Brief election news
key electoral events
920 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
920 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.
921 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
921 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.
922 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
922 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
923 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.
923 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
925 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
925 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
926 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.
927 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%)
928 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
931 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
934 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”
934 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"
935 days back
948 days back
Only 15% of Ukrainians have a positive view of holding presidential or parliamentary elections in 2024, 64% have a negative view. The main reasons for the negative attitude: lack of money, legislative ban on elections and the safety of participants - Razumkov Center survey
948 days back
Active Group survey: 55.9% of Ukrainians surveyed support voting in the Diya application if elections are held during martial law, 32.7% do not support. At the same time, 47.9% will trust the results of such elections, 37.9% will not
948 days back
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
948 days back
Vladimir Zelensky said that he would not seek a second term after the end of the war: “If the war had continued - yes, if the war had ended - no. I cannot run away during the war.”
954 days back
CEC: Mid-term elections to the Verkhovna Rada to elect a new people's deputy instead of People's Deputy Andrei Ivanchuk, who died in September, will not be called. During the fifth year of the Verkhovna Rada's powers and during martial law, midterm elections are not held
954 days back
Vladimir Zelensky: The situation is difficult, but elections in Ukraine can take place if the parliament manages to solve all the problems of ensuring access to voting. It is important to organize elections in a safe way for people to go to vote without being attacked. We have this task, but if our country manages to make changes to the laws, then elections will be held in Ukraine
959 days back
Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak: Today there is no pressure on us from any country regarding the elections. But we are smart people, we see that in the USA, for example, even during the war there were elections, therefore, in principle, we need to look at when there is an opportunity to hold elections and not forget about it
963 days back
Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Elena Kondratyuk: “When rights and freedoms are limited during martial law, holding elections that, on the contrary, require respect for all democratic rights and freedoms, is nonsense. I don’t see electorally that these elections will radically change the situation now.”
964 days back
Elena Zelenskaya on Vladimir Zelensky’s participation in the elections for CBS News: I don’t know whether he made this decision or not. This will depend on the situation in the country and the possibility of organizing free and fair elections. However, if he feels that Ukrainian society no longer wants him to be president, he probably won't run. But I will support him no matter what decision he makes
964 days back
People's Deputy of the last three convocations Andrei Ivanchuk has died. According to preliminary data, the cause of death is a blood clot. Ivanchuk was a member of the Dovira deputy group. At the last elections he was elected as a self-nominated candidate in the 88th district (Kolomaia)
966 days back
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi: "The question of elections due to security is not relevant today. The law prohibits holding certain elections during wartime. I am absolutely ready. But security is a difficult element of holding elections."
920 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
920 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.
921 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
921 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.
922 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
922 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
923 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.
923 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
925 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
925 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
926 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.
927 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%)
928 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
931 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
934 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”
934 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"
935 days back
948 days back
Only 15% of Ukrainians have a positive view of holding presidential or parliamentary elections in 2024, 64% have a negative view. The main reasons for the negative attitude: lack of money, legislative ban on elections and the safety of participants - Razumkov Center survey
948 days back
Active Group survey: 55.9% of Ukrainians surveyed support voting in the Diya application if elections are held during martial law, 32.7% do not support. At the same time, 47.9% will trust the results of such elections, 37.9% will not
948 days back
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
948 days back
Vladimir Zelensky said that he would not seek a second term after the end of the war: “If the war had continued - yes, if the war had ended - no. I cannot run away during the war.”
954 days back
CEC: Mid-term elections to the Verkhovna Rada to elect a new people's deputy instead of People's Deputy Andrei Ivanchuk, who died in September, will not be called. During the fifth year of the Verkhovna Rada's powers and during martial law, midterm elections are not held
954 days back
Vladimir Zelensky: The situation is difficult, but elections in Ukraine can take place if the parliament manages to solve all the problems of ensuring access to voting. It is important to organize elections in a safe way for people to go to vote without being attacked. We have this task, but if our country manages to make changes to the laws, then elections will be held in Ukraine
959 days back
Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak: Today there is no pressure on us from any country regarding the elections. But we are smart people, we see that in the USA, for example, even during the war there were elections, therefore, in principle, we need to look at when there is an opportunity to hold elections and not forget about it
963 days back
Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Elena Kondratyuk: “When rights and freedoms are limited during martial law, holding elections that, on the contrary, require respect for all democratic rights and freedoms, is nonsense. I don’t see electorally that these elections will radically change the situation now.”
964 days back
Elena Zelenskaya on Vladimir Zelensky’s participation in the elections for CBS News: I don’t know whether he made this decision or not. This will depend on the situation in the country and the possibility of organizing free and fair elections. However, if he feels that Ukrainian society no longer wants him to be president, he probably won't run. But I will support him no matter what decision he makes
964 days back
People's Deputy of the last three convocations Andrei Ivanchuk has died. According to preliminary data, the cause of death is a blood clot. Ivanchuk was a member of the Dovira deputy group. At the last elections he was elected as a self-nominated candidate in the 88th district (Kolomaia)
966 days back
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi: "The question of elections due to security is not relevant today. The law prohibits holding certain elections during wartime. I am absolutely ready. But security is a difficult element of holding elections."
