Comedic actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy is about to become Ukraine’s sixth president. The official results of the April 21 election are not yet in, but several exit polls predict an overwhelming victory for Zelenskiy.
The political newcomer will receive 73 percent of the vote, while incumbent President Petro Poroshenko will only take around 23 percent, according to preliminary results of the National Exit Poll. That margin of victory — 48 percent — will be the largest in the history of Ukrainian presidential elections.
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