General elections in the
Luhansk People's Republic were held on November 11, 2018.
Just like in 2014, at the same time,
similar elections were held in the
Donetsk People's Republic
The Donetsk People's Republic ( rus, Донецкая Народная Республика, Donetskaya Narodnaya Respublika, dɐˈnʲetskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə; abbreviated as DPR or DNR, rus, ДНР) is a Territorial ...
.
The
elections took place on November 11, 2018. The
Head of the LPR and the
People's Council of the LPR (consisting of 50 deputies) were elected.
Eight candidates expressed their desire to participate in the elections - Oleg Valerievich Koval, Leonid Ivanovich Pasechnik, Natalya Vladimirovna Sergun, Lyudmila Valentinovna Rusnak, Leonid Nesterovich Derzhak, Roman Teodorovich Oleksin, Vladimir Alexandrovich Rodionov, Yuri Mikhailovich Ryaplov.
Results
The current head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik won with 68.3% of the vote. The
Peace for Lugansk Region
Peace to Luhanshchyna ( uk, Спокій Луганщині, Spokiy Luhanshchyni, russian: Мир Луганщине, Mir Luganshchine, Peace to Luhansk region) is the largest political party in the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, wit ...
Movement won the parliamentary elections with 74.13% of voters' support. Opponents from the
Luhansk Economic Union
The Luhansk Economic Union (LES; ) is a large social movement in the Luhansk People's Republic, numbering more than 25,000 people.
History
On 7 October 2014, the constituent assembly of the Luhansk Economic Union was held. LES was founded by t ...
received 25.16% of the vote. 0.72% of ballots were declared invalid and lost.
Head of the Republic
People's Council
*
Peace for Lugansk Region
Peace to Luhanshchyna ( uk, Спокій Луганщині, Spokiy Luhanshchyni, russian: Мир Луганщине, Mir Luganshchine, Peace to Luhansk region) is the largest political party in the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, wit ...
- 37 seats
*
Luhansk Economic Union
The Luhansk Economic Union (LES; ) is a large social movement in the Luhansk People's Republic, numbering more than 25,000 people.
History
On 7 October 2014, the constituent assembly of the Luhansk Economic Union was held. LES was founded by t ...
- 13 seats
Opinions
The
EU does not recognize the elections in the LPR and imposed sanctions against their organizers.
* The elections of the heads of the Republics and deputies of the People's Councils held in the LPR and DPR do not contradict the letter and spirit of the Minsk agreements, the representative of the Republic in the humanitarian subgroup of the Contact Group, head of the LPR working group on the exchange of prisoners of war Olga Kobtseva said.
Выборы в Донбассе не противоречили Минским соглашениям — Кобцева
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References
2018 elections in Europe
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