Ukraine election: Exit polls suggest comfortable win for Zelenskiy

Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy has won the presidential run-off in Ukraine with almost 73% of the vote, an exit poll suggests. If confirmed, the result would give the comic actor a commanding lead over incumbent Petro Poroshenko.

Kiev: An exit poll suggests that Volodymyr Zelenskiy has won Sunday's presidential run-off in Ukraine with almost 73% of the vote.

Cheers went up at his party's headquarters in Kiev as a giant screen showed an exit poll result being announced on live television.

If confirmed, the result would give the comic actor a commanding lead over incumbent Petro Poroshenko.

Zelenskiy, famous for playing the president in a TV sitcom, got twice as many votes as Poroshenko in the first round three weeks ago.

That vote reflected public anger at endemic corruption, a moribund economy and a five-year wait against Russia-backed insurgents.