Kiev mayoral election, 2008
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Early mayoral elections were held in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev (Kyiv) on May 25, 2008. The snap election was called by the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada by a 246-5 vote on March 18.[1] The election determined the Mayor of Kiev, as well as the composition of the Kiev City Council. Incumbent Leonid Chernovetskyi was officially declared the winner on May 30th by the Kiev elections commission.[2]
The Ukrainian parliament assigned the job of determining the election costs to the Central Election Commission of Ukraine, working in partnership with the Kiev City Election Commission.[3] The Kiev City Election Commission designated March 26 as the date for the start of election campaigning.[4]
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[edit] Candidates
In all, seventy-nine candidates were registered by the Kiev Territorial Electoral Commission.[5] Candidates from some of the main political parties include:
- the incumbent Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi, from the Christian Liberal Party of Ukraine. He currently faces allegations of corruption and illegal privatization of Kiev territiories,[6]
- Vitaliy Klychko, a politician in the Kiev City Council and former heavyweight boxer,[7]
- Oleh Tyahnybok, from the All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom",[8]
- Vladyslav Kaskyv, from the Civil Party "PORA";[9]
- Vice-Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchynov, from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc;[10]
- Vasyl Horbal, from the Party of Regions;[11]
[edit] Results
[edit] Kiev mayoral election 2008
| Candidates | Votes | % |   2006 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonid Chernovetskyi (Леонід Черновецький) | 431,500 | 37.72% | 5,89%[12] |
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| Oleksandr Turchynov (Олександр Турчинов) | 218,600 | 19.13% | Did not run | |
| Vitalii Klychko (Віталій Кличко) | 205,300 | 17.97% | 5,73% |
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| Invalid ballot papers | 48,600 | |||
| Total (turnout 52.02%) | 1,164,823 | |||
| Source: UNIAN News Agency (English) | ||||
[edit] Kiev City Council elections 2008
| Parties and blocs | Votes | % | Seats | (2006) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc (Блок Леонід Черновецький) | 350,700 | 29,84% | 43 | 9% [13] |
| Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (Блок Юлії Тимошенко) | 262,500 | 22,34% | 32 | 19% |
| Vitalii Klychko Bloc (Блок Віталій Кличко) | 122,243 | 10,57% | 15 | |
| Lytvyn Bloc (Блок Литвина) | 8,15% | 11 | ||
| Kyiv Civil Activists (Київ громадянський активіст) | 5,66% | 8 | ||
| Party of Regions (Партія регіонів) | 4,26% | 6 | ||
| Mykola Katerynchuk Bloc (Блок Микола Катеринчук) | 3,37% | 5 | ||
| Our Ukraine (Наша Україна) | 2% | 0 | 13% |
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| Pora (ПОРА) | 0,17%[14] | 0 | 13%[15] |
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| Invalid ballot papers | 15,81% | |||
| Total (turnout 52.02%) | 120 | |||
| Source: Ukrainian News Agency (English) | ||||
| Reforms and Order Party, Vitalii Klychko Bloc and Pora formed one Bloc at the Kiev council elections of 26 March 2006[16] | ||||
[edit] Polls
According to a telephone poll conducted prior to the election by the Razumkov Centre, 25.2% of the respondents said they support Vitaliy Klychko for the position of mayor, 24.9% support Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi, 10% support the former city mayor Oleksandr Omelchenko, 6% support current Vice-Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchynov, and 5.4% said they support the Minister of Internal Affairs Yuriy Lutsenko.[17]
A different poll, this one conducted by the Center of Political and Marketing Studies Sotsis, showed that 22.8% of the respondents support the incumbent mayor, 22% support Vitaliy Klychko, 11.5% support Oleksandr Omelchenko, 6.3% support Verkhovna Rada Deputy Mykola Tomenko, and 5.7% support Yuriy Lutsenko.[18]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Laws of Ukraine. Decree of the Verkhovna Rada No. 143-VI: On the designation of early elections to the deputies of the Kyiv City Rada and the Kyiv City Head. Passed on 2008-03-18. (Ukrainian)
- ^ Kiev elections commission officially confirms Chernovetsky’s victory ITAR-TASS
- ^ "The Verkhovna Rada designated early elections to the Mayor of Kiev", Korrespondent, March 18, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-21. (Russian)
- ^ "The election campaign in Kiev will begin on the 26th of March", Korrespondent, March 21, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-21. (Russian)
- ^ "The end of registration of candidates for the post of Mayor of Kiev", Korrespondent, April 23, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-04-24. (Russian)
- ^ "Parliament votes for ouster of Kiev mayor", Ukrainian Journal, March 18, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-21. (English)
- ^ "Tyagnibok goes for the Mayor of Kiev", Korrespondent, March 23, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-22. (Russian)
- ^ Kyiv city organization VO "Svoboda" conducted an early party conference (Ukrainian). Press agency of the Kyiv city organization VO "Svoboda". All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom" (March 22, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-03-23.
- ^ "Kaskyv is moved into the candidates for mayor", Korrespondent, April 6, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-04-10. (Russian)
- ^ Tymoshenko and Lutsenko announced Turchynov the only candidate from the coalition (Russian). Korrespondent (May 22, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
- ^ "Kaskyv is moved into the candidates for mayor", Korrespondent, April 12, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-04-12. (Russian)
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- ^ "Poll: Klichko is winning on the elections of the Mayor of Kiev", Korrespondent, March 21, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-21. (Russian)
- ^ "Sotsis: Chernovetsky passes Klichko by 0.8%", Korrespondent, March 20, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-21. (Russian)
[edit] External links
- Head (Ukrainian). Official internet-site of the Kyiv City Council. Retrieved on 2008-04-10.
- Kyiv City Head (Ukrainian). Official portal of the Kyiv City Government. Retrieved on 2008-04-10.
- "Elections to the mayor of Kiev: candidates", Korrespondent. Retrieved on 2008-05-23. (Russian)
