Ukraine exits polls: ‘Chocolate king' Poroshenko to be President
Fp Archives • 11 years ago KIEV/MARIUPOL (Reuters) - Confectionary magnate Petro Poroshenko won Ukraine's presidential election on Sunday with an absolute majority, exit polls showed, averting the need for a runoff vote next month that he had said could destabilise the country. Two polls gave Poroshenko, a billionaire businessman with long experience in government, 55.9 to 57.3 percent, well ahead of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko in second place with just over 12 percent
