed at Dnipropetrovsk’s 60 polling stations
However, the second round of elections saw extremely low turnout of voters across Ukraine.
Chairman of the Central Election Commission Mykhailo Okhendovsky said that there is ultra-low voter turnout in the regions in the second round of local elections. According to him, it is likely that the turnout was nearly 30%.
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