The people's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from the party "Opposition bloc" Oleksandr Vilkul took over the election of the head of Dnipropetrovsk in the first round, with 37, 9% of voters came to the polls, inform the data on the Internet office of the Central election Commission of Ukraine.

according to the CEC of Ukraine, after the second Vilkul is the people's choice Rada, who is a candidate from the party of " DILL ", Boris Filatov, who scored 35, 7% of the vote.

Local elections were held in Ukraine on 25 October on a new electoral law. In small towns with population over 90 thousand people, the mayor was elected by a simple majority vote, and in large has the opportunity to be assigned to a second round if none of the candidates will be able to gain an absolute majority (50% plus one vote).

The results must be determined before November 4 and made public for five days, and in case of holding the 2nd round in the big cities - not later than November 20. According to the information received, exit poll, the second round of elections of the mayor will likely need to be held in Kyiv, Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Odessa.

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