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The2014 Ukrainian local elections took place on 25 May 2014, four years after the conclusion of thelast local elections, which took place in October 2010. The elections occurred during the political crisis in the aftermath of the2014 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 asOdesa and2014 Kyiv local election.[1][2]
Overall, mayoral elections occurred in 43 cities, 27settlements, and 200 villages, in addition to 2 city council and 3village council elections, throughout 14 of Ukraine's 24oblasts, and were also scheduled to take place in theAutonomous Republic of Crimea. No Ukrainian mayoral or council elections took place in the Crimea, however, as, inMarch 2014 it was unilaterally annexed byRussia.[3][4][nb 1]
In June 2014, the Verkhovna Rada scheduled early mayoral elections for ten additional cities to be held on October 26, 2014.[6]
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 withpresidential 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'scentral election commission leadership is appointed.[7]
On April 10, the parliament proposed to amend the local elections law to require arunoff vote for mayoral elections in cities with populations over 500,000, such as Kyiv and Odesa,[8] but the proposal failed a vote in parliament.
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TheVerkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine, scheduledthe elections forKyiv'smayor andcity council for 25 May 2014, which were contested concurrently with the country'spresidential election.[2]
In late February, the parliament announced early mayoral elections for 27 cities throughout Ukraine:[1]
On March 15, the Verkhovna Rada announced early elections for 228 localities throughout the country for 25 May 2014.[9] In addition, the parliament also announced early elections for five mayors throughout the country:[10]
On March 17, the parliament announced early elections for theCherkasy City Council.[11]
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:[12]
Vitali Klitschko won themayoral election inKyiv with almost 57% of the votes,[13] while his party theUkrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform won 73 of the 120 seats in theKyiv City Council.[14][15]
InOdesaGennadiy Trukhanov defeatedEduard Gurvits with 43.39% against 32,02% in the mayoral election.[16]
InMykolaiv Acting Mayor Yuriy Hranaturov kept this post with 28,29%.[17] Hranaturov was an independent candidate, but formerParty of Regions member until a few months for the election.[18]
InKherson Acting Mayor andBatkivshchyna member Volodymyr Mykolayenko won the mayoral elections in with 35.93%.[19][20]
InSumy (also) Acting Mayor and (also) Batkivshchyna member Oleksandr Lysenko won the mayoral elections in with 41,07%.[21][22]
TheCentral Election Commission of Ukraine ordered a re-count inCherkasy by a new local Election Commission on 4 June 2014 because of "systematic and gross violations of the law".[23]
Communist Party of Ukraine candidate Valentin Demyanchuk won the mayoral election inPiatykhatky, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with 27% of the vote.[24]
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