The acting Mayor of Odessa Gennadiy Trukhanov at the election of the Governor, gaining 47, 6% of voters came to the polls, show the results of the exit polls " Savik Shuster Studio ", published on the first day of the weekend.

at the 2nd place Alexander Borovik (Advisor to the head of the Odessa regional state administration Mikhail Saakashvili), who scored 30, 8%. On the 3rd ex-the mayor Eduard Gurvits - 9, 6% of voters came to the polls.

Local elections are held in Ukraine on Sunday on the new electoral law. In small towns with population over 90 thousand people the mayor is elected by simple majority of votes, and in large has the opportunity to be assigned to a second round if none of the candidates will be able to collect more than 50% of votes or to break away from its nearest competitor by more than 20%. 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.

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