Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky won with overwhelming majority the presidential election in Ukraine, according to a poll taken out of the polls.

Novel political actor Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election against incumbent President Petro Poroshenko, reflecting the extent of voter mistrust of the ruling power, according to an exit poll.

The 41-year-old comedian won 73.2% of the vote in the second round of the presidential election, compared to 25.3% for his 53-year-old rival, according to the poll conducted at the exit of polling stations by the "Exit Poll National" consortium. "bringing together three institutes.