Showman Zelensky leads presidential election in Ukraine

The Servant of the People political party candidate Vladimir Zelensky is leading at the presidential elections with 30.23% of votes, - the CEC of Ukraine said after counting 40% of votes.

The incumbent president Petro Poroshenko comes second with 16.65 % of votes followed by former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (13.14%).

The top two candidates will face off in a presidential runoff on April 21.