As of 8:00 PM, voter turnout in in early election of Kryvyi Rih city mayor reached 55.4% (margin of error 1.1%).

OPORA conducted statistically based citizen observation in early election of city mayor in Kryvyi Rih. The voter turnout was quite high on the election day. Transportation of voters to polling stations was the biggest hazard for the election process. According to the tabulation protocols from polling stations to which OPORA's activists were deployed, Yurii Vilkul has won mayoral election in Kryvyi Rih in the first round.

From 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM, OPORA's observers detected violation of the voting secrecy at 1.25% polling stations in Kryvyi Rih. Besides that, the voters took pictures of their ballots at 2.5% of polling stations, what is prohibited by the Law. Inconsiderable procedural violations were reported at 17.5% of polling stations in the city.

As of 4:00 PM, voter turnout in in early election of Kryvyi Rih city mayor reached 44.9% (margin of error 1.1%). To compare, the voter turnout in 15 November 2016 regular election of Kryvyi Rih city mayor was 28% as of 4:00 PM.

OPORA's observers noticed that the voters were brought by buses to election precincts in an organized manner. The organization calls on law enforcement bodies to investigate into the fact of voter transportation, ordered by Kryvyi Rih City Association of Veterans, and determine the source of financing and whether it has signs of indirect voter bribery.

Observers of the Civil Network OPORA haven't noticed any systematic misuses or gross procedural violations of electoral legislation from 8:00 AM and 12:00 PM in early election of Kryvyi Rih mayor.

Observers of the Civil Network OPORA haven't noticed any systematic misuses or gross procedural violations of electoral legislation from 8:00 AM and 12:00 PM in early election of Kryvyi Rih mayor.