DONETSK, November 12. /TASS/. Acting head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Denis Pushilin has gathered 61.5% of votes after counting 76.43% of ballots, the DPR Central Election Commission (CEC) reported on Monday.

"By 03:00, 76.43% of ballots from 297 election commissions were processed," the CEC noted.

"The votes for the candidates to the post of the DPR head are distributed as follows: Roman Yevstifeyev - 6.4%, Vladimir Medvedev - 10.1%, Denis Pushilin - 61.5%, Roman Khramenkov - 12.4%, Yelena Shishkina - 9.6%," the Central Election Commission noted.