For the residents of the capital a lot more was at stake than just the presidency on May 25. Kyiv elected a mayor and the city legislature for the first time since 2008.

According

to the exit poll by Savik Shuster Studio political

talk show, Vitali Klitschko won 57 percent of the vote, leaving the runner-up Lesya Orobets far behind with 10 percent of the vote.