The Central Electoral Commission holds a press conference in Kiev, Ukraine, April 1, 2019. Ukraine's presidential election will head to a run-off, according to the country's electoral commission on Monday. Early official results showed that none of 39 candidates gained enough support to secure a victory in the first round, according to the head of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) Tetiana Slipachuk. (Xinhua/Sergey)
KIEV, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Ukraine's presidential election will head to a run-off, according to the country's electoral commission on Monday.
Early official results showed that none of 39 candidates gained enough support to secure a victory in the first round, according to the head of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) Tetiana Slipachuk.
The preliminary official results of the election unveiled on Monday by the CEC suggested that Ukrainian actor Volodymyr Zelensky and incumbent President Petro Poroshenko advanced to the run-off round.
With 81.97 percent of all ballots counted, Zelensky garnered 30.40 percent of the votes, while Poroshenko gained 16.01 percent.
According to Ukrainian law, if no one gets more than half of the vote in the first round, the two candidates with the most ballots move to a run-off on April 21.
