Brief election news
key electoral events
1072 days back
In an interview with the Associated Press, speaking about his presidency, Vladimir Zelensky noted that “there are no words to describe how difficult this work is” and he “cannot imagine leaving his post”
1072 days back
In an interview with the Associated Press, Vladimir Zelensky said that he is ready to hold elections, although the majority of Ukrainians are against this and consider such a vote “dangerous and senseless.” The war made it impossible to hold presidential elections in Ukraine
1073 days back
Future parliamentary and presidential elections will be held after the end of the war and no less than six months after the end of martial law. They should be held on the basis of the current Electoral Code, preserving the electoral systems of national and local elections - details of the memorandum signed by the heads of parliamentary factions behind closed doors in early November
1074 days back
Poll Rating: 78% of respondents would vote for Ukraine's accession to the European Union if such a referendum were held, which is slightly less than in July (85%). Support for the state's entry into NATO tends to decrease and amounts to 77% (in July it was 83%).
1077 days back
Leader of the Servant of the People faction David Arakhamia: Any agreements with Russia other than complete victory should only pass through a referendum. If someone signs something and it needs to be ratified in parliament, then in parliament they will simply kill each other
1079 days back
Next year, I believe that there will be no elections in Ukraine at all. Neither parliamentary, nor local, nor presidential - the head of the Servant of the People faction in the Verkhovna Rada, David Arakhamia
1080 days back
Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Elena Kondratyuk: Elections are possible only after the end of martial law. This was supported by almost everyone - both political forces and public organizations. Secondly, we reserve the Electoral Code based on open lists, by the way, with a 40% gender quota
1081 days back
Head of the CEC Oleg Didenko: Ukrainian women who have been in exile abroad for more than 90 days will not have the opportunity to run in elections - this term interrupts the necessary continuous period of residence in Ukraine, which is a condition for running
1082 days back
Vladimir Zelensky, in an interview with The Sun, called on Valery Zaluzhny not to engage in politics: “If you manage a war, remembering that tomorrow you will be involved in politics or elections, then in words and on the front line you behave like a politician, and not like a military man, and I think this is a huge mistake
1082 days back
Vladimir Zelensky, in an interview with The Sun, ruled out holding elections during the war: This is illegal and will lead to the division of the country at a time when people will be focused on fighting Russia.
1082 days back
The Guardian, citing its own anonymous source: Vladimir Zelensky is acutely concerned about the “Churchill phenomenon” - the likely defeat in the elections of a “successful wartime leader”
1085 days back
Head of the CEC Oleg Didenko: Ukraine has evolved to a proportional electoral system with open lists. However, as an exception for post-war Ukraine, from the point of view of election administration, the most favorable is the proportional system with closed lists. In the post-war elections, it is not worth experimenting and introducing something completely new that has not been used so far
1095 days back
Deputy Speaker of the State Department Vedant Patel: The United States does not insist on the need to hold elections in Ukraine next year. As far as I understand, this is in accordance with their Constitution, so we will simply leave it to the discretion of the Ukrainians
1095 days back
Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission Sergei Dubovik: Elections, in particular, the President of Ukraine are called by a resolution of the Verkhovna Rada. You and I have not seen either a draft of such a resolution or any other official documents. The Martial Law Law clearly states that elections will not be held during martial law.
1096 days back
Head of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine Oleksiy Koshel: The election process has de facto started in Ukraine. We can already see the extremely high level of activity of some potential presidential candidates. The probability of an election scenario in 2024 is extremely high
1096 days back
Representative of the President in the Constitutional Court Fyodor Venislavsky: The legitimacy of a president elected during the war will be questionable. Failure to comply with the constitutional principles of suffrage provides absolute grounds for doubting the legitimacy of the next president, whoever he may be.
1097 days back
Volodymyr Zelenskyi: I believe that now is not the time for elections. Now, in wartime, when there are many challenges, it is absolutely irresponsible to throw the issue of elections into society
1097 days back
Vladimir Zelensky ordered his team to prepare for the presidential elections on March 31, 2024. It is the president without parliament - people's deputy Alexey Goncharenko
1098 days back
In order for the presidential elections in Ukraine to take place within the time frame specified by the Constitution (March 31, 2024), a decision on their holding must be made before the end of November. Already in December, the first procedures for the election campaign should be carried out and a number of changes to legislation should be adopted.
1098 days back
The Verkhovna Rada is preparing rules for post-war elections. The draft law being developed proposes to create a temporary special commission (TSC), which will determine whether to hold elections in a particular territory - NV sources in the Verkhovna Rada
1100 days back
Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba: Vladimir Zelensky is now considering the possibility of holding presidential elections in the spring of 2024. We are not closing this page. But holding presidential elections during war will be accompanied by unprecedented difficulties
1100 days back
The Office of the President is serious about holding presidential elections in the spring of 2024 and plans to reboot the Central Election Commission for this purpose. Representatives of the majority in the Verkhovna Rada are already working on changes in legislation to make possible the expression of the people's will in the front-line territories - NV reports, according to data from several sources
1101 days back
Alexey Arestovich plans to run in the next presidential election, if one takes place. “Yes, I will nominate,” he replied in a comment to the Interfax-Ukraine agency.
1102 days back
Razumkov Center poll: 50.4% of Ukrainians almost always participate in elections. The level of interest in politics of Ukrainian citizens in 2023 reached almost the maximum value of 62% for the entire period of independence (only once in 2004 was it higher and amounted to 63%)
1103 days back
KIIS poll: 81% of Ukrainians surveyed believe that elections should be held only after the end of the war. Only 29% approve of holding elections online
1106 days back
International Republican Institute (IRI) poll: 62% of Ukrainians surveyed believe that any elections should be held only after the end of the war. Only 20% are in favor of holding presidential elections during martial law, 39% are in favor of holding elections for the Verkhovna Rada
1109 days back
Former adviser to the Office of the President Alexey Arestovich proposes holding simultaneous elections in Ukraine and Russia in the spring of 2024. This will require declaring a truce for the duration of the elections and changing the martial law to a state of emergency. The elections themselves in Ukraine should be held online through “Diya”
1109 days back
Head of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk: “I turned to my fellow parliamentarians from many parliaments with a request: please give me the experience of your parliaments, how you conducted or did not conduct elections during the war. And now we are exchanging these experiences. I think that in We will have some kind of decision soon"
1110 days back
1072 days back
In an interview with the Associated Press, speaking about his presidency, Vladimir Zelensky noted that “there are no words to describe how difficult this work is” and he “cannot imagine leaving his post”
1072 days back
In an interview with the Associated Press, Vladimir Zelensky said that he is ready to hold elections, although the majority of Ukrainians are against this and consider such a vote “dangerous and senseless.” The war made it impossible to hold presidential elections in Ukraine
1073 days back
Future parliamentary and presidential elections will be held after the end of the war and no less than six months after the end of martial law. They should be held on the basis of the current Electoral Code, preserving the electoral systems of national and local elections - details of the memorandum signed by the heads of parliamentary factions behind closed doors in early November
1074 days back
Poll Rating: 78% of respondents would vote for Ukraine's accession to the European Union if such a referendum were held, which is slightly less than in July (85%). Support for the state's entry into NATO tends to decrease and amounts to 77% (in July it was 83%).
1077 days back
Leader of the Servant of the People faction David Arakhamia: Any agreements with Russia other than complete victory should only pass through a referendum. If someone signs something and it needs to be ratified in parliament, then in parliament they will simply kill each other
1079 days back
Next year, I believe that there will be no elections in Ukraine at all. Neither parliamentary, nor local, nor presidential - the head of the Servant of the People faction in the Verkhovna Rada, David Arakhamia
1080 days back
Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Elena Kondratyuk: Elections are possible only after the end of martial law. This was supported by almost everyone - both political forces and public organizations. Secondly, we reserve the Electoral Code based on open lists, by the way, with a 40% gender quota
1081 days back
Head of the CEC Oleg Didenko: Ukrainian women who have been in exile abroad for more than 90 days will not have the opportunity to run in elections - this term interrupts the necessary continuous period of residence in Ukraine, which is a condition for running
1082 days back
Vladimir Zelensky, in an interview with The Sun, called on Valery Zaluzhny not to engage in politics: “If you manage a war, remembering that tomorrow you will be involved in politics or elections, then in words and on the front line you behave like a politician, and not like a military man, and I think this is a huge mistake
1082 days back
Vladimir Zelensky, in an interview with The Sun, ruled out holding elections during the war: This is illegal and will lead to the division of the country at a time when people will be focused on fighting Russia.
1082 days back
The Guardian, citing its own anonymous source: Vladimir Zelensky is acutely concerned about the “Churchill phenomenon” - the likely defeat in the elections of a “successful wartime leader”
1085 days back
Head of the CEC Oleg Didenko: Ukraine has evolved to a proportional electoral system with open lists. However, as an exception for post-war Ukraine, from the point of view of election administration, the most favorable is the proportional system with closed lists. In the post-war elections, it is not worth experimenting and introducing something completely new that has not been used so far
1095 days back
Deputy Speaker of the State Department Vedant Patel: The United States does not insist on the need to hold elections in Ukraine next year. As far as I understand, this is in accordance with their Constitution, so we will simply leave it to the discretion of the Ukrainians
1095 days back
Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission Sergei Dubovik: Elections, in particular, the President of Ukraine are called by a resolution of the Verkhovna Rada. You and I have not seen either a draft of such a resolution or any other official documents. The Martial Law Law clearly states that elections will not be held during martial law.
1096 days back
Head of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine Oleksiy Koshel: The election process has de facto started in Ukraine. We can already see the extremely high level of activity of some potential presidential candidates. The probability of an election scenario in 2024 is extremely high
1096 days back
Representative of the President in the Constitutional Court Fyodor Venislavsky: The legitimacy of a president elected during the war will be questionable. Failure to comply with the constitutional principles of suffrage provides absolute grounds for doubting the legitimacy of the next president, whoever he may be.
1097 days back
Volodymyr Zelenskyi: I believe that now is not the time for elections. Now, in wartime, when there are many challenges, it is absolutely irresponsible to throw the issue of elections into society
1097 days back
Vladimir Zelensky ordered his team to prepare for the presidential elections on March 31, 2024. It is the president without parliament - people's deputy Alexey Goncharenko
1098 days back
In order for the presidential elections in Ukraine to take place within the time frame specified by the Constitution (March 31, 2024), a decision on their holding must be made before the end of November. Already in December, the first procedures for the election campaign should be carried out and a number of changes to legislation should be adopted.
1098 days back
The Verkhovna Rada is preparing rules for post-war elections. The draft law being developed proposes to create a temporary special commission (TSC), which will determine whether to hold elections in a particular territory - NV sources in the Verkhovna Rada
1100 days back
Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba: Vladimir Zelensky is now considering the possibility of holding presidential elections in the spring of 2024. We are not closing this page. But holding presidential elections during war will be accompanied by unprecedented difficulties
1100 days back
The Office of the President is serious about holding presidential elections in the spring of 2024 and plans to reboot the Central Election Commission for this purpose. Representatives of the majority in the Verkhovna Rada are already working on changes in legislation to make possible the expression of the people's will in the front-line territories - NV reports, according to data from several sources
1101 days back
Alexey Arestovich plans to run in the next presidential election, if one takes place. “Yes, I will nominate,” he replied in a comment to the Interfax-Ukraine agency.
1102 days back
Razumkov Center poll: 50.4% of Ukrainians almost always participate in elections. The level of interest in politics of Ukrainian citizens in 2023 reached almost the maximum value of 62% for the entire period of independence (only once in 2004 was it higher and amounted to 63%)
1103 days back
KIIS poll: 81% of Ukrainians surveyed believe that elections should be held only after the end of the war. Only 29% approve of holding elections online
1106 days back
International Republican Institute (IRI) poll: 62% of Ukrainians surveyed believe that any elections should be held only after the end of the war. Only 20% are in favor of holding presidential elections during martial law, 39% are in favor of holding elections for the Verkhovna Rada
1109 days back
Former adviser to the Office of the President Alexey Arestovich proposes holding simultaneous elections in Ukraine and Russia in the spring of 2024. This will require declaring a truce for the duration of the elections and changing the martial law to a state of emergency. The elections themselves in Ukraine should be held online through “Diya”
1109 days back
Head of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk: “I turned to my fellow parliamentarians from many parliaments with a request: please give me the experience of your parliaments, how you conducted or did not conduct elections during the war. And now we are exchanging these experiences. I think that in We will have some kind of decision soon"
1110 days back
