Acting Mayor of Kharkiv Hennadiy Kernes leads in the mayoral election with a margin of 0.81%, with 98.16% of ballots counted.
According to Kharkiv City Election Commission, Hennadiy Kernes of the Regions Party scored 30.15% of the vote, whereas his principal rival Arsen Avakov of the Batkivschyna 29.34%. Alla Aleksandrovska of the Communist Party came third with 18.39%. Some 10.94% voted against all the contenders.