Billionaire Petro Poroshenko declared victory on Sunday in Ukraine's presidential election, after preliminary exit polls suggested he got 56% of the vote, according to a media report.
His closest challenger, former Ukrainian prime minister and leader of the Batkivshchyna party Yulia Tymoshenko, conceded after exit polls showed her with 13% of the vote, the report added.
Poroshenko, a candy tycoon known as the "Chocolate King," is also a seasoned politician.
The election took place despite a recent wave of deadly violence in the East and threats by pro-Russia separatists to prevent citizens from casting their ballots.
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