2014 Ukrainian local elections

Municipal elections in Ukraine 2014 Ukrainian local elections Ukraine local no 2010 Ukrainian local elections 2010 2015 Ukrainian local elections 2015 25 May 2014 Map of the Ukrainian local elections, 2014.png 300px Location of elections throughout Ukraine. The 2014 Ukrainian local elections took place on 25 May 2014, four years after the conclusion of the last local elections, which took place in October 2010. The elections occurred during the political crisis in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. Although the Verkhovna Rada did not schedule early local elections for entire Ukraine, it announced early elections in a number of places throughout Ukraine, including mayoral elections for some large cities, such as Odesa and 2014 Kyiv local election.Tsushko to compete for post of Odesa mayor, Interfax-Ukraine (29 March 2014)Parliament sets elections for Kyiv mayor and Kyiv City Council deputies for May 25, Interfax-Ukraine (25 February 2014) Overall, mayoral elections occurred in 43 cities, 27 settlements, and 200 villages, in addition to 2 city council and 3 village council elections, throughout 14 of Ukraine's 24 oblasts, and were also scheduled to take place in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. No Ukrainian mayoral or council elections took place in the Crimea, however, as, in March 2014 it was unilaterally annexed by Russia.EU & Ukraine 17 April 2014 FACT SHEET, European External Action Service (17 April 2014)The status of the Crimea and of the city of Sevastopol is currently under dispute between Russia and Ukraine; Ukraine and the majority of the international community consider the Crimea to be an autonomous republic of Ukraine and Sevastopol to be one of Ukraine's cities with special status, while Russia, on the other hand, considers the Crimea to be a federal subject of Russia and Sevastopol to be one of Russia's three federal cities.Gutterman Steve https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSBREA1Q1E820140318 Putin signs Crimea treaty, will not seize other Ukraine regions 18 March 2014 Reuters.com 26 March 2014Ukraine crisis timeline, BBC News nb In June 2014, the Verkhovna Rada scheduled early mayoral elections for ten additional cities to be held on October 26, 2014.uk Council appointed 10 election of mayors, Ukrainska Pravda (17 June 2014) Changes in the law On April 8, 2014, the Ukrainian parliament passed a new law regarding the local elections in the country. The new law allows local elections to be conducted concurrently with presidential elections. It also formalized the status of election observers, officially making them a part of the electoral process, and expanding their rights and authority. The new law also provides for the creation of territorial election commissions, provisions for removing local election officials before the end of their term, and changes to how the country's central election commission leadership is appointed.Rada passed a law about the local elections http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/04/8/7021728/ 8 April 2014 Ukrainska Pravda 8 April 2014 uk On April 10, the parliament proposed to amend the local elections law to require a runoff vote for mayoral elections in cities with populations over 500,000, such as Kyiv and Odesa,Rada made the elections of mayors of big cities into two rounds http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/04/10/7021983/ Ukrainska Pravda 10 April 2014 uk 10 April 2014 but the proposal failed a vote in parliament. Election locations The Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine, scheduled the elections for Kyiv's mayor and city council for 25 May 2014, which were contested concurrently with the country's presidential election. In late February, the parliament announced early mayoral elections for 27 cities throughout Ukraine: Chernivtsi, Chernivtsi Oblast Kherson, Kherson Oblast Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv Oblast Odesa, Odesa Oblast Okhtyrka, Sumy Oblast Nizhyn, Chernihiv Oblast Saky, Autonomous Republic of Crimea Fastiv, Kyiv Oblast Feodosia, Autonomous Republic of Crimea Netishyn, Khmelnytskyi Oblast Lysychansk, Luhansk Oblast Rovenky, Luhansk Oblast Kaniv, Cherkasy Oblast Pershotravensk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Snizhne, Donetsk Oblast Khrystynivka, Cherkasy Oblast Verkhnodniprovsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Bilopillia, Sumy Oblast Barvinkove, Kharkiv Oblast Kamianka, Cherkasy Oblast Zbarazh, Ternopil Oblast Kremenets, Ternopil Oblast Zboriv, Ternopil Oblast Rodynske, Donetsk Oblast Perevalsk, Luhansk Oblast Zhmerynka, Vinnytsia Oblast On March 15, the Verkhovna Rada announced early elections for 228 localities throughout the country for 25 May 2014.Rada announces early elections to over 200 localities http://www.capital.ua/ru/news/15233-rada-naznachila-dosrochnye-vybory-glav-bolee-200-naselennykh-punktov 16 March 2014 Capital.ua 15 March 2014 ru In addition, the parliament also announced early elections for five mayors throughout the country:Rada announces early elections for mayors http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/03/15/7018875/ 16 March 2014 Ukrainska Pravda 15 March 2014 uk Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi, Kyiv Oblast Rozhysche, Volyn Oblast Piatykhatky, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Monastyryska, Ternopil Oblast Khotyn, Chernivtsi Oblast On March 17, the parliament announced early elections for the Cherkasy City Council.Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine 1130-VII 1130-VII On the announcement of early elections of the deputies of the Cherkasy City Council (City of Cherkasy, Cherkasy Oblast) 17 March 2014 On March 25, the deadline for announcing early elections according to Ukraine's electoral law, the Verkhovna Rada announced mayoral elections for 10 additional cities throughout the country:Rada announced elections for 10 mayors http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/03/25/7020248/ 25 March 2014 Ukrainska Pravda 25 March 2014 uk Sumy Vasylkiv, Kyiv Oblast Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast Antratsyt, Luhansk Oblast Zhovti Vody, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Romny, Sumy Oblast Ladyzhyn, Vinnytsia Oblast Bobrynets, Kirovohrad Oblast Baturyn, Chernihiv Oblast Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi, Cherkasy Oblast Results Vitali Klitschko won the mayoral election in Kyiv with almost 57% of the votes,Klitschko officially announced as winner of Kyiv mayor election, Interfax-Ukraine (4 June 2014) while his party the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform won 73 of the 120 seats in the Kyiv City Council.uk In Kyivrada are 9 parties - official results, Ukrainska Pravda (3 June 2014)uk 60% of the new Kyivrada is filled by UDAR, Ukrainska Pravda (4 June 2014)uk UDAR has 75% of the constituencies in Kyivrada, Ukrainska Pravda (3 June 2014)uk 60% of the new Kyivrada is filled by UDAR, Ukrainska Pravda (4 June 2014) In Odesa Gennadiy Trukhanov defeated Eduard Gurvits with 43.39% against 32,02% in the mayoral election.https://tass.com/world/733526 Odessa mayor takes oath under heavy guard TASS In Mykolaiv Acting Mayor Yuriy Hranaturov kept this post with 28,29%.https://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/may-25-presidential-election/acting-mayors-of-mykolaiv-and-kherson-win-mayoral-elections-in-cities-349790.html Acting mayors of Mykolaiv and Kherson win mayoral elections in cities - May. 28, 2014 May 28, 2014 Kyiv Post Hranaturov was an independent candidate, but former Party of Regions member until a few months for the election.http://www.brianmefford.net/ukraine-post-election-recap/ Ukraine Post Election Recap by Brian Mefford 2014-06-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081410/http://www.brianmefford.net/ukraine-post-election-recap/ 2016-03-04 usurped In Kherson Acting Mayor and Batkivshchyna member Volodymyr Mykolayenko won the mayoral elections in with 35.93%.http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/206950.html Acting mayors of Mykolaiv and Kherson win mayoral elections in citieshttp://expres.ua/news/2014/05/28/107114-merom-hersonu-oficiyno-stala-lyudyna-ne-dopustyla-separatyzmu-misti-vterla Мером Херсону офіційно стала людина, що не допустила сепаратизму у місті і втерла носа Жириновському Експрес - онлайн expres.ua dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140529223507/http://expres.ua/news/2014/05/28/107114-merom-hersonu-oficiyno-stala-lyudyna-ne-dopustyla-separatyzmu-misti-vterla 2014-05-29 In Sumy (also) Acting Mayor and (also) Batkivshchyna member Oleksandr Lysenko won the mayoral elections in with 41,07%.http://oporaua.org/en/vybory/miscevi-vybory-2014/article/5732-u-sumah-ogolosyly-rezultaty-vyboriv-mera-peremig-oleksandr-lysenko Results of Mayoral Election in Sumy were announced: Oleksandr Lysenko has won - ОПОРА - Громадянська мережа - Вибори Президента 2014 - Выборы в Украине - Election in Ukraine 2014-06-25 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140531152233/http://oporaua.org/en/vybory/miscevi-vybory-2014/article/5732-u-sumah-ogolosyly-rezultaty-vyboriv-mera-peremig-oleksandr-lysenko 2014-05-31 http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/05/29/7027390/ Суми обрали собі мером представника "Батьківщини" The Central Election Commission of Ukraine ordered a re-count in Cherkasy by a new local Election Commission on 4 June 2014 because of "systematic and gross violations of the law".uk CEC dispersed Cherkasy TEC because it violated the law, Ukrainska Pravda (4 June 2014) Communist Party of Ukraine candidate Valentin Demyanchuk won the mayoral election in Piatykhatky, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with 27% of the vote.http://rus.newsru.ua/arch/ukraine/27may2014/kommun.html Мэром Пятихаток Днепропетровской области стал коммунист Демьянчук 2014-06-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091815/http://rus.newsru.ua/arch/ukraine/27may2014/kommun.html 2016-03-04 dead Notes nb References 2 External links Official web-server http://www.cvk.gov.ua Central Election Commission of Ukraine 7 March 2014 uk 2014 Category:2014 elections in Ukraine Category:Euromaidan Category:May 2014 in Ukraine