Ukrainians home and abroad flocked to the polls to cast their ballots on March 31st to choose the country’s next president. The results of the election, widely praised as free and fair by domestic and international monitors, left incumbent president Petro Poroshenko dangerously close to being eliminated. Though, with no candidate taking more than 50 per cent of the vote, a second-round run-off will be held in the coming weeks.
2019 Presidential Election
New Eastern Europe: Ukraine’s election shows democracy is thriving despite post-Maidan challenges
Ukrainian comic actor, showman and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky holds his ballot in front of voting booths at a polling station during Ukraine's presidential election in Kyiv on March 31, 2019.
