Debate Format:
2004: debate between Yanukovych and Yushchenko.
Debate Mandatory Number:
Not mandatory
Debate Mandatory Number:
Not mandatory
Opinion Polls Embargo:
Embargo for longer
Electoral System & Organisation
Elect System Main Election:
Mixed
Main Election Type:
Presidential
Main Election Cycle:
5
Numb Round Main Election:
Two
Referenda_Law:
Constitution, (last amended in 2016) art. 72, 73, 156
Referenda_Binding:
Always Binding
Voting Machine:
None
National Holiday Elect Day:
Never
Dayof Election:
Sunday
Districting Source:
EMB
Districting Flexibility:
The Parliament is composed of 450 deputies, half of which are elected from a single countrywide constituency. For the election of the other 225 deputies, the territory of Ukraine shall be divided into 225 single-member constituencies which shall be established by the Central Election Commission. The constituency boundaries are determined in accordance with the existing administrative boundaries, the number of registered voters in each constituency and the interests of local communities and ethnic minorities living in the respective territory.
Frequency Districting Change:
5
Polling Station
Average Voterby Polling Station:
1148
Normal Opening Time Poll Station:
08:00
Normal Closing Time Poll Station:
2000
Polling Station Numbers:
32830
Listof Polling Station Buildings:
public building
Accessibility Requirement:
Party to UNCRPD
Ballot Box Transparency:
Transparent
Box Feeding System:
Voter
Vote Receipt:
No receipt
Count Locallyor Centrally:
locally
Manualor Automatic Count:
manual
Nature Counting Personnel:
election commission
Ballot Paper
Ballot Type:
Paper
Singleor Multi Paper Ballot:
Single
Max Numberof Votesper Ballot:
1
Ballot Paper Type Description:
Single Ballot Paper
Ballot Paper Type Photo Upload:
YES
Ballot Paper Size:
2019 Ukrainian presidential election's monster ballot paper. 80cm long 2019.
Orderof Candidatesor Parties:
alphabetical
Remote Voting
Temporal Remote Voting:
No
Geographical Remote Voting:
No
Personal Remote Voting:
No
Remote Voting List:
e.) A voter who can not come to the premises for voting due to health reasons shall submit a request to the election commission. According to this request the election commission sends a commission of 3 people to the voter.
Mobile Polling Stations:
No
Special Needs
Provision First Time Voters:
Throughout March – April 2019, 128 first-time voters from Kyiv, Severodonetsk, Starobilsk, Zaporizhzhia and Lviv regions took part in joint Council of Europe and Democracy Reporting International workshops “Your first vote” aimed at engaging youth in political and electoral processes in Ukraine.
Provision Illiterate Voters:
Voting Assistance
Provision Linguistic Ethnic Minorites:
information available in other languages
Provision Blind Voters:
Accessible Elections Posters. Law of Ukraine on the Election of the People's Deputies of Ukraine (2011). Article 40 states: (2) Voters who have been noted on the voter list as being permanently unable to move without assistance shall be simultaneously notified that they shall be provided with an opportunity to vote at their place of stay. Such notices shall be sent or delivered no later than fifteen days prior to the day of voting. The form of a personal invitation shall be approved by the Central Election Commission. Article 85 states: (5) A voter shall fill out the ballot papers personally, in a booth for secret voting. The presence of other persons in the booth for secret voting during the filling out the ballot papers by the voter shall be prohibited. A voter who, due to his or her corporal defects, is unable to fill out the ballot paper without assistance, may, with consent of the head or other member of the precinct election commission, ask another voter for assistance, with the exception of a member of the election commission, an MP candidate, his or her proxy, a party’s authorized person, or an official observer. (6) To ensure the possibility of voting for blind voters, the Central Election Commission shall produce two ballot paper stencils for each regular election precinct with raised dots (according to the Braille method). For the special election precincts, such stencils shall be allowed to be produced upon a submission from the district election commission… (9) Voters shall personally drop their completed ballot papers into the ballot box. A voter who, due to his or her corporal defects, is unable to drop the ballot paper into the ballot box without assistance may, with the consent of the head or other member of the precinct election commission, ask another person to do that in his or her presence, except that he or she may not ask for assistance from a member of the election commission, an MP candidate, a proxy of an MP candidate, a party’s authorized person, or an official observer…
Provision Deaf Voters:
Law of Ukraine on the Election of the People's Deputies of Ukraine (2011). Article 40 states: (2) Voters who have been noted on the voter list as being permanently unable to move without assistance shall be simultaneously notified that they shall be provided with an opportunity to vote at their place of stay. Such notices shall be sent or delivered no later than fifteen days prior to the day of voting. The form of a personal invitation shall be approved by the Central Election Commission. Article 85 states: (5) A voter shall fill out the ballot papers personally, in a booth for secret voting. The presence of other persons in the booth for secret voting during the filling out the ballot papers by the voter shall be prohibited. A voter who, due to his or her corporal defects, is unable to fill out the ballot paper without assistance, may, with consent of the head or other member of the precinct election commission, ask another voter for assistance, with the exception of a member of the election commission, an MP candidate, his or her proxy, a party’s authorized person, or an official observer. (6) To ensure the possibility of voting for blind voters, the Central Election Commission shall produce two ballot paper stencils for each regular election precinct with raised dots (according to the Braille method). For the special election precincts, such stencils shall be allowed to be produced upon a submission from the district election commission… (9) Voters shall personally drop their completed ballot papers into the ballot box. A voter who, due to his or her corporal defects, is unable to drop the ballot paper into the ballot box without assistance may, with the consent of the head or other member of the precinct election commission, ask another person to do that in his or her presence, except that he or she may not ask for assistance from a member of the election commission, an MP candidate, a proxy of an MP candidate, a party’s authorized person, or an official observer…
Provision Motor Handicap Voters:
Law of Ukraine on the Election of the People's Deputies of Ukraine (2011). Article 40 states: (2) Voters who have been noted on the voter list as being permanently unable to move without assistance shall be simultaneously notified that they shall be provided with an opportunity to vote at their place of stay. Such notices shall be sent or delivered no later than fifteen days prior to the day of voting. The form of a personal invitation shall be approved by the Central Election Commission. Article 85 states: (5) A voter shall fill out the ballot papers personally, in a booth for secret voting. The presence of other persons in the booth for secret voting during the filling out the ballot papers by the voter shall be prohibited. A voter who, due to his or her corporal defects, is unable to fill out the ballot paper without assistance, may, with consent of the head or other member of the precinct election commission, ask another voter for assistance, with the exception of a member of the election commission, an MP candidate, his or her proxy, a party’s authorized person, or an official observer. (6) To ensure the possibility of voting for blind voters, the Central Election Commission shall produce two ballot paper stencils for each regular election precinct with raised dots (according to the Braille method). For the special election precincts, such stencils shall be allowed to be produced upon a submission from the district election commission… (9) Voters shall personally drop their completed ballot papers into the ballot box. A voter who, due to his or her corporal defects, is unable to drop the ballot paper into the ballot box without assistance may, with the consent of the head or other member of the precinct election commission, ask another person to do that in his or her presence, except that he or she may not ask for assistance from a member of the election commission, an MP candidate, a proxy of an MP candidate, a party’s authorized person, or an official observer…