Local elections 2015

Law enforcers solved first in Ukraine’s history mass buying of votes over the Internet, - MP Anton Herashchenko A group of perpetrators applied revolutionary election engineering in Dnipropetrovsk to bribe voters using advanced Internet technology, smart phones, instant messengers, e-mail, bank cards, and cryptocurrency Bitcoin. 13.11.15 23:18 27 471 90 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Four judges refuse considering lawsuit of Odesa mayoral candidate Borovik, - Ukraine’s Committee of Voters Four judges have disqualified themselves when considering the appeal of candidate for mayor of Odesa, adviser to the head of the Odesa Regional State Administration Sasha Borovik against the election results. 02.11.15 10:02 24 500 90 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Kryvyi Rih vote results rigged, - Committee of Voters of Ukraine The Committee of Voters of Ukraine has every reason to believe the results of mayoral vote in Kryvyi Rih were rigged. But the only option now is to go to court with a well-prepared evidence base. 25.11.15 09:58 54 869 88 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

OPORA NGO calls cancellation of second round mayoral election in Pavlohrad "blatant legal nihilism" OPORA NGO coordinator Olha Aivazovska believes that the cancellation of the second round of Pavlohrad mayor elections is blatant nihilism. 28.10.15 15:12 15 291 83 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015 Scandal over elections in Pavlohrad

Vote buying was acute problem of local elections, - Poroshenko President Petro Poroshenko declared that the issue of bribery of voters remained during the local elections that were held Oct. 25. 30.10.15 19:59 5 386 82 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Local elections in Mariupol and Krasnoarmiisk to be held Nov. 29 The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law on aspects of voting in the regular elections of deputies of the city councils and mayors of Krasnoarmiisk and Mariupol in the Donetsk region on Oct. 25, 2015. 10.11.15 19:52 5 826 81 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Samopomich party to sue over Kryvyi Rih election falsifications, party leader Sadovyi says Sadovyi called upon all democratic forces of Ukraine to unite and stand for the Kryvyi Rih, the Dnipropetrovsk region, mayoral election results. 16.11.15 14:02 24 911 79 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

MP Lutsenko: Poroshenko Bloc offers to hold elections in Mariupol Nov. 15 The coalition council has been unable to agree upon the elections in Mariupol and Krasnoarmiisk today and plans to meet tomorrow. Meanwhile, the faction of Petro Poroshenko Bloc party offers to hold elections in Mariupol November 15, 2015. The other factions have taken a time-out. 26.10.15 17:14 7 437 77 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Matkovskyi and Mamai make it to second round of Poltava mayoral election – Petro Poroshenko Bloc Ex-mayor of Poltava Andrii Matkovskyi and current mayor Oleksandr Mamai will compete in a head-to-head vote in the second round of the Poltava mayoral elections. 25.10.15 23:20 37 885 73 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Rada to make prompt decision on elections in Mariupol and Krasnoarmiisk – Hroisman Verkhovna Rada Speaker Volodymyr Hroisman said that the Ukrainian Parliament will promptly decide on the local elections in Mariupol and Krasnoarmiisk. 25.10.15 22:41 7 012 72 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

MP Soboliev calls on citizens to join protest against Kryvyi Rih vote falsification Other demands include replacement of territorial election committee members who had voted for announcing Yurii Vilkul mayor of the city. 18.11.15 12:56 14 661 71 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Drunk Opposition bloc MP Kolesnikov disrupts meeting of Kryvyi Rih territorial election commission. VIDEO Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada representing the Opposition bloc Dmytro Kolesnikov has put up a fight during a meeting of the election commission in Kryvyi Rih. 04.12.15 11:53 99 319 69 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Donetsk Governor Zhebrivskyy elaborated on disrupted elections in Krasnoarmiisk Elections in Krasnoarmiisk and Mariupol could be held in one. 25.10.15 17:56 37 629 69 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Poroshenko supports elections in Mariupol: "The city is the symbol of Ukrainian Donbas" President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko supports holding of local elections in Mariupol, the Donetsk region, on Oct. 25. 09.09.15 18:02 6 342 68 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Preliminary results of Lviv mayoral election: Sadovyi wins 49.22%, Koshulynskyi - 12.29%; second round is expected, - City Election Commission Head There will be the second round of mayoral election in Lviv: Andrii Sadovyi to contend with Ruslan Koshulynskyi. 28.10.15 17:57 6 110 66 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Sadovyi said to win mayoral election in Lviv with 50.88% Samopomich has published the results of parallel vote counting in Lviv on the basis of protocols with wet stamps. 27.10.15 10:16 11 060 66 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Protesters outside CEC demand cancellation of Vilkul's appointment as Kryvyi Rih mayor. PHOTOS A rally demanding cancellation of the decision by the Kryvyi Rih election commission to approve Yurii Vilkul as mayor started today outside the Central Election Commission building in Kyiv. 18.11.15 18:16 27 810 65 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Russia must withdraw its support of fake elections in Donbas. Normandy Four leaders will discuss this issue, - Presidential Administration The issue of modalities of the local elections in certain areas of the Donbas will be raised at the meeting in Normandy format (Germany, France, Ukraine, Russia) in Paris with the participation of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. 01.10.15 17:30 4 184 63 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Rada announced local elections on Oct. 25 The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine supported a draft bill on holding scheduled elections to local councils and of village and city heads on Oct. 25, 2015. 17.07.15 14:43 13 474 62 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Coalition failed to agree on the date of elections in Mariupol and Krasnoarmiisk, - Lutsenko The factions of the parliamentary coalition have failed to arrive at a consensus regarding the date of local elections in Mariupol and Krasnoarmiisk as well as their legal basis. 27.10.15 16:32 9 858 62 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Central Election Commission was unable to influence disruption of elections in Mariupol, Commission’s head says Head of the Central Election Commission Mykhailo Okhendovskyi said that the Central Election Commission did not have the tools to respond to the criminal inaction of certain members of the territorial election commissions, including the ones in Mariupol. 27.10.15 21:01 4 486 60 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Lutsenko urges parliamentary parties to form regional coalitions The elections of local deputies finished off, restarting the government after Maidan. 28.10.15 10:56 6 179 59 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Local elections not to be held in occupied Donbas territories, - Central Election Commission Local elections planned for Oct. 25 will not be held in the occupied territories, including 125 settlements in the Donetsk region and 146 - in the Luhansk region. 28.08.15 21:25 6 533 59 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

No votes recalculation in Kryvyi Rih due to lack of quorum, city council ready to 'crown' Vilkul, - Semenchenko Despite massive protest of city residents, Kryvyi Rih city election committee and local authorities are ignoring people's demands and do not announce vote recalculation. At the same time, city council session started in the morning, aiming to announce Vilkul mayor. 18.11.15 11:24 14 649 58 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Local elections turnout made 46.5% – Opora. INFOGRAPHICS As of 8 p.m., the average turnout in Ukraine's local elections made 46.5 percent. 26.10.15 00:41 11 617 56 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Kryvyi Rih election commission settles one out of 22 claims on vote rigging and allows recounting only in one polling station, - MP Markevych The city election commission of Kryvyi Rih has granted only one out of 22 appeals regarding vote rigging at the mayoral election and authorized vote recounting only in one polling station while meeting of the newly elected city council has been scheduled for today’s morning. 18.11.15 10:03 12 536 54 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Poroshenko to governors: Your posts do not give you any advantage in political struggle The head of state emphasized the need for holding local elections at the same high level as the presidential and parliamentary elections. 05.10.15 22:05 4 594 54 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Instructions on preparation and holding local elections in Donbas approved The Central Election Commission of Ukraine has approved instructions on preparing and holding elections of Donetsk and Luhansk district council deputies scheduled for Oct. 25, 2015. 21.09.15 23:28 5 472 52 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

MP Lutsenko urges coalition leaders to decide on elections in Mariupol Poroshenko Bloc faction chairman Yurii Lutsenko calls on the leaders of parliamentary coalition to meet on Monday, Oct. 26 to elaborate a mechanism for elections in Mariupol. 25.10.15 15:36 3 386 51 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Council of Europe takes favorable view of local elections in Ukraine The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe considers the process of voting at the local elections in Ukraine Oct. 25 to be well-organized. 26.10.15 17:51 3 598 51 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

No common ground within coalition on elections in Mariupol and Krasnoarmiisk, - MP Lutsenko The parliamentary coalition could not find a single solution on Monday regarding holding elections in Mariupol and Krasnoarmiisk. 02.11.15 17:31 7 803 49 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Tallies at four polling stations in Kryvyi Rih must be reviewed, - Committee of Voters of Ukraine There are grounds for reviewing the results of the second round voting in Kryvyi Rih mayoral election at city's four polling stations. The city election commission is reported not to be interested in recounting. 17.11.15 17:54 13 782 47 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Dnipropetrovsk election commission members illegally swapped, case opened, - Interior Ministry Criminal proceedings have been instituted, following requests by several political forces which representatives to the city election commission were replaced on the basis of forged documents. 22.10.15 23:55 9 100 47 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Interior Ministry to check situation around Pavlohrad mayoral election, - Minister Avakov The Interior Ministry is investigating 405 cases of violations in Ukraine's local elections. 28.10.15 14:40 8 231 46 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015 Scandal over elections in Pavlohrad

Voters bribed near polling station in Odesa, - Interior Ministry The fact of bribing voters by an unknown woman near the polling station in the premises of Odesa secondary school No. 67 was reported to the Suvorov district police department. 25.10.15 14:06 6 150 45 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Special parliamentary commission started inquiry into Kryvyi Rih vote fraud. PHOTO The parliamentary commission on the verification of violations in the second round of Kryvyi Rih mayoral election has gathered in the Kryvyi Rih city hall. 30.11.15 15:54 22 666 44 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

New election is only solution for Kryvyi Rih situation, - Samopomich faction leader Bereziuk It is not possible to find out who won the election; new one should be held in Kryvyi Rih. 26.11.15 12:58 22 744 42 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Kryvyi Rih mayoral candidate Myloboh's supporters arranged board of community representatives in city hall. PHOTOS Several supporters of Kryvyi Rih mayoral candidate from Samopomich Yurii Myloboh are staying on the first floor of the city hall where a board of community representatives was arranged yesterday. City hall employees have no problems getting to their working places. 30.11.15 12:54 18 655 41 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Parliament may call revote in Kryvyi Rih on March 27, - MP Ihor Lutsenko Today, the parliament may vote for the draft law on mayoral election in Kryvyi Rih on March 27. 10.12.15 10:48 6 108 41 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Court authorizes pre-election campaigning in Mariupol and Krasnoarmiisk, - MP Zalishchuk Kyiv Administrative Court of Appeals has authorized holding of pre-election campaign in Mariupol and Krasnoarmiisk against the decision of the Central Election Commission. 23.11.15 23:58 2 964 38 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

1052 violations of electoral law registered at local elections – Opora. MAP Thus far, there were 1052 violations of electoral law registered at the local elections in Ukraine. 25.10.15 21:30 9 374 36 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

PACE calls for additional efforts to assure fully inclusive local elections in Ukraine The rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) stated that it is essential for the stability and further development of Ukraine to admit all political forces to local elections. 12.09.15 14:27 2 611 35 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Kryvyi Rih election commission asks parliament to call mayoral revote, - MP Soboliev Verkhovna Rada MP, deputy chairman of Samopomich faction Yehor Soboliev says the Kryvyi Rih city election commission appealed to the parliament for calling a mayoral re-election. 08.12.15 09:45 12 554 35 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015 Kryvyi Rih re-election

Everyone involved in disruption of elections in Mariupol will be questioned regardless of station in life or position, - Interior Ministry The Interior Ministry promised to conduct a full and thorough investigation into the disruption of elections in Mariupol. 26.10.15 16:23 3 938 33 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

OSCE recognizes mayoral elections in several cities in Ukraine as democratic According to the OSCE/ODIHR, the Sunday’s second round of the election of mayors of major Ukrainian cities took place at a high organizational level and met democratic standards. 16.11.15 16:18 4 628 31 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Elections to Svatove city council invalidated, - NGO At 3 p.m., the city election commission invalidated the elections to the Svatove city council (Luhansk region). 25.10.15 17:18 21 903 28 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

At least 27 Ukrainian cities go to second round of mayoral elections, - Ukraine’s Committee of Voters The Committee of Voters of Ukraine expects the second round of local elections to be held in at least 27 cities of Ukraine Nov. 15. 29.10.15 17:19 15 790 26 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Elections in Lysychansk to be recognized as valid, - NGO Opora Opora observers refute the arguments that the voting in Lysychansk have been invalidated. 26.10.15 12:50 6 743 25 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015