Local elections 26 October 2025 (date not confirmed)

Petro Poroshenko: The dream of the authorities is to hold all elections simultaneously. But the Americans do not allow this to happen. And now they are preparing everything in such a way as to leave without opponents. And to crawl back into power, destroying democracy, freedom, transparency of elections. Because they are afraid to leave power

Petro Poroshenko: I think the elections will be at the end of the year. According to the Constitution, there will be parliamentary elections at the end of the year. Although they should have been two years ago. And at the end of October we should have local elections.

IRI Poll: 46% of Ukrainians support holding Verkhovna Rada elections during war, 45% support holding local elections, 36% support presidential elections in Ukraine

Nothing has been included in the 2025 budget for the elections yet. That is, the CEC expenses are almost at the level of this year, even a little less - People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak

Volodymyr Zelensky: "We will come to the possibility of people talking with the president, the government and local authorities thanks to digitalization. And until we can choose our leaders online as quickly as possible, that is, digital elections. We will still come to this"

KIIS poll: If elections for the mayor of Kyiv were held now, Vitaliy Klitschko would win in the first round. The remaining candidates have no more than 10% support

KIIS poll: Vitaliy Klitschko can win the mayoral elections in Kyiv in one round. Detailed ratings

Active Group survey: 67.4% of Ukrainians surveyed consider it inappropriate to hold elections during martial law, only 23.3% support such a decision. 57.5% support the re-election of the Verkhovna Rada in the near future, 43.8% - local authorities, 17.8% - the president

Poll of the Ukrainian Institute for the Future: The majority of Ukrainians believe that only after the victory of Ukraine it is necessary to hold presidential elections (76% of respondents), elections to the Verkhovna Rada (61%) and local elections (56%). Nevertheless, some respondents believe that in 2024 it is necessary to hold presidential elections (15%), elections to the Rada (28%) and local elections (33%)

OPORA poll: 68.4% of Ukrainian citizens believe that it is necessary to postpone elections in the territories of ORDLO and Crimea after their de-occupation. 32.6% of respondents believe that they should be postponed for a period of 1 to 5 years, 24.5% - for 1 year, while 21.7% believe that elections should not be postponed at all

Oleksiy Koshel, head of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine: Despite the fact that martial law will be lifted, we already need to adapt the electoral legislation to the new realities. CEC and CVU are already developing their vision of changes to the Electoral Code

Active Group Poll: More than 81% of Ukrainians believe that after the victory in the war, power in Ukraine should be renewed. 76.5% believe that it is necessary to re-elect local councils. For the re-election of parliament - 70.1%, for the re-election of mayors - 67.9%, for the appointment of a new Cabinet - 61.1%

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk: "The most constitutional and fair way to cleanse the Ukrainian society of pro-Russian political forces could be re-elections to the parliament and local executive authorities. I am a supporter of just such an approach"

Once martial law ends, it will be very difficult to hold elections immediately. There needs to be a little transitional period. And it can be different for different territories - First Vice Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Alexander Kornienko

Fresh poll Image Control in Kiev: Vitali Klitschko has an overwhelming advantage in the rating of candidates for mayor. 5 parties can go to the Kyiv City Council. Poroshenko leads in the ranking of presidents in Kiev

Poll in Chernivtsi from Info Sapiens: Roman Klichuk and his United Alternative party lead the mayor and party ratings in the city. The level of support for Servant of the People and European Solidarity is practically equal to

A large poll in Odessa was conducted by the Ukrainian Institute of the Future: together with Gennady Trukhanov, Dmitry Golubov can enter the second round of the mayoral elections, and 5 parties can enter the Odessa City Council

The International Republican Institute (IRI) together with the Sociological group "Rating" conducted the seventh all-Ukrainian municipal poll in 24 cities of Ukraine. We present all the ratings of the parties from this poll

Info Sapiens poll in Chernivtsi: Roman Klichuk leads the rating of candidates for mayor, regional parties are in the lead in the party rating

Andriy Sadovyi would be re-elected for the next term in case of early elections of the mayor of Lviv. Five parties can pass to the Lviv City Council - Fama poll commissioned by ZAXID.NET