General elections were held on 11 November 2018 by the

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: cities' alternative names), is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine loc ...

and Luhansk People's Republics. As a result of a war that started in April 2014, these internationally unrecognised entities control parts of the

and

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oblasts in eastern

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, which are together called the

Donbas region The Donbas or Donbass (, ; uk, wikt:Донбас, Донба́с ; russian: wikt:Донбасс, Донба́сс ) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. Parts of the Donbas are controlled by Russian separatist ...

. They previously held elections in 2014. Voters were asked to elect the Head of the Donetsk People's Republic and Head of the Luhansk People's Republic as well as the deputies for two parliaments: the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic with 100 seats, and the People's Council of the Luhansk People's Republic with 50 seats.

Results

Acting head of the LPR

Leonid Pasechnik Leonid Ivanovich Pasechnik (russian: Леони́д Ива́нович Па́сечник; born 15 March 1970) is a Russian politician is serving as the acting head of the Lugansk People's Republic from 4 October, 2022. He served as Presiden ...

won 68.3% of votes, and acting DPR head Denis Pushilin won 60.85% of votes. In parliamentary elections, the " Mir Luganschine" (Peace for Luhansk) movement won 74.13% of votes in LPR, while the " Donetsk Republic" won 72.5% of votes in the DPR. Neither the

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nor the

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recognized the elections, which they said violate the terms of the

Minsk Protocol The Minsk agreements were a series of international agreements which sought to end the Donbas war fought between armed Russian separatist groups and Armed Forces of Ukraine, with Russian regular forces playing a central part. The first, know ...

. Ukraine's President

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called the elections “illegal and represent yet another example of

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n subversive activity.” Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov acknowledged Russia had influence on the region's leaders but said “it is not unlimited.”

References

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