Today, a reporting and election conference was held at Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University, where a new rector of this educational institution was elected. Out of eight candidates for the position, the head of the state university, Professor Ihor Kotsan, who had previously been the acting rector, won. According to the counting commission's calculations, 369 employees of the state university out of 634 who voted cast their ballots for Ihor Kotsan's candidacy. Thus, the newly elected rector of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University received 55.16% of the votes. Let me remind you that in order to unquestionably head VDU, a candidate needed to garner 50% of the votes plus one vote.