BRIEF-Comic Zelenskiy leads in Ukraine race after 50 pct of votes counted

April 1 (Reuters) -

* Results based on a count of more than half the ballots in Ukraine's presidential election showed comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy in first place, with 30.2 percent of the vote, the Central Election Commission said on Monday.

* Incumbent President Petro Poroshenko remained in second place, it said, on 16.64 percent of Sunday's vote. (Reporting by Pavel Polityuk and Polina Ivanova; Editing by)