Thursday, August 6, 2015

The Law "On Local Elections" published in the parliamentary newspaper

Under the law, elections of deputies of village councils are held by the majority system of relative majority in single-member constituencies, which divided the territory of the respective administrative units.

Deputies of the regional, city and district councils are elected under the proportional system with open lists. Entry barriers for parties increased to 5% (the election in 2010 acted 3% threshold).

In the local elections can take part political parties registered as of the date of publication of the law. The transitional provisions of the law established that the elections to local councils Crimea and some regions of Donetsk and Lugansk regions are not carried out "in connection with the temporary Russian occupation and military aggression against Ukraine and the inability to ensure compliance with electoral standards of the OSCE."


The law does not provide for participation in the elections and electoral blocs of parties.

Election campaign begins 50 days before election day.

Earlier, the Verkhovna Rada adopted a resolution on holding in Ukraine the next local elections on 25 October.

Deputy Head of the Central Election Commission Andriy Magera said that the electoral campaign will start on September 5.


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