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Wednesday, 25 November 2020, 12:28
23 November 2020
Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, former chairman of the Lviv Regional State Administration (2014-2019) Oleg Synyutka, who ran in the election of the head of the Lviv united-territorial community, congratulated his rival, Andriy Sadovyi, on winning the election.
Voter turnout in Ukraine’s second round of mayoral elections was 29.53%, according to data provided by the Central Election Commission as of 20:00 on November 22, the Commission’s press service reports.
20 November 2020
A second ballot in the election of mayors of 11 Ukrainian cities and deputies of 47 local councils will be held on Sunday, November 22, the Central Election Commission's press service has reported.
17 November 2020
Ukraine's Central Election Commission (CEC) has registered Anatolii Hunko, elected to parliament in the by-elections to the Verkhovna Rada in single-mandate constituency No. 208 in Chernihiv region, as a people's deputy, the CEC's press service has reported.
16 November 2020
Voter turnout in Ukraine’s second round of mayoral elections was 24%, according to data provided by the Central Election Commission as of 20:00 on November 15, the Commission’s press service reports.
13 November 2020
The second round of mayoral elections in Lutsk, Kramatorsk, Ukrainka, Odesa, Sumy, Kherson and Kamianets-Podilskyi will be held on Sunday, November 15, the Central Election Commission's press service has reported.
11 November 2020
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) Oleksiy Danilov has written a letter to Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Oleh Didenko demanding that the results of the October 25 local elections in Ukraine be established and made public immediately, the NSDC's press service has reported.
09 November 2020
No targeted mass cyberattacks have been recorded during the October 25 local elections in Ukraine, Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) Serhii Demediuk has told Ukrinform.
Hennadiy Kernes, who received the most votes in the Kharkiv mayoral election on October 25, 2020, has been officially registered as Kharkiv mayor, according to the Suspilne.Media online news site.
06 November 2020
Seven parties have overcome the 5% electoral threshold in elections to Kyiv City Council, according to Valentyna Korolkova, the head of the Kyiv city territorial election commission.
The Kyiv City Territorial Election Commission has announced Vitali Klitschko's victory in the first round of Kyiv mayor election.
05 November 2020
Repeat voting in mayoral elections in Ukraine will be held in 14 territorial communities with more than 75,000 voters, according to the website of the Central Election Commission (CEC).
04 November 2020
Hennadiy Kernes has been re-elected as Kharkiv mayor, winning 60.34% of the vote, Ukraine's Public Broadcasting Company has reported.
31 October 2020
As of October 31, the Central Election Commission of Ukraine has released data on 108 winners in the elections of village, township, city heads.
28 October 2020
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has thanked residents of Kyiv for their support in the mayoral election, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.
Observers from the International Election Observation Mission of the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) actively conducted election monitoring at polling stations in various regions of Ukraine on the day of local elections in Ukraine on October 25, according to a statement posted on the UWC website.
27 October 2020
As of 12:00 on Tuesday, more than 91% of precinct election commissions have counted the votes in the local elections, drawn up protocols and submitted election documentation to the relevant territorial election commissions.
The Servant of the People party has said that it ranks first in local elections to regional and district councils based on data from 70% of polling stations.
ENEMO assesses that Local Elections 2020 were generally free and competitive although the process was affected by challenges mostly related to the COVID-19 pandemic
The October 25 local elections in Ukraine were generally free, competitive, and well-administered, according to Zlatko Vujovic, Head of the ENEMO International Election Observation Mission to Ukraine for the Local Elections.
26 October 2020
The October 25 local elections in Ukraine were generally held calmly and transparently, in compliance with all the necessary procedures.
Kyiv City Territorial Election Commission must announce the results of the elections of Kyiv mayor and members to Kyiv City Council no later than November 6.
The representation of women in the lists of candidates in Ukraine’s local elections is 44%.
The highest voter turnout in Ukraine's October 25 local elections was recorded in the Ternopil, Lviv and Volyn regions, according to the media liaisons department of the Central Election Commission (CEC).
The G7 Ambassadors congratulated Ukrainians on voting in the local elections and expressed hope that residents of 18 communities in government-controlled Donetsk and Luhansk regions, where elections were not held for security reasons, would be able to elect their representatives as soon as possible.
Voter turnout in Ukraine’s local elections held on 25 October 2020 was 36.88 percent.
The voting day in Ukraine's local elections on October 25 generally met democratic standards for fair elections, Chairman of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) Oleksiy Koshel has said.
NGOs and international observers have recognized the October 25 local elections in Ukraine as safe.
The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) has criticized interference in Ukraine's electoral process by other states, including Hungary, the UWC has reported on its Facebook page.
The voter turnout in Ukraine's local elections as of 20:00 on October 25, when the voting ended, was 35.94%, according to data provided by the OPORA civil network.
Voting in Ukraine's local elections on October 25 ended on time, and the violations revealed are unlikely to significantly affect the election results, Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Oleh Didenko has said.
Foreign diplomats accredited in Ukraine, including the ambassadors of the G7 countries, as well as representatives of international organizations, have praised the role and efforts of the Central Election Commission (CEC) in organizing and preparing for the October 25 local elections.
The October 25 local elections in Ukraine were held in line with the highest democratic standards and current legislation, the President's Office has said in a statement.
25 October 2020
As of 21:30 on October 25, the voter turnout in local elections in Kyiv was about 34%, Deputy Chairman of Kyiv City Territorial Election Commission Mykola Nilov has said.
Vitali Klitschko's UDAR party (19.74%) and the European Solidarity party (17.76%) have received the greatest support of voters in the elections to Kyiv City Council, according to an exit poll conducted jointly by Savik Shuster’s Studio and Ukraina 24 TV channel.
The incumbent mayor of Kyiv city, Vitali Klitschko, has the best chance to win the Kyiv mayoral elections, according to an exit poll conducted by the Rating sociological group on the election day.
The voter turnout in Ukraine's local elections as of 16:00 on October 25 was 27%, according to the head of the OPORA civil network, Olha Aivazovska.
The Central Election Commission of Ukraine has released data on the voter turnout in local elections as of 13:00.
As of 13:00 on October 25, the voter turnout in local elections in Kyiv was 16%.
The current elections of members of regional, district, village councils, as well as of chairpersons of villages, mayors of towns and cities, are one of the most difficult in the history of Ukraine due to a number of factors.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska have arrived at the polling station to vote in the local elections.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska have arrived at the polling station to vote in the local elections.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska have arrived at the polling station to vote in the local elections.
23 October 2020
The voter turnout in Ukraine's local elections on October 25 may reach up to 40%, according to the head of the OPORA civil network, Olha Aivazovska.
Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) has done its best to prepare for possible cyberattacks on the day of local elections on October 25, according to NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov.
Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Vasyl Bodnar held an online meeting with official observers from the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) and the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA) in the October 25 local elections in Ukraine.
21 October 2020
The Servant of the People party will finance a nationwide poll, initiated by President Volodymyr Zelensky, on the day of local elections in Ukraine on October 25, the party has said in a statement on its Facebook page.
Tetiana Hryshchenko, a people's deputy from the Servant of the People faction, has registered a draft resolution in the Verkhovna Rada, proposing to cancel the second round of local elections during the quarantine period.
Declaring populated localities COVID-19 red zone or other types of epidemiological zones is not a reason to cancel local elections on October 25.
20 October 2020
The local elections in Ukraine on October 25 are very important for citizens, rather than for political parties, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a resolution on the allocation of UAH 37.4 million from local budgets for anti-epidemic measures during local elections in Ukraine, the Government portal reports.
19 October 2020
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe will carry out, from October 19 to October 20, a remote observation procedure for Ukraine's local elections to be held on October 25.
16 October 2020
The Central Election Commission (CEC) has accredited a further 90 official observers in Ukraine's local elections, bringing their total number to 312, according to the CEC website.
15 October 2020
The Central Election Commission (CEC) has accredited another 17 official international observers to monitor Ukraine's local elections, according to the commission’s press service.
13 October 2020
The initiative by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to conduct a poll during the October 25 local elections will not have direct legal consequences, the President's Office has said in a statement published on the website of the head of state.
The procedure for conducting a poll on the day of local elections, which was announced by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, is not provided for in the Electoral Code, the Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) has said in a statement on its Facebook page.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on Ukrainians to come to the polls on Sunday, October 25.
09 October 2020
The Central Election Commission (CEC) has accredited another 78 official observers from foreign states and international organizations to monitor Ukraine's local elections.
07 October 2020
Kyiv, October 7, 2020 - The European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO) has accredited nine international election experts and 48 Long Term Observers for the upcoming Local Elections, which will be held on October 25th, 2020 in Ukraine. This was stated during the press conference held at UKRINFORM.