59.9% of the elected candidates were elected to regional and raion councils, and to councils of large communities with more than 10,000 voters, on party lists in a single multi-member constituency. 40.1% were elected in territorial constituencies. Among all elected deputies, 52.6% of candidates received the required percentage of the electoral quota to advance in their party list. Most of all, in 64.1% of cases, this election quota of 25% was overcome by the nominees from the "Opposition Plat...

Civil Network OPORA will conduct the observation of the runoff mayoral elections that will take place on 22 November, 2020, in Berdiansk, Zaporizhia Oblast; Dnipro; Drohobych, Lviv Oblast; Lviv; Mykolaiv; Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast; Poltava; Rivne; Slovyansk, Donetsk Oblast; Uzhhorod; and Cherkasy.

The overall statistics of violations and fraud cases during the repeated voting on November, 15, is not much different from the levels documented by OPORA observers at elections on October, 25. According to observers’ general estimates, during the repeat vote, no violations have been detected at polling stations that might impact the election results. At the same time, at the moment of closure on election day, at 10% of polling stations, there were some minor procedural breaches. In the first...

Civil Network OPORA conducted independent non-partisan observation of the repeat mayoral election held on November 15, 2020 in Lutsk, Odessa, Sumy, Kherson, Kamianets-Podilsky of Khmelnytsky Oblast, Kramatorsk, and Ukrainka of Kyiv Oblast. In all localities, except Ukrainka, the rerun election was called because none of the candidates had won more than 50% of the votes cast during the October 25 election. Mayoral elections in the communities with 75,000+ voters are held under an absolute majo...

At 04:00 - 08:00 PM, OPORA's observers continued monitoring the second round and assessed the adherence to legislation by electoral subjects. At the time polling stations had been closed, we note that PEC members ensured a high level of election administration. Besides that, there were no gross abuses at this stage of the vote, which could have influence on election outcomes. The general statistics and typology of violations recorded by observers are similar to those took place during 25 Octo...

OPORA's observers continue monitoring the compliance of election process with the law in the second round of mayoral election in 7 cities of Ukraine (Lutsk, Odesa, Sumy, Kherson, Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Kramatorsk, Ukrainka).

In the first hours of the second round in seven cities of Ukraine, the election process had low voter turnout, but held in accordance with legal procedures and in a conflict-free atmosphere.

On 15 November 2020, the second round of mayoral election is being held in Lutsk, Odesa, Sumy, Kherson, Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Khmelnytsky oblast), Kramatorsk, Ukrainka (Kyiv oblast). OPORA provides an assessment of electoral procedures in the second round, representative for precincts, formed in the corresponding cities. The second round is held in tougher anti-epidemic measures introduced by Ukrainian Government, including special quarantine restrictions for Saturday and Sunday.