Brief election news
key electoral events
1128 days back
Presidential and parliamentary elections could be combined and held in March 2024. And although the law provides for a ban on the simultaneous holding of such elections, it is not difficult to circumvent it by referring to the postponement of elections to the Rada due to martial law - Strana.ua source in the OP
1128 days back
The Ukrainian authorities are determined to hold elections immediately after the lifting of martial law. There are persistent rumors that it could be canceled this year. If this happens before the end of summer, then it is possible to have time to hold parliamentary elections on time - October 29 - source of the Country in the OP
1128 days back
It is more likely that the parliamentary elections will be held next spring at the same time as the presidential ones. But if for some reason there are no elections in March 2024, then they are postponed indefinitely - political scientist Ruslan Bortnik
1133 days back
Nobody knows when elections might be held. Definitely after the end of the war. There will be no elections during martial law. According to minimal estimates, we will need half a year to prepare - People's Deputy from the Servant of the People, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Elections Alina Zagoruiko
1133 days back
On the last Sunday of March, the next presidential elections in Ukraine are to be held. There is one of the ideas next to the presidential elections to hold the elections of the Verkhovna Rada. We are working on different options now - Telegraph's source in the Central Election Commission
1142 days back
Center of National Resistance: "The enemy hopes to hold pseudo-elections to local self-government bodies and to the parliament in September 2023 in the occupied territories, but cannot recruit collaborators. Due to the slow pace of passportization, the occupiers cannot prepare for the elections"
1145 days back
Director of social "Rating" group Aleksey Antipovich: The Rada of the next convocation will include three main groups: representatives of the current leadership of the country, representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and volunteers. Against this background, there will still be old politicians. But everything that happened before the war, no one will even remember
1150 days back
91% of Ukrainians approve of the activities of President Volodymyr Zelensky, 97% of citizens believe in victory in the war with Russia, 74% believe that Ukraine will keep all territories within its internationally recognized borders as of 1991 - poll Rating commissioned by IRI
1150 days back
Poll Rating commissioned by IRI: 85% of Ukrainians support Ukraine's accession to the EU, 1% are in favor of Ukraine's accession to the Customs Union. Ukraine's membership in NATO is supported by 82% of Ukrainians, against - 3%
1153 days back
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov: The issue of the timing of the next elections in Ukraine is very complicated. And even if there are elections, in the near future I do not see a single competitor for the president of our country
1162 days back
The founder of PMC Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin announced his intention to run for the presidency of Ukraine in the 2024 elections. He published the corresponding video message in his own Telegram channel. He explained that he intends to compete with Vladimir Zelensky and Petro Poroshenko
1174 days back
The Verkhovna Rada terminated the powers of three people's deputies from the banned HRP: Natalya Korolevskaya (332 deputies voted in favor), Yuriy Solod (325 in favor) and Oleg Voloshin (330 in favor). The Rada has updated the record, and now there are 405 people's deputies left in it - member of the Golos faction Yaroslav Zheleznyak
1181 days back
Poll of the sociological group "Rating": If parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine in the near future, then only 33% of Ukrainians would support the parties represented in the Verkhovna Rada, 45% of Ukrainians would look for an alternative among new parties
1181 days back
Poll of the Sociological Group "Rating": 65% of Ukrainians believe that Vladimir Zelensky should be re-elected as President of Ukraine for a second term, and 25% that he should leave office after the end of the first, another 2% are in favor of terminating his powers as soon as possible
1188 days back
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
1189 days back
Fedor Venislavsky, presidential representative in Verkhovna Rada: Now all discussions about when the elections to the Verkhovna Rada should take place have lost their meaning, because in the conditions of martial law they can hardly be held. The probability that elections will be held this year is zero
1195 days back
The inclusion of elections in the occupied territories of Ukraine on the same day of voting, which is scheduled throughout Russia, underlines the desire of the leadership to present these territories as integral parts of the federation - intelligence data from the British Ministry of Defense
1199 days back
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%
1200 days back
Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko announced "regional elections" in the occupied territories of Ukraine. "Elections" will be held on a single voting day in the Russian Federation on September 10 2023, and preparations for them are already underway
1202 days back
Almost 85% of Ukrainians believe that Mykola Tyshchenko should resign as an MP after the scandal with leaving for Thailand - Active Group poll data
1202 days back
Third President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko: I think Zelensky will run for a second term. It may not even be his wish. Maybe it's the desire of his team. Because there are many things that you can’t quit right away, and they need to be continued.
1202 days back
People's Deputy Oleg Voloshin, a former member of the banned Opposition Platform - For Life faction, also wrote a letter of resignation. This is reported by the sources of "Ukrainian Pravda" and "Suspilne" with reference to the former co-chairman of the party and the Opposition Platform for Life faction Yuriy Boyko.
1203 days back
Ukrayinska Pravda: Natalya Korolevskaya and her husband Yuriy Solod wrote applications for the resignation of the mandates of people's deputies. Now only 409 deputies remain in the Verkhovna Rada
1208 days back
The political bloc of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation began preparations for the "elections" to the "regional parliaments" and "municipal councils" of the annexed Ukrainian territories. Kremlin hopes to be able to hold local "elections" in September 2023 - meduza.io reports
1209 days back
Poll Rating: Support for Ukraine's accession to NATO has increased again in recent months and is the highest in the history of observations - 86%, against - 3%. 87% of respondents would support Ukraine's accession to the European Union, against 3%
1215 days back
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"
1216 days back
The presidential representative in the Constitutional Court, Fyodor Venislavsky, believes that the elections to the Verkhovna Rada should be held in 2024, however, he did not hear conversations among the “servants of the people” regarding the appeal to the Constitutional Court to change the sequence of elections, and such a decision is “not even discussed” yet
1219 days back
Two-thirds of the polled Ukrainians (66.4%) would support electronic voting in the elections in the Diya app after the Victory and 61.5% trusted its results of such voting - data from an Active Group sociological survey on January 6-8
1128 days back
Presidential and parliamentary elections could be combined and held in March 2024. And although the law provides for a ban on the simultaneous holding of such elections, it is not difficult to circumvent it by referring to the postponement of elections to the Rada due to martial law - Strana.ua source in the OP
1128 days back
The Ukrainian authorities are determined to hold elections immediately after the lifting of martial law. There are persistent rumors that it could be canceled this year. If this happens before the end of summer, then it is possible to have time to hold parliamentary elections on time - October 29 - source of the Country in the OP
1128 days back
It is more likely that the parliamentary elections will be held next spring at the same time as the presidential ones. But if for some reason there are no elections in March 2024, then they are postponed indefinitely - political scientist Ruslan Bortnik
1133 days back
Nobody knows when elections might be held. Definitely after the end of the war. There will be no elections during martial law. According to minimal estimates, we will need half a year to prepare - People's Deputy from the Servant of the People, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Elections Alina Zagoruiko
1133 days back
On the last Sunday of March, the next presidential elections in Ukraine are to be held. There is one of the ideas next to the presidential elections to hold the elections of the Verkhovna Rada. We are working on different options now - Telegraph's source in the Central Election Commission
1142 days back
Center of National Resistance: "The enemy hopes to hold pseudo-elections to local self-government bodies and to the parliament in September 2023 in the occupied territories, but cannot recruit collaborators. Due to the slow pace of passportization, the occupiers cannot prepare for the elections"
1145 days back
Director of social "Rating" group Aleksey Antipovich: The Rada of the next convocation will include three main groups: representatives of the current leadership of the country, representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and volunteers. Against this background, there will still be old politicians. But everything that happened before the war, no one will even remember
1150 days back
91% of Ukrainians approve of the activities of President Volodymyr Zelensky, 97% of citizens believe in victory in the war with Russia, 74% believe that Ukraine will keep all territories within its internationally recognized borders as of 1991 - poll Rating commissioned by IRI
1150 days back
Poll Rating commissioned by IRI: 85% of Ukrainians support Ukraine's accession to the EU, 1% are in favor of Ukraine's accession to the Customs Union. Ukraine's membership in NATO is supported by 82% of Ukrainians, against - 3%
1153 days back
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov: The issue of the timing of the next elections in Ukraine is very complicated. And even if there are elections, in the near future I do not see a single competitor for the president of our country
1162 days back
The founder of PMC Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin announced his intention to run for the presidency of Ukraine in the 2024 elections. He published the corresponding video message in his own Telegram channel. He explained that he intends to compete with Vladimir Zelensky and Petro Poroshenko
1174 days back
The Verkhovna Rada terminated the powers of three people's deputies from the banned HRP: Natalya Korolevskaya (332 deputies voted in favor), Yuriy Solod (325 in favor) and Oleg Voloshin (330 in favor). The Rada has updated the record, and now there are 405 people's deputies left in it - member of the Golos faction Yaroslav Zheleznyak
1181 days back
Poll of the sociological group "Rating": If parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine in the near future, then only 33% of Ukrainians would support the parties represented in the Verkhovna Rada, 45% of Ukrainians would look for an alternative among new parties
1181 days back
Poll of the Sociological Group "Rating": 65% of Ukrainians believe that Vladimir Zelensky should be re-elected as President of Ukraine for a second term, and 25% that he should leave office after the end of the first, another 2% are in favor of terminating his powers as soon as possible
1188 days back
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
1189 days back
Fedor Venislavsky, presidential representative in Verkhovna Rada: Now all discussions about when the elections to the Verkhovna Rada should take place have lost their meaning, because in the conditions of martial law they can hardly be held. The probability that elections will be held this year is zero
1195 days back
The inclusion of elections in the occupied territories of Ukraine on the same day of voting, which is scheduled throughout Russia, underlines the desire of the leadership to present these territories as integral parts of the federation - intelligence data from the British Ministry of Defense
1199 days back
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%
1200 days back
Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko announced "regional elections" in the occupied territories of Ukraine. "Elections" will be held on a single voting day in the Russian Federation on September 10 2023, and preparations for them are already underway
1202 days back
Almost 85% of Ukrainians believe that Mykola Tyshchenko should resign as an MP after the scandal with leaving for Thailand - Active Group poll data
1202 days back
Third President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko: I think Zelensky will run for a second term. It may not even be his wish. Maybe it's the desire of his team. Because there are many things that you can’t quit right away, and they need to be continued.
1202 days back
People's Deputy Oleg Voloshin, a former member of the banned Opposition Platform - For Life faction, also wrote a letter of resignation. This is reported by the sources of "Ukrainian Pravda" and "Suspilne" with reference to the former co-chairman of the party and the Opposition Platform for Life faction Yuriy Boyko.
1203 days back
Ukrayinska Pravda: Natalya Korolevskaya and her husband Yuriy Solod wrote applications for the resignation of the mandates of people's deputies. Now only 409 deputies remain in the Verkhovna Rada
1208 days back
The political bloc of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation began preparations for the "elections" to the "regional parliaments" and "municipal councils" of the annexed Ukrainian territories. Kremlin hopes to be able to hold local "elections" in September 2023 - meduza.io reports
1209 days back
Poll Rating: Support for Ukraine's accession to NATO has increased again in recent months and is the highest in the history of observations - 86%, against - 3%. 87% of respondents would support Ukraine's accession to the European Union, against 3%
1215 days back
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"
1216 days back
The presidential representative in the Constitutional Court, Fyodor Venislavsky, believes that the elections to the Verkhovna Rada should be held in 2024, however, he did not hear conversations among the “servants of the people” regarding the appeal to the Constitutional Court to change the sequence of elections, and such a decision is “not even discussed” yet
1219 days back
Two-thirds of the polled Ukrainians (66.4%) would support electronic voting in the elections in the Diya app after the Victory and 61.5% trusted its results of such voting - data from an Active Group sociological survey on January 6-8
