On March 31, a presidential election took place in Ukraine.

There were 39 candidates, a record number, but the main battle was between the incumbent President Petro Poroshenko, political veteran and ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, and political satirist and actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a newcomer running his first-ever race for a public office. None of the candidates are likely to win the majority of the votes, which means that the two candidates with the most votes will compete in the runoff on April 21. Check out our election guide.