Incumbent mayor, ex-head of regional administration go forward to second round of voting in Sumy

12:46, 31.10.2015 1 min read

The results of processing 100% of ballot papers at the elections of city council chairman in Sumy the incumbent mayor, the candidate from the Batkivschyna Party, Oleksandr Lysenko, has won the maximum amount of votes, accounting for 45.7% of the vote, according to the official website of the Central Election Commission.

His closest rival, the former head of Sumy Regional Administration, the ex-chairman of Sumy Regional Council, the candidate from the People's Will Party, Anatoliy Yepifanov, scored 13.6% of votes. In addition, 12 other candidates participated in the elections, each received less than 8% of the vote.

Since Lysenko did not get 50% of the vote, while the population of Sumy is 268,000 people, according to the law, the second round of elections will be held in the city on November 15.