(Updates National Exit Poll result) KIEV, May 25 (Reuters) - Following is a summary of exit polls after Sunday's first round of Ukraine's presidential election, in which 21 candidates took part. The leading contenders, the polls found, were confectionery magnate Petro Poroshenko, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and former journalist Oleh Lyashko. Results are expected to be announced on Monday. National TNS Poroshenko 55.7 57.3 Tymoshenko 12.8 12.4 Lyashko 8.1 8.7 The National Exit Poll 2014 was conducted by a consortium of Democratic Initiative, the Kiev International Sociology Institute (KMIS) and the Razumkov Ukrainian Centre for Economic and Political Research. The error margin was 3.5 percent. TNS conducted a poll for Ukrainian television channels Inter, 1+1, ICTV and Ukraina. (Reporting by Alastair Macdonald; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
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