This summary details the key findings from the latest International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) public opinion survey in Ukraine. The fieldwork of this survey was conducted between May 19 and June 1, 2019, following the second round of the 2019 presidential election. The survey interviewed 2,003 respondents through Ukraine, excluding the occupied areas of […]
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IFES Ukraine Statement: Call on political parties to run more women in the parliamentary election
On July 21, Ukrainians will go to the polls to decide who represents them in parliament. Women make up over half of the population in Ukraine. But, while there are over 22 million women in Ukraine, less than 50 women are in the Rada. There are over 370 men. Ukraine is far below regional and […]
Ukrainian Presidential Election Paves Way for October Parliamentary Elections
On April 21, 2019, Ukrainian citizens headed to the polls to select their next president in a second-round election triggered after no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote in the first round on March 31. Volodymyr Zelenskyi, representing the Servant of the People Party and a relative newcomer to Ukrainian politics, achieved […]
Central Election Commission Establishes the Final Result of the 2019 Presidential Election
On April 30, the Central Election Commission (CEC) established the final result of the 2019 presidential election and declared Volodymyr Zelenskyi (Servant of the People Party) the winner with 73.22 percent of the vote cast in the second round on April 21. The incumbent President Petro Poroshenko received 24.45 percent, with 2.32 percent of invalid […]
2019 Presidential Election Second Round Vote: Polling stations close in Ukraine, vote counting begins
Ukrainians went to the polls today to cast their ballot in the second round election to choose the next president of Ukraine. The 29,982 polling stations in the country have now closed. The last polling station abroad will close at 6 am Kyiv-time in San Francisco on Monday, April 22. In the coming hours, election […]
IFES Holds Workshop on the Political Rights of Persons with Intellectual and Psychosocial Disabilities in Ukraine
Political inclusion of all citizens regardless of gender, race, disability, ethnicity, or sexuality is a cornerstone of representative governance. The principle of one-person one-vote is fundamental to genuine democracy. While there has been some progress in increasing political access for persons with disabilities around the world, much less progress has been made to remove barriers […]
2019 Presidential Election: Polling Stations Close In Ukraine, Vote Counting Begins
March 31, 20:00 hrs. Ukrainians today went to the polls to cast their ballot in the election of the President of Ukraine. The 29,901 polling stations in the country have now closed. The last polling station abroad will close at 06:00 hrs Kyiv time in San Francisco on Monday, April 1. In the coming hours, election […]
IFES Provides Trainings on Electoral Procedures for Members of District Election Commissions
From February 26 to March 6, 2019, IFES in cooperation with the Central Election Commission (CEC) and the joint IFES-CEC Training Center organized 106 regional trainings for more than 3,000 District Election Commission (DEC) members. The trainings were facilitated by trainers with extensive experience in electoral issues who underwent a five-day training of trainers (TOT) […]
