2019 Ukrainian presidential election

2019 Ukrainian presidential election
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Opinion polls
Turnout62.88% (first round)
61.42% (second round)
 
Volodymyr Zelensky Official portrait.jpg
Nominee Volodymyr Zelenskyy Petro Poroshenko
Party SN Independent
Alliance YeS
Popular vote 13,541,528 4,522,450
Percentage 74.96% 25.04%
President before election

Petro Poroshenko
BPP

Elected President

Volodymyr Zelenskyy
SN

Presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 31 March 2019. As none of the 39 candidates on the ballot received an absolute majority of the initial vote, a runoff was held on 21 April between the top two vote-getters, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a television personality, and Petro Poroshenko, the incumbent president. The Central Election Commission (CEC) announced that Zelenskyy won the second round with 73.22% of the total vote[1] (or 74.96% of the valid vote). The elections were recognized as free and fair by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.[2]

  1. ^ "Protocol of the Central Election Commission: on the results of the repeat voting in the elections of the President of Ukraine" (PDF). The Central Election Commission of Ukraine. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions" (PDF). Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. Kyiv: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Retrieved 28 December 2022.