2008 Kyiv local election

none 2008 Kyiv local elections 2006 Kyiv local election 2006 2014 Kyiv local election 2014 Kyiv 25 May 2008 yes Mayoral election presidential no 54.27% Черновецький Леонід Михайлович 2006 (1) (cropped).jpg Leonid Chernovetskyi ChLPU Chernovetskyi Bloc 37.77% fbf73a Oleksandr Turchynov 2012-10-19.jpg Oleksandr Turchynov Batkivshchyna Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc 19.14% CC193B Vitali Klitschko 2009 01 27 (cropped).jpg Vitali Klitschko Independent Klitschko Bloc 17.97% D20000 НДУ 6 Пилипишин Віктор Петрович.jpg Viktor Pylypyshyn People's Party (Ukraine) Lytvyn Bloc 6.72% 01B8A4 Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi Chernovetskyi Bloc Leonid Chernovetskyi Chernovetskyi Bloc yes City Council election no All 120 seats in the Kyiv City Council 61 Chernovetskyi Bloc #fbf73a Leonid Chernovetskyi 21 43 30.45 Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko 41 32 22.79 Klitschko Bloc #D20000 Vitali Klitschko 15 15 10.61 Lytvyn Bloc Viktor Pylypyshyn 8.17 11 6 Kyiv Public Asset #F59A19 Oleksandr Pabat 5.95 8 7 Party of Regions Vasyl Horbal 3.95 6 9 Katerynchuk Bloc #244690 Mykola Katerynchuk 3.47 5 New Secretary Oles Dovgiy Chernovetskyi Bloc Oles Dovgiy Chernovetskyi Bloc presidential Snap mayoral and city council elections were held in Kyiv on 25 May 2008. The election, originally scheduled to be held alongside nationwide 2010 local elections, was called by the Verkhovna Rada by a 246–5 vote on March 18 amid corruption allegations involving the incumbent Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi.Decree of the Verkhovna Rada 143-VI 143-17 On the designation of early elections to the deputies of the Kyiv City Rada and the Kyiv City Head 2008-03-18 The local election determined the new Mayor of Kyiv, as well as the composition of the 120-seat Kyiv City Council. The Ukrainian parliament assigned the job of determining the election costs to the Central Election Commission of Ukraine, working in partnership with the Kyiv City Territorial Election Commission.The Verkhovna Rada designated early elections to the Mayor of Kyiv http://korrespondent.net/ukraine/politics/407644 Korrespondent March 18, 2008 2008-03-21 ru The Kyiv CTEC designated March 26 as the date for the start of election campaigning.The election campaign in Kyiv will begin on the 26th of March http://korrespondent.net/kyiv/410948 Korrespondent March 21, 2008 2008-03-21 ru In all, seven parties and blocs passed the 3% threshold needed to gain seats in the Kyiv City Council.Klychko To Continue His Political Career In Ukraine http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/126839.html UNIAN Ukrainian News June 2, 2008 2008-06-16 dead https://archive.today/20120913202315/http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/126839.html September 13, 2012 The incumbent Leonid Chernovetskyi was officially declared the winner of the mayoral election on May 31.Черновецькому нарахували перемогу, "Наша Україна" ледь обігнала "регіони" https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2006/03/31/3087417/ 2024-06-03 Українська правда uk Yurii Lozovskyi, Secretary of the Kyiv CTEC, said that the voter turnout was estimated at 53-54%.Almost half of Kyiv residents neglected mayor election http://unian.net/eng/news/news-253109.html UNIAN May 26, 2008 2008-06-16 The electoral commission said that the elections were largely clear and fair without any major incidents, but that the largest electoral violation was voter shopping.KEC: Elections in Kyiv were clear and fair http://korrespondent.net/kyiv/473856 Korrespondent May 26, 2008 2008-06-16 ru Although, legally, next Kyiv local elections had to take place in 2013, eventually they were postponed and took place on 25 May 2014 as a part of the 2014 Ukrainian local elections. Candidates, parties, and blocs In all, seventy-nine candidates were registered by the Kyiv Territorial Electoral Commission for the upcoming mayoral election.The end of registration of candidates for the post of Mayor of Kyiv http://korrespondent.net/kyiv/444125 Korrespondent April 23, 2008 2008-04-24 ru Candidates from some of the main political parties included: the incumbent Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi, from the Christian Liberal Party of Ukraine. He was facing allegations of corruption and illegal privatization of Kyiv territories,Parliament votes for ouster of Kiev mayor http://www.ukrainianjournal.com/index.php?w=article&id=6195 Ukrainian Journal March 18, 2008 2008-03-21 Vitaliy Klychko, a politician in the Kyiv City Council and former heavyweight boxer,Tyagnibok goes for the Mayor of Kyiv http://korrespondent.net/kyiv/409069 Korrespondent March 23, 2008 2008-03-22 ru Oleh Tyahnybok, from the All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom",http://www.vosvoboda.info/ukr_txt003811 Kyiv city organization VO "Svoboda" conducted an early party conference 2008-03-23 March 22, 2008 Press agency of the Kyiv city organization VO "Svoboda" All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom" uk https://web.archive.org/web/20080325191326/http://www.vosvoboda.info/ukr_txt003811 March 25, 2008 dead Vladyslav Kaskyv, from the Civil Party "PORA";Kaskyv is moved into the candidates for mayor http://korrespondent.net/kyiv/426191 Korrespondent April 6, 2008 2008-04-10 ru Vice-Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchynov, from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc;http://korrespondent.net/kyiv/471273 Tymoshenko and Lutsenko announced Turchynov the only candidate from the coalition 2008-05-23 May 22, 2008 Korrespondent ru Vasyl Horbal, from the Party of Regions;Kaskyv is moved into the candidates for mayor http://korrespondent.net/kyiv/432013 Korrespondent April 12, 2008 2008-04-12 ru A total of 37 parties and blocs participated in the Kyiv City Council election. These included both national (e.g. Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, Our Ukraine) and local political parties (e.g. Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc). Opinion polling According to a telephone poll conducted prior to the election by the Razumkov Centre, 25.2% of the respondents said they would support Vitaliy Klychko for the position of mayor, 24.9% support Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi, 10% support the former city mayor Oleksandr Omelchenko, 6% support current Vice-Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchynov, and 5.4% said they support the Minister of Internal Affairs Yuriy Lutsenko.Poll: Klichko is winning on the elections of the Mayor of Kyiv http://korrespondent.net/kyiv/411253 Korrespondent March 21, 2008 2008-03-21 ru A different poll conducted by the Center of Political and Marketing Studies Sotsis, showed that 22.8% of the respondents support the incumbent mayor, 22% support Vitaliy Klychko, 11.5% support Oleksandr Omelchenko, 6.3% support Verkhovna Rada Deputy Mykola Tomenko, and 5.7% support Yuriy Lutsenko.Sotsis: Chernovetsky passes Klichko by 0.8% http://korrespondent.net/kyiv/411015 Korrespondent March 20, 2008 2008-03-21 ru Results Mayoral election Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc Leonid Chernovetskyi 431561 #FEF734 Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc Oleksandr Turchynov 218670 Vitali Klitschko Bloc Vitali Klitschko 205316 #D20000 Lytvyn Bloc Viktor Pylypyshyn 76801 Mykola Katerynchuk Bloc Mykola Katerynchuk 50719 #244690 Oleksandr Omelchenko Bloc Oleksandr Omelchenko 28876 #4DA653 Party of Regions Vasyl Horbal 26635 Svoboda Oleh Tyahnybok 15608 Kyiv Public Asset Oleksandr Pabat 15527 #F59A19 Others (<1%) 24418 None of the above 48605 22042 2146213 KCTEChttp://kmr.gov.ua/divinfo.asp?Id=1965 Офіційне повідомлення Київської міської територіальної виборчої комісії про результати голосування, підсумки виборів та обраного Київського міського голову Central Election Commission 30 May 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20111124062449/http://kmr.gov.ua/divinfo.asp?Id=1965 24 November 2011 2011-11-24 City Council election File:2008 Kyiv City Council.svg Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc 350680 43 +22 #fbf73a Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc 262499 32 -9 Vitali Klitschko Bloc 122243 15 +1 #D20000 Lytvyn Bloc 11 +5 94084 Kyiv Public Asset 68548 8 +1 #F59A19 Party of Regions 6 -3 45491 Mykola Katerynchuk Bloc 39973 5 New #244690 Oleksandr Omelchenko Bloc 26004 0 New #4DA653 Communist Party of Ukraine 0 0 25784 Svoboda 0 0 23971 Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc 0 -15 23202 Mykhailo Brodskyi Bloc "Kyivans" 0 New 7736 #1E6FB1 Socialist Party of Ukraine 0 -7 3318 #E54975 Ukrainian People's Party 0 0 2884 #001D71 Party of Greens of Ukraine 0 0 2442 Party of Small and Medium-sized Businesses of Ukraine 0 0 2342 #ed413f People's Democratic Party 0 0 2091 PORA! 0 -14Ran together with Reforms and Order Party in 2006, within Vitali Klitschko Bloc, winning 14 seats 1945 Agrarian Party of Ukraine 0 New 1244 Green Party of Ukraine 0 0 1034 #6EB863 Others (<1000 votes) 8840 None of the above 35233 13114 2146213 KCTEChttp://kmr.gov.ua/divinfo.asp?Id=1967 Офіційне повідомлення Київської міської територіальної виборчої комісії про результати голосування, список обраних депутатів Київської міської ради Central Election Commission 30 May 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20111124061629/http://kmr.gov.ua/divinfo.asp?Id=1967 24 November 2011 2011-11-24 Aftermath Calls for another snap election On 12 December 2008 Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced at a news briefing that she was confident that early mayoral elections would be held again in Kyiv.Tymoshenko Confident That Early Mayoral Elections Will Be Repeated In Kyiv https://web.archive.org/web/20090820095217/http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/168755.html 2009-08-20 , Ukrainian News Agency (December 12, 2008) Day before, the Kyivenerho utility company began cutting the supply of hot water to about 5,000 homes in Kyivbecause of the Kyiv State City Administration's failure to compensate the company for the difference between the tariffs charged by Kyivenerho and the actual cost of its services. Following the event, Tymoshenko accused Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi of using money from the local budget to finance his election campaign.Cabinet Of Ministers To Consider Problems Arising In Kyiv https://web.archive.org/web/20090820095255/http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/168745.html 2009-08-20 , Ukrainian News Agency (December 12, 2008) On 6 February 2009, the Vitali Klitschko Bloc stated it will apply to the Verkhovna Rada, the Cabinet of Ministers, the National Security and Defense Council and the Kyiv Prosecutor's Office with a request to take into consideration the unlawfulness of Chernovetskyi's actions and to call another snap mayoral elections in the city.Klychko Bloc In Kyiv Council Seeking Early Termination Of Chernovetskyi's Powers https://archive.today/20120919013830/http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/179202.html 2012-09-19 , Ukrainian News Agency (February 6, 2009) In the January 2010 Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn stated he started preparing a law draft to conduct an early mayoral election in Kyiv on 30 May 2010, alongside city council election. Lytvyn said that he "could not stand what was going on in Kyiv any longer" and that his own Lytvyn Bloc would take part in the election.Lytvyn wants early mayoral elections, Kyiv Post (January 7, 2010)Lytvyn believes that today there are enough grounds for early election of Kyiv Mayor and Kyiv Council, UNIAN (January 11, 2010) A resolution setting another snap election in the capital city for the 30 May 2010 was registered in the Verkhovna Rada on 18 January,Draft resolution to oust Kyiv mayor registered in parliament, Kyiv Post (January 18, 2010) but was never included in the agenda, being later withdrawn on 16 February.Ukrainian parliament cancels mayor's election date of May 30, Kyiv Post (February 16, 2010) After then-incumbent Mayor Chernovetskyi had tendered his resignation on 1 June 2012,Hereha sends petition to parliament on holding of early mayoral election in Kyiv, Kyiv Post (19 July 2012) a petition to the parliament calling to hold an early mayoral election in the city was initiated. Although, it looked that the next Kyiv local election was set for 2012 nevertheless;Party of Regions leader: 'Pre-term mayoral elections in Kyiv are pointless', Kyiv Post (November 18, 2011) However, by the January 2013 the Verkhovna Rada had set no date for these elections.Lytvyn: Date for mayoral election in Kyiv to be determined after parliamentary elections, Kyiv Post (29 August 2012)Speaker: Elections in Kyiv may be held in spring of 2013, Kyiv Post (24 November 2012)Klitschko party proposes holding mayoral election in Kyiv on June 3, Kyiv Post (13 December 2012) Legally they had to take place in 2013,CEC member: Kyiv City Council to be elected for five years in upcoming election, Interfax-Ukraine (16 February 2013)Rada suggests to hold elections of Kyiv mayor, city council on June 2, Kyiv Post (7 March 2013) but in May 2013 the Constitutional Court of Ukraine has set the date of the election to 25 October 2015.Local elections in Kyiv should be held in 2015, according to Constitutional Court, Interfax-Ukraine (30 May 2013)Ukraine court ruling on Kiev mayor election ‘pro-government' https://web.archive.org/web/20130719105544/http://www.euronews.com/2013/05/31/ukraine-court-ruling-on-kiev-mayor-election-pro-government 2013-07-19 , Euronews (31 May 2013) Eventually, regular elections for the position of Mayor and 120-seats Kyiv City Council took place on 25 May 2014 as a part of the nationwide 2014 local elections.Parliament sets elections for Kyiv mayor and Kyiv City Council deputies for May 25, Interfax-Ukraine (25 February 2014) Faction changes since the elections Severe changes occurred in the Kyiv City Council following 2008. By the September 2011, seven new factions had been created (2 of which included just 2 deputies, and another one had only 3 deputies).uk Голови депутатських фракцій та груп Київради VI скликання https://web.archive.org/web/20110925121140/http://kmr.gov.ua/faction.asp 2011-09-25, Kyiv City Council The winning bloc of the 2008 election, Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc, disbanded itself on September 22, 2011,Faction of Chernovetksyi's Bloc stopped its existence, UNIAN (September 23, 2011)Chernovetsky Bloc in Kyiv City Council disbanded, Kyiv Post (September 22, 2011) with all of its deputies later becoming non-partisan deputies in the city council. Such move has made UDAR (Vitali Klitschko Bloc until April 2011) the biggest faction with 12 deputies (3 deputies less compared to 2008 result), followed by the Party of Regions faction with 10 deputies (4 deputies more). Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc saw 22 deputies leaving the faction since the election. In January 2013 the UDAR faction consisted of 13 deputies, while the Party of Regions faction had fallen down to 8 deputies. This made the People's Party faction the second biggest with 11 deputies. The Democratic Party of Ukraine faction contained 10 deputies. Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc had lost 1 more deputy and stood at the total of 9 deputies. Same as factions "Social Justice" and "Initiative". "Social Justice", "Initiative" and the faction of the Democratic Party of Ukraine were created in 2011.ukОнлайн-конференція з лідером громадської організації "Соціальна справедливість", кандидатом в депутати ВР Аллою Шлапак https://web.archive.org/web/20121220122636/http://www.rbc.ua/ukr/online/o530 2012-12-20, RBC Ukraine (23 August 2012)ukУ Київраді створена депутатська фракція "Демократична партія України", RBC Ukraine (10 November 2011)У Київраді створено три нові фракції, RBC Ukraine (25 May 2011)У Київраді створено дві нові фракції - депутатська група "Соціальна справедливість" і фракція "Спортивний Київ", - Герега, RBC Ukraine (23 June 2011) In June 2013 the People's Party faction contained 4 people. The other factions membership had stayed stable. Following the 2008 election results, Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT), Oleksandr Turchynov (BYuT), Mykola Tomenko (BYuT), Mykola Katerynchuk (BMK), Anatoliy Khostykoyev (BYuT), Stepan Chernovetskyi (BLCh) and Tetiana Donets (BYuT), gave up their seats due to the dual mandate rule.uk Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради, Ukrayinska Pravda (11 November 2012)They Call Themselves the Opposition, The Ukrainian Week (31 August 2012)uk Тетяна Донець: Я не хрещениця Лазаренка, але мій тато хрестив його доньку, Ukrayinska Pravda (10 Augustus 2012) The next person in the party list becomes the city council deputy, when someone gives up their seat.Mayor's son to give up his seat in city council, Kyiv Post (December 22, 2009) See also Legal status and local government of Kyiv 2009 Ternopil Oblast local election 2010 Ukrainian local elections Notes References External links http://kmr.gov.ua/chief.asp Head 2008-04-10 Official internet-site of the Kyiv City Council uk dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080420170421/http://kmr.gov.ua/chief.asp 2008-04-20 http://kmv.gov.ua/cabinet.asp Kyiv City Head 2008-04-10 Official portal of the Kyiv City Government uk dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080413030736/http://kmv.gov.ua/cabinet.asp 2008-04-13 http://news.liga.net/news/N0828136.html ru:ТИК назвала аутсайдеров выборов в Киевсовет ru 2008 local election Category:Local elections in Ukraine Category:2008 elections in Ukraine Category:City council elections Category:Mayoral elections in Ukraine Category:Elections in Kyiv Category:2000s in Kyiv Category:May 2008 in Ukraine Category:Klitschko brothers