Comedian leads Ukraine presidential contest

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KIEV - A comedian with no political experience has won the most votes in the first round of Ukraine's presidential elections, according to exit polls.
They say Volodymyr Zelenskiy - who played the president on TV - received 30.4% of the vote, with current leader Petro Poroshenko second on 17.8%.
The two - who have expressed largely pro-EU opinions - are set to take part in a run-off election next month.
Ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko appears to have been eliminated on a projected 14.2%.
"I'm very happy but this is not the final result," Mr Zelenskiy told the BBC's Jonah Fisher minutes after the exit polls were announced.
Mr Poroshenko described his forecast second place as a "harsh lesson".(FA)

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