Ukraine election: Poroshenko concedes as exit polls show landslide victory for Zelenskiy

Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a comedian whose only political experience consisted of playing a president on TV, has won a landslide victory in Ukraine's real-life presidential election.
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Exit poll results released after voting stations closed showed sitcom star Volodymyr Zelenskiy receiving an extraordinary 73.2% to president Petro Poroshenko's 25.3%. Even before the release of any official returns in the two-man runoff, Poroshenko accepted defeat, but told his supporters that although he may be leaving the presidential office, he would not retire from politics.

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