In July 2019, ahead of the July 21 Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) elections in Ukraine, Roman Humeniuk decided to contribute to change in his community by chairing the Precinct Election Commission (PEC) in the Lviv Oblast village of Kurovichi. This considerable task was complicated by the fact that polling stations and public buildings in Ukraine are […]
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Presentation “Political Attitudes of Internally Displaced People”
On September 11th 2019, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) together with the Civil Holding Group of Influence presented the results of a national survey on the political attitudes of internally displaced persons (IDPs). A survey was fielded by Ipsos Ukraine between February 15th and March 15th 2019. A total of 2 063 interviews […]
IDPs’ Electoral Participation Gap
This article was written by Tetyana Durnyeva, Harald Hartvig Jepsen and Hannah Roberts It was originally published in Journal of Internal Displacement. You can find more articles like on JID’s web page after subscribing. Abstract Sustainable Development Goal 16 is concerned with peaceful and inclusive societies, access to justice for all, and effective and […]
IFES Comment on women’s representation in the new parliament and further steps to maintain and facilitate better women’s representation in politics
Background Between the 2014 parliamentary election and the 2019 election, the number of women MPs in Ukraine’s parliament (the Verkhovna Rada) never exceeded 53 women or 12.6 percent; in fact, by June 2019, there were only 49 women MPs or only 11.6 percent. Prior to the new parliament taking office, Ukraine ranks 155th among 193 countries in […]
Ukraine Post-Presidential Election Survey: Key Findings
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 […]
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 […]
