Kyiv
Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...
for the post of
Mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ...
and members of
Kyiv City Council
Kyiv City Council (, ), also known as Kyivrada (), is the city council of Kyiv municipality, the highest representative body of the city community. The members of city council are directly elected by Kyivans and the council is chaired by the M ...
took place on 25 May 2014, as part of the
2014 Ukrainian local elections
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 Ukraini ...
Interfax-Ukraine
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The company owns a 50-seat press centre.
The staff of the agency is 105 people (as of the end of February 2022)
...
(25 February 2014)
Vitali Klitschko
Vitalii Volodymyrovych Klychko (; ; born 19 July 1971), known as Vitali Klitschko, is a Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer. He serves as mayor of Kyiv, while his party the
Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform
The Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform of Vitali Klitschko (, using the acronym UDAR Vitali Klitschko () translates to "strike" or "punch", ) is a political party in Ukraine headed by retiredKyiv City Council
Kyiv City Council (, ), also known as Kyivrada (), is the city council of Kyiv municipality, the highest representative body of the city community. The members of city council are directly elected by Kyivans and the council is chaired by the M ...
UNIAN
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(29 September 2015)
Background
Secretary of the Kyiv City Council Halyna Hereha has been acting mayorRada suggests to hold elections of Kyiv mayor, city council on June 2
Kyiv Post
The ''Kyiv Post'' is Ukraine’s first and most prominent English-language newspaper. It was founded in 1995 in Kyiv by American businessman Jed Sunden.
In 2018, the publication was acquired by prominent Ukrainian businessman Adnan Kivan, foun ...
(7 March 2013) since
Leonid Chernovetsky
Leonid Mykhaylovych Chernovetskyi (; born 25 November 1951) is a former Mayor of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, from 2006 until the summer of 2012. He was a successful businessman, founder and controlling stakeholder of the Pravex Group and Prav ...
resigned as the Mayor of Kyiv on 1 June 2012. Hereha asked the
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada ( ; VR), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameralism, unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 Deputy (legislator), deputies presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovn ...
(Ukraine's parliament) to issue an instruction on holding an early mayoral election on 19 July 2012; the parliament had not considered this issue yet. On 7 March 2013, the Verkhovna Rada Committee on State Building and Local Government recommended that Parliament should schedule the elections of the Mayor of Kyiv and members of the Kyiv City Council for 2 June 2013. On 2 April 2013, the Verkhovna Rada failed to set any date for the elections because the
Party of Regions
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faction wanted to wait for a ruling from the
Constitutional Court of Ukraine
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The Court initiated its ac ...
on "whether regular elections to local government agencies could be held at different time intervals, rather than simultaneously".Opposition wants election in Kyiv on July 16 ,
Interfax-Ukraine
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The company owns a 50-seat press centre.
The staff of the agency is 105 people (as of the end of February 2022)
...
Interfax-Ukraine
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The company owns a 50-seat press centre.
The staff of the agency is 105 people (as of the end of February 2022)
...
Euronews
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(31 May 2013) The court reasoned that amendments to the
Constitution of Ukraine
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that came into force on 1 February 2011 stipulated that "the next local elections should be held simultaneously all over Ukraine on the last Sunday of October 2015."
The oppositional parties after the 2012 parliamentary election considered the City Council term of authority expired by July 2013 and effectively blocked attempts at its convening through
mass protest
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in July 2013.
As of 7 March 2013, possible candidates for the post of the Mayor of Kyiv were
Vitali Klitschko
Vitalii Volodymyrovych Klychko (; ; born 19 July 1971), known as Vitali Klitschko, is a Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer. He serves as mayor of Kyiv,UDAR
The Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform of Vitali Klitschko (, using the acronym UDAR Vitali Klitschko () translates to "strike" or "punch", ) is a Political parties in Ukraine, political party in Ukraine headed by retired
Svoboda
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People
* Svoboda (surname)
Organizations Media
* Radio Svoboda, operated by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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),
Petro Poroshenko
Petro Oleksiiovych Poroshenko (born 26 September 1965) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian politician and Oligarchy, oligarch who served as the fifth president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Ukraine), Minister ...
(
independent candidate
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) and
Oleh Liashko
Oleh Valeriiovych Liashko (; born 3 December 1972) is a Ukrainian politician, journalist and soldier who was a long time member of the Verkhovna Rada and leader of the Radical Party (Ukraine), Radical Party.
Liashko was elected as a deputy to th ...
Oleksandr Popov
Oleksandr Pavlovych Popov (; born 22 November 1960) is a Ukrainian politician, businessman, former head of the Kyiv City State Administration.
Biography
He graduated Tyumen Civil Engineering Institute and Higher School of the KGB in Kyiv.
From ...
of
Party of Regions
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Kyiv Post
The ''Kyiv Post'' is Ukraine’s first and most prominent English-language newspaper. It was founded in 1995 in Kyiv by American businessman Jed Sunden.
In 2018, the publication was acquired by prominent Ukrainian businessman Adnan Kivan, foun ...
Kyiv Post
The ''Kyiv Post'' is Ukraine’s first and most prominent English-language newspaper. It was founded in 1995 in Kyiv by American businessman Jed Sunden.
In 2018, the publication was acquired by prominent Ukrainian businessman Adnan Kivan, foun ...
(1 February 2011)Party of Regions leader: 'Pre-term mayoral elections in Kyiv are pointless'
Kyiv Post
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In 2018, the publication was acquired by prominent Ukrainian businessman Adnan Kivan, foun ...
(18 November 2011) stated in February 2013 that he was a candidate. On 14 December 2013
President
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Viktor Yanukovych
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Interfax-Ukraine
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The company owns a 50-seat press centre.
The staff of the agency is 105 people (as of the end of February 2022)
...
Interfax-Ukraine
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The company owns a 50-seat press centre.
The staff of the agency is 105 people (as of the end of February 2022)
...
(14 December 2013) The same day the
General Prosecutor of Ukraine
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's Office handed "a notification on suspicion of abuse of power when ordering the
Euromaidan
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police actions of 30 November 2013" to Popov. On 25 April 2014 the Party of Regions announced that they would not put forward a candidate for the elections.
The
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada ( ; VR), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameralism, unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 Deputy (legislator), deputies presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovn ...
set a date for the elections on 25 February 2014, just after the
2014 Ukrainian revolution
The Revolution of Dignity (), also known as the Maidan Revolution or the Ukrainian Revolution, took place in Ukraine in February 2014 at the end of the Euromaidan protests, when deadly clashes between protesters and state forces in the capit ...
.Ukraine: Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov named interim president
BBC News
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BBC News
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(23 February 2014) However, it was later decided that date should be 25 May 2014, the same day as the
Ukrainian presidential election
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independent
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Fatherland
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independent
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Svoboda
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People
* Svoboda (surname)
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* Radio Svoboda, operated by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
* ''Svoboda'' (newspaper), a daily Ukrainian language newspa ...
independent
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Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups
* Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in Pennsylvania, United States
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Vitali Klitschko
Vitalii Volodymyrovych Klychko (; ; born 19 July 1971), known as Vitali Klitschko, is a Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer. He serves as mayor of Kyiv,UDAR
The Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform of Vitali Klitschko (, using the acronym UDAR Vitali Klitschko () translates to "strike" or "punch", ) is a Political parties in Ukraine, political party in Ukraine headed by retired
Communist Party of Ukraine
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Ukrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' is a Ukrainian socio-political online media outlet founded by Heorhii Gongadze in April 2000. After Gongadze’s death in September 2000, the editorial team was led by co-founder Olena Prytula, who remained the editor-in ...
independent
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)
* A man named ''
Darth Vader
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Ukrainian News Agency
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poll
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conducted prior to the election by Sociological group "RATING" from 25 February to 6 March 2013, about 55% of the eligible voters would go to polling stations, and 31% of them would vote in the mayoral elections for Klitschko, 20.3% for Popov, and 7% for Poroshenko (all of them possible candidates). This poll also showed that if Klitschko and Popov proceeded to a hypothetical second round, 60.4% (of the respondents determined to vote) would cast their ballots for Klitschko and 26.5% for Popov.Nearly one third of Kyiv residents willing to vote in mayoral elections back Klitschko - poll ,
Interfax-Ukraine
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The company owns a 50-seat press centre.
The staff of the agency is 105 people (as of the end of February 2022)
...
(13 March 2013) A June 2013 poll by GfK Ukraine gave Klitschko 32.7%, Popov 15.9% and Poroshenko 11.9%; 12.8% would ignore the election if Klitschko would not run for mayor.
A poll conducted from 22 to 28 March 2014, by "RATING", showed that out of the potential candidates at the time, Mykola Katerynchuk was the most popular among voters: 12% of those who intended to vote would cast their ballots for him.Больше половины киевлян собираются участвовать в выборах мэра Киева - опрос /ref> The poll gave 11% to Anatoliy Hrytsenko, 8% to Oleh Lyashko, 8% to Volodymyr Bondarenko, 8% to Yuriy Lutsenko, 5% to Volodymyr Makeyenko, 4% to Vyacheslav Kyrylenko, 4% to Lesya Orobets, 3% to Andriy Illyenko, 2% to Tetiana Montian and 1% to I. Lutsenko. The relevance of this poll is limited as at the time, Klitschko was not among the potential candidates for mayor, and several of the potential candidates then went on to register as candidates for the 2014 presidential election.
Kyiv City Council
According to a poll conducted by
Razumkov Center
Razumkov Centre (), or fully the Ukrainian Centre for Economic and Political Studies named after Olexander Razumkov (), is a Ukrainian non-governmental public policy think tank.
Overview
The Razumkov Center carries out research in domestic, econ ...
from 11 to 17 April 2014 (of the voters who had already determined their choice), 42.1% would vote for
UDAR
The Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform of Vitali Klitschko (, using the acronym UDAR Vitali Klitschko () translates to "strike" or "punch", ) is a Political parties in Ukraine, political party in Ukraine headed by retired
, 15.4% for
Fatherland
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, 9.7% for
Svoboda
Svoboda () means "freedom" in various Slavic languages. It may refer to:
People
* Svoboda (surname)
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* Radio Svoboda, operated by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
* ''Svoboda'' (newspaper), a daily Ukrainian language newspa ...
, 8.2% for
Solidarity
Solidarity or solidarism is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. True solidarity means moving beyond individual identities and single issue politics ...
Right Sector
Right Sector () is a loosely defined coalition of right-wing to far-right Ukrainian nationalist organizations. It originated in November 2013 as a right-wing, paramilitary confederation of several ultranationalist organizations at the Euroma ...
Interfax-Ukraine
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The company owns a 50-seat press centre.
The staff of the agency is 105 people (as of the end of February 2022)
...
(25 April 2014)
Results
Mayoral election
, -
, style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" , Candidates
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9", VotesKlitschko officially announced as winner of Kyiv mayor election
Interfax-Ukraine
Interfax-Ukraine () is a Ukrainian news agency. Founded in 1992, the company publishes in Ukrainian, Russian, English and German.
The company owns a 50-seat press centre.
The staff of the agency is 105 people (as of the end of February 2022)
...
Vitali Klitschko
Vitalii Volodymyrovych Klychko (; ; born 19 July 1971), known as Vitali Klitschko, is a Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer. He serves as mayor of Kyiv,Lesya Orobets
, style="vertical-align:top;" , 114,137
, style="vertical-align:top;" , 8.57%
, style="vertical-align:top;" , Did not run
, -
, style="text-align:left;" , Volodymyr Bondarenko
, style="vertical-align:top;" , 107,333
, style="vertical-align:top;" , 8.06%
, style="vertical-align:top;" , Did not run
, -
, style="text-align:left;" , Oleksandr Omelchenko
, style="vertical-align:top;" , 101,580
, style="vertical-align:top;" , 7.63%
, style="vertical-align:top;" , 3.73
, -
, style="text-align:left;" , Mykola Katerynchuk
, style="vertical-align:top;" , 69,505
, style="vertical-align:top;" , 5.22%
, style="vertical-align:top;" , 0.77
, -
, style="text-align:left;" , Andriy Illyenko
, style="vertical-align:top;" , 33,603
, style="vertical-align:top;" , 2.52%
, style="vertical-align:top;" , Did not run
, -
, style="text-align:left;" , Oleksiy Mochanov
, style="vertical-align:top;" , 30,412
, style="vertical-align:top;" , 2.28%
, style="vertical-align:top;" , Did not run
, -
, style="text-align:left;" , Gennadiy Balashov
, style="vertical-align:top;" , 26,415
, style="vertical-align:top;" , 1.98%
, style="vertical-align:top;" , Did not run
, -
, style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9", Total (turnout )
, width="100" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9",
, width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9",
, style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9",
, -
, colspan=5 style="text-align:left;" , Source:
City Council election
35 parties took part in these elections. 10 parties won seats. Those seats were won in 60 majority constituencies and another 60 on party lists. Several parties, among them
Party of Regions
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, disappeared from the local parliament.
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, style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" , Parties
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , %Nine parties including Democratic Alliance win seats in Kyiv Council
Interfax-Ukraine
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The company owns a 50-seat press centre.
The staff of the agency is 105 people (as of the end of February 2022)
...
Ukrayinska Pravda
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Ukrayinska Pravda
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Ukrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' is a Ukrainian socio-political online media outlet founded by Heorhii Gongadze in April 2000. After Gongadze’s death in September 2000, the editorial team was led by co-founder Olena Prytula, who remained the editor-in ...
Ukrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' is a Ukrainian socio-political online media outlet founded by Heorhii Gongadze in April 2000. After Gongadze’s death in September 2000, the editorial team was led by co-founder Olena Prytula, who remained the editor-in ...
'' (4 June 2014) In the capital, the official election results Kyivrada published BBC Ukrainian (4 June 2014)
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , (proportional representation compared with proportional representation of 2008 election)KYIV ELECTION COMMISSION PUBLISHES FINAL RESULTS OF ELECTRONIC CALCULATION OF VOTES ON ELECTIONS TO KYIV CITY COUNCIL
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The company owns a 50-seat press centre.
The staff of the agency is 105 people (as of the end of February 2022)
...
(May 28, 2008)
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, style="text-align:left;" ,
UDAR
The Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform of Vitali Klitschko (, using the acronym UDAR Vitali Klitschko () translates to "strike" or "punch", ) is a Political parties in Ukraine, political party in Ukraine headed by retired
Self Reliance
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Svoboda
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People
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* Radio Svoboda, operated by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
* ''Svoboda'' (newspaper), a daily Ukrainian language newspa ...
Fatherland
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UDAR
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political coalition
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Fatherland
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as
Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc
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