The acting Mayor of Odessa Gennady Trukhanov sure that wins the election to become leader of the city in the first round, informs on Tuesday.

"according to him, he gained almost 52% of the vote. He also said that if his opponents have any complaints to the election results, they have the possibility to challenge them in court ", - is informed in the report.

"It is very important that everything was quiet and civilized," says the mayoral candidate.

explaining low turnout, the politician said that he regretted the weak political activity of citizens. Trukhanov is convinced that the turnout directly affects the objectivity of the vote.

Local elections were held in Ukraine on Sunday on the new electoral law. In small towns with population over 90 thousand people, the mayor was elected by a simple majority of votes, and in the large cities must be assigned the second round, if none of the candidates could gain more than 50% of the vote.

The acting Mayor of Odessa Gennady Trukhanov wins with 51, 64% of the votes in the election of the head of the city, followed by Alexander Borovik, with the result 24, 78%, stated before the civil network "OPORA" by results of parallel counting 100% of the vote. Borovik said that it would seek the appointment of the 2nd round of voting.

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