a. Yes

Comments: Only for the 225 seats elected through single-mandate constituencies. The Central Election Commission creates these 168 days prior to the elections.
Source: Parliamentary Election Act, article 16 (2-3)
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:26:37 GMT

c. The Electoral Management Body

Comments: Central Election Commission shall publicize in state-governed mass media within 3 days of passing a relevant decision the following: 1) information regarding the formation of constituencies 2) indicating their names, boundaries, center, and estimated number of voters.
Source: Law on Elections of Peoples Deputies of Ukraine, article 16(5)
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:28:17 GMT

a. "Equality" of population

c. Compactness of constituencies

f. Communities of interest/cultural concerns

g. Other

Comments: The single-mandate constituencies shall be formed by the Central Election Commission with approximately an equal number of voters in each constituency of the entire territory of Ukraine. Upon proposals of respectively the Verkhovna Rada of the autonomous Republic of Crimea, Oblast, Kyiv and Sevastopol City Radas, taking into account the territorial-administrative division of Ukraine and density of national minority populations. Single-mandate constituencies shall consist of approximately equal number of voters, deviations of the voters in such a constituency from the estimated average number of the voters all over the Ukraine may not exceed 10 %
Source: Law on Elections of Peoples Deputies of Ukraine, article 7 and 16
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:41:14 GMT

c. Number of registered voters

Comments: The Central Election Commission shall create constituencies on the basis of data presented by the central body of executive power in charge of statistics.
Source: Law on Elections of Peoples Deputies of Ukraine, article 16(3)
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:42:13 GMT

d. Electoral management body

Comments: The constituency boundaries are establised by the Central Election Commission. The formation of the polling stations is the task of the Constituency Election Commission.
Source: Law on Elections of Peoples Deputies of Ukraine, article 16
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:44:36 GMT

c. Changes in numbers of registered voters

Source: Svetlana Kravcova, Information Officer at the Central Election Commission, tel. +380-44-294-93-66
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:46:49 GMT

a. Mandatory referendum

b. Optional referendum

c. Citizens' initiative

e. Recall

Source: Constitution, art. 38, Chapter III., Art. 156., law of Ukraine on All-Ukrainian and local referendums (1991, last amended 2001) (hereinafter referred to as Law on referenda)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Last updated: 2005-03-17 09:52:12 UTC

a. Constitutional

b. Specific laws/legislation

Source: Constitution art. 72, 73, 156., Law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 09:52:48 UTC

a. Constitutional

b. Specific laws/legislation

Source: Constitution art. 72, 73, 156., Law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 09:53:09 UTC

a. Constitutional

b. Specific laws/legislation

Source: Constitution art. 72, 73, 156., Law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 09:53:21 UTC

e. Not applicable

Last updated: 2005-03-17 09:53:38 UTC

b. Specific laws/legislation

Source: art. 13. of law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:05:32 UTC

a. Constitutional

b. Specific laws/legislation

Comments: Art. 2 of the act on referenda orders that the procedure of preparation and conduct of All-Ukrainian and local referenda shall be regulated by the Constitution of Ukraine, by this Law, and other legislative acts of Ukraine.The procedure of preparation and conduct of Republican and local Referenda in the Republic of Crimea, on questions relevant to its authority, shall be regulated by this Law and Republic of Crimea legislation. Cf. art. 13
Source: art.2,13. of law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:07:15 UTC

a. Constitutional

b. Specific laws/legislation

Comments: Art. 2 of the act on referenda orders that the procedure of preparation and conduct of All-Ukrainian and local referenda shall be regulated by the Constitution of Ukraine, by this Law, and other legislative acts of Ukraine.The procedure of preparation and conduct of Republican and local Referenda in the Republic of Crimea, on questions relevant to its authority, shall be regulated by this Law and Republic of Crimea legislation. Cf. art. 13
Source: art. 2. 13. of law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:07:36 UTC

a. Constitutional

b. Specific laws/legislation

Comments: Art. 2 of the act on referenda orders that the procedure of preparation and conduct of All-Ukrainian and local referenda shall be regulated by the Constitution of Ukraine, by this Law, and other legislative acts of Ukraine.The procedure of preparation and conduct of Republican and local Referenda in the Republic of Crimea, on questions relevant to its authority, shall be regulated by this Law and Republic of Crimea legislation. Cf. art. 13
Source: art. 2., 13. of law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:08:11 UTC

f. Not applicable

Comments: there exists no agenda initiative in Ukraine
Last updated: 2005-03-17 15:02:13 UTC

c. Requirement for signature collectors to be registered electors

e. Other (specify)

Comments: the initiative group must be registered, too. cf. art. 17 and 18. The day the initiative group has received the certificate of registration, it has the right to organize and unrestrictedly collect the signatures on forms for citizens signatures demanding the conduct of the referendum (petition forms).
Source: art. 17-8. of law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 15:03:18 UTC

c. Other (specify)

Comments: the initiative group must check every signature (art. 18.), and the correctness of information in the petition form shall be certified by signatures of two members of the initiative group. Than the signatures of the members of the initiative group in the petition form must be certified by a signature of an official person specially authorized for that by the Chairperson of rayon, city (cities of republican and oblast subordination) Council of peoples' deputies which registered the local referendum initiative group. The petition form may be copied. During the collection of signatures, the Chairperson of an appropriate Council of peoples' deputies, where signatures of the initiative group members are certified, shall organize the checking of the authenticity of records on petition forms. In case of an all-Ukrainian referendum the Central Commission shall partially or fully check the authenticity of submitted documents.
Source: art. 18-19-20. of the law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 15:11:22 UTC

c. Other (specify)

Comments: the initiative group must check every signature (art. 18.), and the correctness of information in the petition form shall be certified by signatures of two members of the initiative group. Than the signatures of the members of the initiative group in the petition form must be certified by a signature of an official person specially authorized for that by the Chairperson of rayon, city (cities of republican and oblast subordination) Council of peoples' deputies which registered the local referendum initiative group. The petition form may be copied. During the collection of signatures, the Chairperson of an appropriate Council of peoples' deputies, where signatures of the initiative group members are certified, shall organize the checking of the authenticity of records on petition forms. In case of an all-Ukrainian referendum the Central Commission shall partially or fully check the authenticity of submitted documents.
Source: art. 18-19-20.
Last updated: 2005-03-17 15:12:06 UTC

c. Other (specify)

Comments: the initiative group must check every signature (art. 18.), and the correctness of information in the petition form shall be certified by signatures of two members of the initiative group. Than the signatures of the members of the initiative group in the petition form must be certified by a signature of an official person specially authorized for that by the Chairperson of rayon, city (cities of republican and oblast subordination) Council of peoples' deputies which registered the local referendum initiative group. The petition form may be copied. During the collection of signatures, the Chairperson of an appropriate Council of peoples' deputies, where signatures of the initiative group members are certified, shall organize the checking of the authenticity of records on petition forms. In case of an all-Ukrainian referendum the Central Commission shall partially or fully check the authenticity of submitted documents.
Source: art. 18-19-20. of the law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 15:15:46 UTC

a. Agency/department responsible for the administration of direct democracy mechanisms

Comments: the initiative group must check every signature (art. 18.), and the correctness of information in the petition form shall be certified by signatures of two members of the initiative group. Than the signatures of the members of the initiative group in the petition form must be certified by a signature of an official person specially authorized for that by the Chairperson of rayon, city (cities of republican and oblast subordination) Council of peoples' deputies which registered the local referendum initiative group. The petition form may be copied. During the collection of signatures, the Chairperson of an appropriate Council of peoples' deputies, where signatures of the initiative group members are certified, shall organize the checking of the authenticity of records on petition forms. In case of an all-Ukrainian referendum the Central Commission shall partially or fully check the authenticity of submitted documents.
Source: art. 18-19-20. of the law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 15:16:36 UTC

a. Agency/department responsible for the administration of direct democracy mechanisms

Comments: Division Commission on referendum
Source: art. 30. of the law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 15:22:24 UTC

a. Agency/department responsible for the administration of direct democracy mechanisms

Comments: Division Commission on Referendum.
Source: art. 30. of the law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 15:23:14 UTC

a. Agency/department responsible for the administration of direct democracy mechanisms

Comments: Division Commission on Referendum.
Source: art. 30 of the law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 15:23:41 UTC

g. Other(specify)

Comments: ARTICLE 30. Authority of the Division Commission on Referendum. The Division Commission on referendum: 1. posts the text of the draft law, resolution, submitted to the Referenda, on the premises of the voting station; provides citizens with the possibility to inform them of the time of preparation and conduct of the referendum, and the day of voting; 2. compiles the list of citizens, eligible to participate in the referendum, in the voting division; 3. presents the voter list to the general public, accepts and considers applications regarding errors in the list and resolves questions of making appropriate changes in the list; 4. accepts ballots in closed envelopes and secures the freedom of secret choice of those citizens who have changed their place of domicile in the period between presenting the lists to the general public and the day of the referendum; 5. notifies the citizens of the date of the referendum and of the voting station location; 6. ensures the preparation of premises for voting and ballot boxes; 7. organizes voting in the voting station during the day of the referendum; 8. forms the groups for tabulation of votes, tabulates votes in the voting division; 9. considers and resolves applications and complaints regarding preparation of referendum and organization of voting;
Source: art. 30. of the law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 15:25:02 UTC

e. Not applicable

Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:09:00 UTC

g. Other(specify)

Comments: ARTICLE 30. Authority of the Division Commission on Referendum. The Division Commission on referendum: 1. posts the text of the draft law, resolution, submitted to the Referenda, on the premises of the voting station; provides citizens with the possibility to inform them of the time of preparation and conduct of the referendum, and the day of voting; 2. compiles the list of citizens, eligible to participate in the referendum, in the voting division; 3. presents the voter list to the general public, accepts and considers applications regarding errors in the list and resolves questions of making appropriate changes in the list; 4. accepts ballots in closed envelopes and secures the freedom of secret choice of those citizens who have changed their place of domicile in the period between presenting the lists to the general public and the day of the referendum; 5. notifies the citizens of the date of the referendum and of the voting station location; 6. ensures the preparation of premises for voting and ballot boxes; 7. organizes voting in the voting station during the day of the referendum; 8. forms the groups for tabulation of votes, tabulates votes in the voting division; 9. considers and resolves applications and complaints regarding preparation of referendum and organization of voting;
Source: art. 30. of the law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 15:25:35 UTC

h. None

Last updated: 2005-03-17 17:47:27 UTC

g. None

Last updated: 2005-03-17 16:53:58 UTC

g. None

Last updated: 2005-03-17 16:54:16 UTC

g. None

Last updated: 2005-03-17 16:54:38 UTC

c. Not applicable

Last updated: 2005-03-17 16:55:10 UTC

c. Not applicable

Last updated: 2005-03-17 16:55:23 UTC

c. Not applicable

Last updated: 2005-03-17 16:55:45 UTC

c. All campaign organisations

e. Other (specify)

Comments: Citizens, political parties, public organizations, mass movements, and labor collectives shall have the right to free campaign publicity "for" a proposal to declare the Referenda, to adopt a law or other decision submitted for referendum, as well as against proposals to declare the referendum, to adopt a law or a decision. To implement this right, the interested persons and organizations shall be provided with premises for meetings, ensured with the possibility to use mass media. The draft of a law or decisions submitted to referendum shall be discussed within boundaries of Ukraine or the administrative and territorial unit, where the referendum shall be conducted.
Source: art. 8. of the law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 17:13:28 UTC

c. All campaign organisations

e. Other (specify)

Comments: Citizens, political parties, public organizations, mass movements, and labor collectives shall have the right to free campaign publicity "for" a proposal to declare the Referenda, to adopt a law or other decision submitted for referendum, as well as against proposals to declare the referendum, to adopt a law or a decision. To implement this right, the interested persons and organizations shall be provided with premises for meetings, ensured with the possibility to use mass media. The draft of a law or decisions submitted to referendum shall be discussed within boundaries of Ukraine or the administrative and territorial unit, where the referendum shall be conducted.
Source: art. 8. of the law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 17:12:59 UTC

b. Specific laws/legislation

Source: art. 2., 13. of law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:09:12 UTC

c. All campaign organisations

e. Other (specify)

Comments: Citizens, political parties, public organizations, mass movements, and labor collectives shall have the right to free campaign publicity "for" a proposal to declare the Referenda, to adopt a law or other decision submitted for referendum, as well as against proposals to declare the referendum, to adopt a law or a decision. To implement this right, the interested persons and organizations shall be provided with premises for meetings, ensured with the possibility to use mass media. The draft of a law or decisions submitted to referendum shall be discussed within boundaries of Ukraine or the administrative and territorial unit, where the referendum shall be conducted.
Source: art. 8 of the law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 17:12:41 UTC

b. Free media access

Comments: Citizens, political parties, public organizations, mass movements, and labor collectives shall have the right to free campaign publicity "for" a proposal to declare the Referenda, to adopt a law or other decision submitted for referendum, as well as against proposals to declare the referendum, to adopt a law or a decision. To implement this right, the interested persons and organizations shall be provided with premises for meetings, ensured with the possibility to use mass media. The draft of a law or decisions submitted to referendum shall be discussed within boundaries of Ukraine or the administrative and territorial unit, where the referendum shall be conducted.
Source: art. 8 of the law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 17:12:06 UTC

b. Free media access

Comments: Citizens, political parties, public organizations, mass movements, and labor collectives shall have the right to free campaign publicity "for" a proposal to declare the Referenda, to adopt a law or other decision submitted for referendum, as well as against proposals to declare the referendum, to adopt a law or a decision. To implement this right, the interested persons and organizations shall be provided with premises for meetings, ensured with the possibility to use mass media. The draft of a law or decisions submitted to referendum shall be discussed within boundaries of Ukraine or the administrative and territorial unit, where the referendum shall be conducted.
Source: art. 8 of the law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 17:11:45 UTC

b. Free media access

Comments: Citizens, political parties, public organizations, mass movements, and labor collectives shall have the right to free campaign publicity "for" a proposal to declare the Referenda, to adopt a law or other decision submitted for referendum, as well as against proposals to declare the referendum, to adopt a law or a decision. To implement this right, the interested persons and organizations shall be provided with premises for meetings, ensured with the possibility to use mass media. The draft of a law or decisions submitted to referendum shall be discussed within boundaries of Ukraine or the administrative and territorial unit, where the referendum shall be conducted.
Source: art. 8 of the law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 17:11:09 UTC

Last updated: 2005-03-17 17:04:43 UTC

a. Any campaign publicity on the day of a referendum is prohibited.

Source: art. 8 of the law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 17:07:15 UTC

a. Signatories must be registered

Comments: Art. 18. of the Law on referenda Every petition form must have a name, the ordinal number of the initiative group, the ordinal number of the petition form, as well as the wording of the question, suggested to submit to referendum. A sample of the petition forms of all-Ukrainian and local referenda shall be approved by the Central Commission on all-Ukrainian referendum. Members of the initiative group must notify the citizens of Ukraine that they may sign only one petition form with a given demand to conduct the referendum. The citizen of Ukraine, who supports the demand to conduct the referendum, shall place his signature on the petition form, indicating at the same time his surname, name, patronymic and the date of the signature. According to documents of the citizen, the member of the initiative group shall indicate in the petition form the date of his birth and place of permanent residence. If a document to establish the identity of a citizen is absent, his signature is deemed void and shall not be counted. When the petition form is completed, the total number of citizens' signatures shall be counted. The correctness of information in the petition form shall be certified by signatures of two members of the initiative group. During 10 days after the last day the citizens' signatures were placed in the petition form, and no later than the fixed term designated to collect signatures under the given demand to conduct a referendum, the signatures of the members of the initiative group in the petition form must be certified by a signature of an official person specially authorized for that by the Chairperson of rayon, city (cities of republican and oblast subordination) Council of peoples' deputies which registered the local referendum initiative group. The petition form may be copied.
Source: art. 18. of law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 17:38:17 UTC

a. Mandatory referendum 1991
b. Optional referendum 1991
c. Citizens' initiative 1991
e. Recall 1991

Source: www.legislationline.org
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:09:49 UTC

a. Mandatory referendum 1991
b. Optional referendum 1991
c. Citizens' initiative 1991
e. Recall 1991

Source: law on referenda, www. legislationline.org
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:10:47 UTC

a. Government (specify department)

b. Independent electoral commission

Comments: Law on referenda: Art. 11. The procedure of preparation and conduct of Referenda is determined by the Cabinet of Ministries of Ukraine and by the appropriate local Councils of peoples' deputies. Art. 24. For the purpose of the preparation and conduct of the All- Ukrainian referendum the following commissions shall be formed: Central Commission on All-Ukrainian referendum; Commission of the Republic of Crimea on All-Ukrainian referendum; Oblast, rayon, city, city rayon, settlement, and village commissions on referendum; Division commissions on referendum. Before the Central Commission on All-Ukrainian referendum is formed, its functions shall be executed by the Central Electoral Commission on the elections of peoples' deputies of Ukraine. Cf. art. 15. of Law on referenda too: The collection of signatures shall be organized and conducted by the initiative groups of the referendum.
Source: ww.legislationline.org
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:11:47 UTC

c. Not applicable

Comments: Art. 24 of the Law on referenda: Before the Central Commission on All-Ukrainian referendum is formed, its functions shall be executed by the Central Electoral Commission on the elections of peoples' deputies of Ukraine.
Source: art. 24. of law on referenda, www.legislationline.org
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:12:34 UTC

a. Yes, in all regions/states/provinces

Comments: Art. 139 of the Constitution guarantees extra to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea the competence to organise and conduct local referenda. Art. 1 of the Law on referenda declares too, that according to the Constitution of Ukraine, All- Ukrainian, Republic of Crimea, and local (within administrative and territorial units) referenda shall be conducted.
Source: Art. 1. of the law on referenda, www. legislationline.org
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:16:58 UTC

a. Yes, in all regions/states/provinces

Comments: Art. 139 of the Constitution guarantees extra to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea the competence to organise and conduct local referenda. Art. 1 of the Law on referenda declares too, that according to the Constitution of Ukraine, All- Ukrainian, Republic of Crimea, and local (within administrative and territorial units) referenda shall be conducted.
Source: Art. 1. of law on referenda, www. legislatonline.org
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:17:53 UTC

a. Yes, in all regions/states/provinces

Comments: Art. 139 of the Constitution guarantees extra to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea the competence to organise and conduct local referenda. Art. 1 of the Law on referenda declares too, that according to the Constitution of Ukraine, All- Ukrainian, Republic of Crimea, and local (within administrative and territorial units) referenda shall be conducted.
Source: art. 1. of law on referenda. www. legislationline.org
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:18:19 UTC

d. Not applicable

Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:18:31 UTC

a. Yes, in all regions/states/provinces

Comments: Art. 139 of the Constitution guarantees extra to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea the competence to organise and conduct local referenda. Art. 1 of the Law on referenda declares too, that according to the Constitution of Ukraine, All- Ukrainian, Republic of Crimea, and local (within administrative and territorial units) referenda shall be conducted.
Source: art. 1. of law on referenda. www.legislaionline.org
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:19:03 UTC

a. Yes, in all municipalities/districts/communes

Source: art. 1. and 6. of law on referenda. www.legislationline.org
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:20:21 UTC

a. Yes, in all municipalities/districts/communes

Source: art. 1. and 6. of law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:20:45 UTC

a. Yes, in all municipalities/districts/communes

Source: art. 1. and 6. of law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:20:59 UTC

d. Not applicable

Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:21:13 UTC

a. Yes, in all municipalities/districts/communes

Source: art. 1. and 6. of law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:21:31 UTC

a. Constitutional amendments

i. Other public policy issues

Comments: i: altering the territory. Art. 156. of the Constitution declares, that a draft law on introducing amendments to Chapter I — "General Principles," Chapter III — "Elections. Referendum," and Chapter XIII — "Introducing Amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine," is submitted to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by the President of Ukraine, or by no less than two-thirds of the constitutional composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and on the condition that it is adopted by no less than two-thirds of the constitutional composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and is approved by an All-Ukrainian referendum designated by the President of Ukraine. The repeat submission of a draft law on introducing amendments to Chapters I, III and XIII of this Constitution on one and the same issue is possible only to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the next convocation. Art. 73. Altering the territory of Ukraine
Source: art. 156, 73 of constitution
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:22:33 UTC

a. Constitutional amendments

i. Other public policy issues

Comments: Art. 3. of the Law on referenda: Subject - Matter of All-Ukrainian Referendum. The subject-matter of All-Ukrainian referendum can be: confirmation of the Constitution of Ukraine, its separate provisions, as well as introduction of changes and amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine; adoption, change or cancellation of Laws of Ukraine or their separate provisions; adoption of decisions which determine the principal content of the Constitution of Ukraine, Laws of Ukraine, and other legislative Acts. Art. 72. of the Constitution An All-Ukrainian referendum is called on popular initiative on the request of no less than three million citizens of Ukraine who have the right to vote, on the condition that the signatures in favour of designating the referendum have been collected in no less than two-thirds of the oblasts, with no less than 100 000 signatures in each oblast.
Source: art. 3. of law on referenda, art.72 of constitution
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:23:45 UTC

a. Constitutional amendments

h. Taxes and public expenditure commitments

j. Other (specify)

Comments: explicitly: Art. 74 of the Constitution (taxes, budget, amnesty) Indirectly: art. 155. A draft law on introducing amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine, with the exception of Chapter I — "General Principles," Chapter III — "Elections. Referendum," and Chapter XIII — "Introducing Amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine," previously adopted by the majority of the constitutional composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is deemed to be adopted, if at the next regular session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, no less than two-thirds of the constitutional composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine have voted in favour thereof. Art. 5-6. of the Law on referenda: Questions attributed by legislation of Ukraine to a Court or Prosecutor's jurisdiction shall be not submitted to All-Ukrainian referendum, amnesty and pardon questions, as well as questions of extraordinary and urgent steps taken by State bodies of Ukraine to protect public order, health and security of citizens also may not be submitted to All-Ukrainian referendum; questions related to the election, appointment and exemption of officials under the jurisdiction of the Verkhovna Rada, the President and Cabinet of Ministries of Ukraine shall not be submitted to the mentioned referendum as well. Questions on disaffirmation of higher state and self-government bodies' legal resolutions; questions attributed to the jurisdiction of a Court or Prosecutor's office; questions related to election, appointment, and exception of officials under the jurisdiction of an appropriate local Council of peoples' deputies, and their executive, as well as administrative bodies may not be submitted to local referendum. Art. 6-1. Restrictions for Conduct of Referenda. Referenda on questions, not attributed to the Republic of Crimea, as well as local and regional self-governance bodies of administrative and territorial units' jurisdiction, are not allowed in Ukraine. The results of such referenda shall be considered as legally invalid.
Source: Art. 74, 155. of the Constitution Art. 5-6. of the Law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:24:56 UTC

a. Devolution

b. Creation/merger/abolition of sub-national authorities

c. Other public policy issues

d. Other (specify)

Comments: Art. 6 of the Law on referenda Other: -Questions attributed by legislation of Ukraine to local self-government jurisdiction of appropriate administrative and territorial unites, as well as questions on pre-term termination of appropriate Council of Peoples' deputies and its Chairperson's authorities may be submitted to local referendum. -The following questions within appropriate administrative and territorial units may be resolved exclusively by local Referenda: name and renameing of village Councils, settlement towns, rayons and regions (oblasts); merging in a simple unit of administrative and territorial units of the same, which have a common administrative center; alteration of local self-government's base level in rural districts (rayons), the questions of the reorganisation or liquidation of community-owned pre-school educational establishments, as well as pre-school educational establishments set up by the former agricultural collective and state-owned farms. -Questions on disaffirmation of higher state and self-government bodies' legal resolutions; questions attributed to the jurisdiction of a Court or Prosecutor's office; questions related to election, appointment, and exception of officials under the jurisdiction of an appropriate local Council of peoples' deputies, and their executive, as well as administrative bodies may not be submitted to local referendum
Source: Art. 6 of the Law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:25:36 UTC

c. President

d. Legislative majority

e. Registered electors

f. Other (specify)

Comments: to D: no less than one-half of all peoples' deputies of Ukraine, or peoples' deputies of a local council (Art. 13.) Art. 15-16. initiative groups: Art. 15. Realization of Citizens' of Ukraine Right to Demand Referenda. The right to initiate the collection of the signatures in favor of demand to conduct an All-Ukrainian referendum shall belong to the citizens of Ukraine, eligible to participate in a referendum, and the demand to call a local referendum - shall belong to the citizens of Ukraine, who permanently reside in the territory of an appropriate administrative and territorial unit, and who are eligible to participate in a referendum. The collection of signatures shall be organized and conducted by the initiative groups of the referendum, formed according to this Law. Art. 13 of the Law on referenda, Art. 72. para. 1 constitution
Source: Art. 13,15, 16. of the Law on referenda, Art. 72. para. 1 constitution
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:27:07 UTC

f. Other (specify who)

Comments: Referendum Initiative Group, art. 16 of the Law on referenda
Source: art. 16 of the Law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:27:35 UTC

f. Other (specify who)

Comments: Referendum Initiative Group, art. 16 of the Law on referenda
Source: art. 16 of the Law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:28:08 UTC

f. Not applicable

Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:28:29 UTC

f. Not applicable

Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:28:43 UTC

f. Not applicable

Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:29:01 UTC

f. Not applicable

Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:31:56 UTC

c. No quorum required x

Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:32:28 UTC

c. No quorom required x

Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:32:43 UTC

a. Simple majority (>50%)

Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:33:04 UTC

a. Simple majority (>50%)

Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:33:15 UTC

b. Residence

Comments: cf. ARTICLE 2. of the The Law of Ukraine "On Elections of People’s Deputies of Ukraine" and of the presidential elction act: General suffrage. 1. Elections of the President of Ukraine shall be universal: citizens of Ukraine who are 18 years of age on election day shall have the right to vote. and ARTICLE 7. of the law on referenda Principles of Citizens' Participation in Referenda. Citizens of Ukraine, who are 18 years of age on referendum day and who have their permanent residence in a territory of Ukraine or appropriate region, district, city, city district, settlement, and village Council, have the right to participate in All-Ukrainian and local referenda.
Source: ARTICLE 2. of The Law of Ukraine´"On Elections of People’s Deputies of Ukraine" and of the presidential elction act ARTICLE 7. of the law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:37:43 UTC

a. Always

Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:38:02 UTC

a. Always

Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:38:32 UTC

a. Constitutional amendments

b. Legislative proposals

c. Other (specify)

Comments: Art. 5-6. of the Law on referenda - right to self-determination and joining federative or confederative state formations, as well as leaving them may - Questions attributed by legislation of Ukraine to local self-government jurisdiction of appropriate administrative and territorial unites, as well as questions on pre-term termination of appropriate Council of Peoples' deputies and its Chairperson's authorities may be submitted to local referendum. The following questions within appropriate administrative and territorial units may be resolved exclusively by local Referenda: name and renameing of village Councils, settlement towns, rayons and regions (oblasts); merging in a simple unit of administrative and territorial units of the same, which have a common administrative center; alteration of local self-government's base level in rural districts (rayons), the questions of the reorganisation or liquidation of community-owned pre-school educational establishments, as well as pre-school educational establishments set up by the former agricultural collective and state-owned farms.
Source: Art. 5-6. of the Law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:38:59 UTC

d. Not applicable

Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:39:29 UTC

a. Constitutional amendments

h. Taxes and public expenditure commitments

i. Other public policy issues

j. Other (specify)

Comments: explicitly: Art. 74 of the Constitution (taxes, budget, amnesty) Indirectly: art. 155. A draft law on introducing amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine, with the exception of Chapter I — "General Principles," Chapter III — "Elections. Referendum," and Chapter XIII — "Introducing Amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine," previously adopted by the majority of the constitutional composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is deemed to be adopted, if at the next regular session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, no less than two-thirds of the constitutional composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine have voted in favour thereof. Art. 5-6. of the Law on referenda: Questions attributed by legislation of Ukraine to a Court or Prosecutor's jurisdiction shall be not submitted to All-Ukrainian referendum, amnesty and pardon questions, as well as questions of extraordinary and urgent steps taken by State bodies of Ukraine to protect public order, health and security of citizens also may not be submitted to All-Ukrainian referendum; questions related to the election, appointment and exemption of officials under the jurisdiction of the Verkhovna Rada, the President and Cabinet of Ministries of Ukraine shall not be submitted to the mentioned referendum as well. Questions on disaffirmation of higher state and self-government bodies' legal resolutions; questions attributed to the jurisdiction of a Court or Prosecutor's office; questions related to election, appointment, and exception of officials under the jurisdiction of an appropriate local Council of peoples' deputies, and their executive, as well as administrative bodies may not be submitted to local referendum. Art. 6-1. Restrictions for Conduct of Referenda. Referenda on questions, not attributed to the Republic of Crimea, as well as local and regional self-governance bodies of administrative and territorial units' jurisdiction, are not allowed in Ukraine. The results of such referenda shall be considered as legally invalid.
Source: Art. 74, 155 of the Constitution Art. 5-6. of the Law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:40:18 UTC

a. A number of individuals

b. Registered committee/organisation

Comments: Art. 16. Formation of Referenda Initiative Groups. The All-Ukrainian referendum initiative group shall be formed by citizens of Ukraine meeting, if no less than 200 persons, with the right to take part in a referendum, participate in it. The region (oblast), city (cities of republican or oblast subordination), rayon and city rayon referendum initiative group shall be formed by citizens of Ukraine meeting, if no less than 200 citizens, and the city (cities of rayon subordination), settlement, and village referendum initiative group - by meetings, if no less than 50 citizens of Ukraine, eligible to participate in a referendum, and who permanently reside in the appropriate territory.
Source: Art. 16. of law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:41:44 UTC

b. General explanation of purpose

c. Full proposed text

d. Other (specify)

Comments: Art. 16. Before the beginning of the meeting [of the initiative group] its participants shall be registered, and the list of the participants, which includes then surname, patronymic, and address shall be compiled. A Chairperson and a Secretary of the meeting shall be elected by its participants. The further agenda of the meeting must contain a discussion of both the advisability to conduct a referendum, and a draft of the question proposed to be submitted to it. In case the proposal to conduct a referendum, and a wording of the question proposed to be submitted to this referendum, shall be supported, the initiative group entrusted with collection of citizens signatures, shall be elected. The All-Ukrainian referendum initiative group shall consist of no less than 20 citizens of Ukraine, who have the right to participate in a referendum. The local referendum initiative group shall consist of no less than 10 citizens of Ukraine, who have the right to participate in a referendum and permanently reside in the territory of an appropriate administrative and territorial unit. Minutes of the meeting shall be compiled which must include information on results of voting of all agenda items. Meeting documents - participants list, minutes of the meeting, and the exact wording of the question proposed to be submitted to a referendum, as well as the list of an initiative group, which includes dates of documents to establish their identities, shall be certified be the signatures of the Chairperson and the Secretary of the meeting. To Other: participants list, minutes of the meeting
Source: art. 16. of law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:42:51 UTC

a. Proponents of the initiative

Last updated: 2005-03-17 17:54:50 UTC

f. Not applicable

Last updated: 2005-03-17 17:55:04 UTC

h. Not applicable

Last updated: 2005-03-17 18:51:38 UTC

e. None

Last updated: 2005-03-17 18:52:09 UTC

d. Not applicable

Last updated: 2005-03-17 19:13:10 UTC

f. Other (specify who)

Comments: Citizens, political parties, public organizations, mass movements, and labor collectives shall have the right to free campaign publicity "for" a proposal to declare the Referenda, to adopt a law or other decision submitted for referendum, as well as against proposals to declare the referendum, to adopt a law or a decision.
Source: art. 8 of law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 19:15:51 UTC

a. Proponents of the initiative

Comments: But the legislature discuss the whole material of the initiative groups, and in case of violation of the law can reject it.
Source: art. 21. of the law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 19:38:39 UTC

a. Within a certain time limit (specify)

Comments: Art.22. On the resolution on calling the referendum the following shall be defined: date of the referendum; the title of the draft of the Law or resolution; the content of the question for referendum. The date for the all-Ukrainian referendum shall be appointed no earlier than 3 and no later than 4 months before its conduct. The local referendum shall be appointed no earlier than one month and no later than two months from the day the resolution on its conduct was adopted.
Source: Art.22. of law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:44:45 UTC

a. Members of the national legislature

b. President

e. Members of provincial / local legislature bodies

j. Other (specify)

Comments: to a, e and j: national legislature, not its members ARTICLE 13. Calling of Referenda on Citizens of Ukraine and People Deputies' demand. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall call All-Ukrainian referendum ...on questions of pre-termination of the Verkhovna Rada and the President of Ukraine, in case it shall be demanded by not less than three million of citizens of Ukraine, who have the right to participate in a referendum; 2)...The local council of the peoples' deputies shall also call a local referendum if not less than one-half of the total number of Council peoples' deputies demand or if the demand is signed by ten percent of the citizens of Ukraine, who permanently reside in the territory of appropriate administrative and territorial unit, and who have the right to participate in the referendum. Art. 6. Questions Submitted to Local Referenda. Questions attributed by legislation of Ukraine to local self-government jurisdiction of appropriate administrative and territorial unites, as well as questions on pre-term termination of appropriate Council of Peoples' deputies and its Chairperson's authorities may be submitted to local referendum.
Source: art. 6. and 13. of law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 13:31:45 UTC

a. none

Last updated: 2005-03-17 13:32:23 UTC

a. Within a certain time limit (specify)

Comments: general referenda rules apply: art. 22. The date for the all-Ukrainian referendum shall be appointed no earlier than 3 and no later than 4 months before its conduct. The local referendum shall be appointed no earlier than one month and no later than two months from the day the resolution on its conduct was adopted.
Source: art. 22. of law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 13:35:50 UTC

c. Not applicable

Last updated: 2005-03-17 13:36:18 UTC

Last updated: 2005-03-17 13:36:52 UTC

a. Fixed number 3 000 000
b. Proportion of the electorate 10 %

Comments: 3 000 000 in the case of All-Ukrainian and 10 % in the case of local referendum
Source: art. 13. of the law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 17:51:40 UTC

a. Fixed number 3 000 000
b. Proportion of the electorate 10 %

Comments: 3 000 000 for an All-Ukrainian, and 10 % for a local referendum
Source: art. 13. of the law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 17:52:56 UTC

a. Fixed number 3 000 000
b. Proportion of the electorate 10 %

Comments: ARTICLE 13. Calling of Referenda on Citizens of Ukraine and People Deputies' demand. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall call All-Ukrainian referendum 1) on questions of approval or abolition of the Constitution of Ukraine as well as on questions of pre-termination of the Verkhovna Rada and the President of Ukraine, in case it shall be demanded by not less than three million of citizens of Ukraine, who have the right to participate in a referendum; 2) on questions of approval or abolishing of the Constitution of Ukraine or other legislative acts of Ukraine, which, according to this Law may be submitted to All-Ukrainian referendum, except questions on the pre-term termination of the authorities of the Verkhovna Rada and the President of Ukraine, if this shall be demanded by not less that one-half of peoples' deputies of Ukraine. The local council of the peoples' deputies shall also call a local referendum if not less than one-half of the total number of Council peoples' deputies demand or if the demand is signed by ten percent of the citizens of Ukraine, who permanently reside in the territory of appropriate administrative and territorial unit, and who have the right to participate in the referendum.
Source: ARTICLE 13. of the law on Referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 13:47:07 UTC

Comments: there is no agenda initiative in Ukrainian law
Last updated: 2005-03-17 13:47:36 UTC

a. Fixed time period (specify)

Comments: Art. 16 of the Law on referenda: The total term for collection of signatures on the question of all-Ukrainian referendum conduct, should not exceed three months, as for local referendum - one month from the day the first initiative group on an appropriate referendum was certified on registration.
Source: Art. 16 of the Law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:49:29 UTC

a. Fixed time period (specify)

Comments: Art. 16 of the Law on referenda: The total term for collection of signatures on the question of all-Ukrainian referendum conduct, should not exceed three months, as for local referendum - one month from the day the first initiative group on an appropriate referendum was certified on registration.
Source: Art. 16 of the Law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:50:13 UTC

a. Fixed time period (specify)

Comments: Art. 16 of the Law on referenda: The total term for collection of signatures on the question of all-Ukrainian referendum conduct, should not exceed three months, as for local referendum - one month from the day the first initiative group on an appropriate referendum was certified on registration.
Source: Art. 16 of the Law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:50:40 UTC

c. Not applicable

Comments: there is no agenda initiative in Ukraine
Last updated: 2005-03-17 13:48:39 UTC

a. Signatories must be registered

Comments: Art. 18. of the Law on referenda Every petition form must have a name, the ordinal number of the initiative group, the ordinal number of the petition form, as well as the wording of the question, suggested to submit to referendum. A sample of the petition forms of all-Ukrainian and local referenda shall be approved by the Central Commission on all-Ukrainian referendum. Members of the initiative group must notify the citizens of Ukraine that they may sign only one petition form with a given demand to conduct the referendum. The citizen of Ukraine, who supports the demand to conduct the referendum, shall place his signature on the petition form, indicating at the same time his surname, name, patronymic and the date of the signature. According to documents of the citizen, the member of the initiative group shall indicate in the petition form the date of his birth and place of permanent residence. If a document to establish the identity of a citizen is absent, his signature is deemed void and shall not be counted. When the petition form is completed, the total number of citizens' signatures shall be counted. The correctness of information in the petition form shall be certified by signatures of two members of the initiative group. During 10 days after the last day the citizens' signatures were placed in the petition form, and no later than the fixed term designated to collect signatures under the given demand to conduct a referendum, the signatures of the members of the initiative group in the petition form must be certified by a signature of an official person specially authorized for that by the Chairperson of rayon, city (cities of republican and oblast subordination) Council of peoples' deputies which registered the local referendum initiative group. The petition form may be copied.
Source: Art. 18. of the Law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:51:42 UTC

a. Signatories must be registered

Comments: Art. 18. of the Law on referenda Every petition form must have a name, the ordinal number of the initiative group, the ordinal number of the petition form, as well as the wording of the question, suggested to submit to referendum. A sample of the petition forms of all-Ukrainian and local referenda shall be approved by the Central Commission on all-Ukrainian referendum. Members of the initiative group must notify the citizens of Ukraine that they may sign only one petition form with a given demand to conduct the referendum. The citizen of Ukraine, who supports the demand to conduct the referendum, shall place his signature on the petition form, indicating at the same time his surname, name, patronymic and the date of the signature. According to documents of the citizen, the member of the initiative group shall indicate in the petition form the date of his birth and place of permanent residence. If a document to establish the identity of a citizen is absent, his signature is deemed void and shall not be counted. When the petition form is completed, the total number of citizens' signatures shall be counted. The correctness of information in the petition form shall be certified by signatures of two members of the initiative group. During 10 days after the last day the citizens' signatures were placed in the petition form, and no later than the fixed term designated to collect signatures under the given demand to conduct a referendum, the signatures of the members of the initiative group in the petition form must be certified by a signature of an official person specially authorized for that by the Chairperson of rayon, city (cities of republican and oblast subordination) Council of peoples' deputies which registered the local referendum initiative group. The petition form may be copied.
Source: Art. 18. of the Law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:52:07 UTC

a. Signatories must be registered

Comments: Art. 18. of the Law on referenda Every petition form must have a name, the ordinal number of the initiative group, the ordinal number of the petition form, as well as the wording of the question, suggested to submit to referendum. A sample of the petition forms of all-Ukrainian and local referenda shall be approved by the Central Commission on all-Ukrainian referendum. Members of the initiative group must notify the citizens of Ukraine that they may sign only one petition form with a given demand to conduct the referendum. The citizen of Ukraine, who supports the demand to conduct the referendum, shall place his signature on the petition form, indicating at the same time his surname, name, patronymic and the date of the signature. According to documents of the citizen, the member of the initiative group shall indicate in the petition form the date of his birth and place of permanent residence. If a document to establish the identity of a citizen is absent, his signature is deemed void and shall not be counted. When the petition form is completed, the total number of citizens' signatures shall be counted. The correctness of information in the petition form shall be certified by signatures of two members of the initiative group. During 10 days after the last day the citizens' signatures were placed in the petition form, and no later than the fixed term designated to collect signatures under the given demand to conduct a referendum, the signatures of the members of the initiative group in the petition form must be certified by a signature of an official person specially authorized for that by the Chairperson of rayon, city (cities of republican and oblast subordination) Council of peoples' deputies which registered the local referendum initiative group. The petition form may be copied.
Source: Art. 18. of the Law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:52:27 UTC

e. Not applicable

Last updated: 2005-03-17 10:52:39 UTC

a. Fixed number 3 000 000
b. Proportion of the electorate 10 %

Comments: The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall call All-Ukrainian referendum 1) ... on questions of pre-termination of the Verkhovna Rada and the President of Ukraine, in case it shall be demanded by not less than three million of citizens of Ukraine, who have the right to participate in a referendum; 2) on questions of approval or abolishing of the Constitution of Ukraine or other legislative acts of Ukraine, which, according to this Law may be submitted to All-Ukrainian referendum, except questions on the pre-term termination of the authorities of the Verkhovna Rada and the President of Ukraine, if this shall be demanded by not less that one-half of peoples' deputies of Ukraine. The local council of the peoples' deputies shall also call a local referendum if not less than one-half of the total number of Council peoples' deputies demand or if the demand is signed by ten percent of the citizens of Ukraine, who permanently reside in the territory of appropriate administrative and territorial unit, and who have the right to participate in the referendum.
Source: art. 13. of law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 13:27:26 UTC

a. Fixed time period (specify)

Comments: general rules apply: art. 22. The date for the all-Ukrainian referendum shall be appointed no earlier than 3 and no later than 4 months before its conduct. The local referendum shall be appointed no earlier than one month and no later than two months from the day the resolution on its conduct was adopted.
Source: art. 22 of the law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 13:50:25 UTC

g. Not applicable

Last updated: 2005-03-17 17:48:20 UTC

a. Anywhere

Last updated: 2005-03-17 17:48:46 UTC

a. Anywhere

Last updated: 2005-03-17 17:49:03 UTC

g. Not applicable

Last updated: 2005-03-17 17:49:17 UTC

a. Anywhere

Last updated: 2005-03-17 17:49:32 UTC

c. Other (specify)

Comments: The citizen of Ukraine, who supports the demand to conduct the referendum, shall place his signature on the petition form, indicating at the same time his surname, name, patronymic and the date of the signature. According to documents of the citizen, the member of the initiative group shall indicate in the petition form the date of his birth and place of permanent residence. If a document to establish the identity of a citizen is absent, his signature is deemed void and shall not be counted. When the petition form is completed, the total number of citizens' signatures shall be counted. The correctness of information in the petition form shall be certified by signatures of two members of the initiative group.
Source: art. 18. of law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 14:47:58 UTC

c. Other (specify)

Comments: The citizen of Ukraine, who supports the demand to conduct the referendum, shall place his signature on the petition form, indicating at the same time his surname, name, patronymic and the date of the signature. According to documents of the citizen, the member of the initiative group shall indicate in the petition form the date of his birth and place of permanent residence. If a document to establish the identity of a citizen is absent, his signature is deemed void and shall not be counted. When the petition form is completed, the total number of citizens' signatures shall be counted. The correctness of information in the petition form shall be certified by signatures of two members of the initiative group.
Source: art. 18. of law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 14:48:30 UTC

c. Other (specify)

Comments: The citizen of Ukraine, who supports the demand to conduct the referendum, shall place his signature on the petition form, indicating at the same time his surname, name, patronymic and the date of the signature. According to documents of the citizen, the member of the initiative group shall indicate in the petition form the date of his birth and place of permanent residence. If a document to establish the identity of a citizen is absent, his signature is deemed void and shall not be counted. When the petition form is completed, the total number of citizens' signatures shall be counted. The correctness of information in the petition form shall be certified by signatures of two members of the initiative group.
Source: art. 18. of law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 14:49:06 UTC

e. Not applicable

Comments: there is no agenda initiative in Ukraine
Last updated: 2005-03-17 14:49:39 UTC

c. Other (specify)

Comments: The citizen of Ukraine, who supports the demand to conduct the referendum, shall place his signature on the petition form, indicating at the same time his surname, name, patronymic and the date of the signature. According to documents of the citizen, the member of the initiative group shall indicate in the petition form the date of his birth and place of permanent residence. If a document to establish the identity of a citizen is absent, his signature is deemed void and shall not be counted. When the petition form is completed, the total number of citizens' signatures shall be counted. The correctness of information in the petition form shall be certified by signatures of two members of the initiative group.
Source: art. 18. of law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 14:50:12 UTC

c. Requirement for signature collectors to be registered electors

e. Other (specify)

Comments: the initiative group must be registered, too. cf. art. 17 and 18. The day the initiative group has received the certificate of registration, it has the right to organize and unrestrictedly collect the signatures on forms for citizens signatures demanding the conduct of the referendum (petition forms).
Source: art.17-18. of law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 15:00:13 UTC

c. Requirement for signature collectors to be registered electors

e. Other (specify)

Comments: the initiative group must be registered, too. cf. art. 17 and 18. The day the initiative group has received the certificate of registration, it has the right to organize and unrestrictedly collect the signatures on forms for citizens signatures demanding the conduct of the referendum (petition forms).
Source: art. 17-18. of law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 15:00:57 UTC

c. Requirement for signature collectors to be registered electors

e. Other (specify)

Comments: the initiative group must be registered, too. cf. art. 17 and 18. The day the initiative group has received the certificate of registration, it has the right to organize and unrestrictedly collect the signatures on forms for citizens signatures demanding the conduct of the referendum (petition forms).
Source: art. 17-8. of law on referenda
Last updated: 2005-03-17 15:01:29 UTC

a. Name of Institution CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION
b. Full Address 1. LESI UKRAINKY SQUARE, 01196 KYIV, UKR
c. Telephone +380-44-294-64-52
d. Facsimile +380-44-296-84-62
e. Email RYABEC(a)CVK.UKRPACK.NET
f. Website Address WWW.CVK. GOV
g. Name and Title of Chairperson/President MICHAILO RYABEC
h. Information Officer SVETLANA KRAVCOVA
i. Official language of the electoral law governing national elections UKRAINIAN

Source: The Association of Central and Eastern European Election Officials (ACEEEO) Secretariat, aceeeo(a)axelero.hu
Last updated: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 13:33:28 GMT

a. National level

b. Regional level

c. Local level

Comments: The Central Election Commission (hereinafter - the Commission) is a permanently acting state body, which shall according to the Constitution of Ukraine, this and other laws of Ukraine ensure the organization of preparation and conduct of elections of the President of Ukraine, the People's Deputies of Ukraine, as well as all-Ukrainian referendums. The Commission shall render consultative-methodical support for the elections to local radas, of village, settlement, city chairmen, and for the conduct of local referendums. The Commission shall head the system of election commissions (territorial, constituency, polling station), which are formed for the preparation and conduct of elections of the President of Ukraine, the People's Deputies of Ukraine and of all-ukrainian referendum, and shall direct their activities. The Commission is a legal entity, it has its own seal with its name.
Source: Law on Central Election Commission, article 1
Last updated: 2008-01-21 14:05:49 UTC

c. The legislature

Comments: The Commission is an independent state body which shall exercise its authorities autonomously, independently of other state bodies and bodies of the local self-government. The Commission shall present annual reports on the use of the budgetary funds to the Accounting Chamber of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Source: Law on Central Election Commission, article 28(1)
Last updated: 2008-01-21 14:05:49 UTC

c. The legislature

Comments: Expenditures connected with the activity of the Commission and its Secretariat shall be financed at the expense of funds from the state budget. The amount of these funds shall, upon the submission of the Chairman of the Commission, be determined in the draft Law on the State budget of Ukraine as a separate rank.
Source: Law on Central Election Commission, article 28(1)
Last updated: 2008-01-21 14:05:49 UTC

c. The legislature

Comments: The Commission shall submit to the Accounting Chamber of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine a financial report on the usage of funds from the State Budget of Ukraine allocated for the preparation and conduct, respectively, of the elections of the President of Ukraine, People's Deputies of Ukraine and of all-Ukrainian referendums no later than 3 months from the day of the official publication of the general election results or results of an all-ukrainian referendum.
Source: Law on Central Election Commission, article 16
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:16:08 GMT

b. For a term of _________ years

Comments: The term of the authority of the Commission members shall be 6 years.
Source: Law on Central Election Commission, article 6
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:16:55 GMT

a. Elected (specify by whom)

Comments: The Chairman of the Commission, Deputy Chairman of the Commission, Secretary of the Commission shall be elected from the Commission members through secret voting, at its session.
Source: Law on Central Electoral Commission, article 6
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:17:45 GMT

a. estimated total: 51 000 000 USD

Comments: 51 000 000 USD
Source: Svetlana Kravcova, Information Officer at the Central Election Commission, tel. +380-44-294-93-66 (Aug 2002)
Last updated: 2008-01-21 14:05:49 UTC

a. Total number: 36 900 000

Source: Final Report on Ukrainian Elections (OSCE), www.osce.org/odihr/elections/field activities/ukraine2002
Last updated: 2008-01-21 14:05:49 UTC

a. USD/registered voter 1.4

Source: Svetlana Kravcova, Information Officer at the Central Election Commission, tel. +380-44-294-93-66
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 08:17:52 GMT

Last updated: 2008-01-21 14:05:49 UTC

b. Directly elected in general elections (simple majority)

Source: Law on Elections of the President of Ukraine (1994), article 46.
Last updated: 2004-05-17 14:59:29 UTC

c. Indirectly elected by legislature/chosen by parliament

Comments: The Prime Minister of Ukraine is appointed by the President of Ukraine with the consent of more than one-half of the constitutional composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Source: Constitution, article 114
Last updated: 2006-11-23 10:42:39 UTC

a. Yes

Comments: The President of Ukraine is the Head of State.
Source: Constitution, article 103
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 12:19:10 GMT

a. One chamber

Comments: The sole body of legislative power in Ukraine is the Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Source: Constitution, article 75
Last updated: 2006-11-23 10:42:39 UTC

g. List Proportional Representation

Comments: List PR with a nationwide electoral district.
Source: The Law on Elections of Peoples of Ukraine, article 16
Last updated: 2006-11-23 10:42:39 UTC

k. The national legislature consists of one chamber only

Source: Constitution, article 75
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 12:28:30 GMT

a. National level

b. Specially delimited constituencies

Comments: 225 candidates are elected in single-mandate constituencies created by the Central Election Commission, and 225 persons in multi-mandate constituency that incorporate territory of the whole country.
Source: The Law on Elections of Peoples of Ukraine, article 16
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 12:30:01 GMT

d. Not applicable

Comments: The Parliament in Ukraine is unicameral.
Source: Constitution, article 75
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 12:31:09 GMT

b. No

Source: The Law on Elections of Peoples of Ukraine
Last updated: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 08:08:33 GMT

e. Not applicable Na

Source: The Law on Elections of Peoples of Ukraine
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:59:00 GMT

c. The national legislature consists of one chamber only

Source: Constitution, article 75 The Law on Elections of Peoples of Ukraine
Last updated: 2006-11-23 10:42:39 UTC

e. Not applicable Na

Comments: The national legislature only consists of one chamber.
Source: The Law on Elections of Peoples of Ukraine
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 12:37:09 GMT

b. Specify the percentage:

Comments: Both alternative a.) and b.) are applicable: Half of the Supreme Council's seats are allocated on a proportional basis to those parties that gain 4% or more of the national electoral vote. The other 225 members are elected by popular vote in single-mandate constituencies.
Source: The Law on Elections of Peoples of Ukraine, article 1
Last updated: 2006-11-23 10:42:39 UTC

c. Not applicable

Comments: c.) The national legislature only consists of one chamber.
Source: Constitution, article 75 The Law on Elections of Peoples of Ukraine
Last updated: 2006-11-23 10:42:39 UTC

a. No minimum

Comments: Only candidates can compete in a single-mandate constituency and in these constituencies the winner is the one who gets the relative majority of the votes.
Source: The Law on Elections of Peoples of Ukraine, article 74
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 12:49:17 GMT

c. Not applicable

Comments: c.) The national legislature only consists of one chamber.
Source: Constitution, article 75 The Law on Elections of Peoples of Ukraine
Last updated: 2006-11-23 10:42:39 UTC

a. At fixed intervals (specify length)

b. Elections can be called at any time (specify by whom)

c. On a fixed day of the week (specify day, specify if holiday)

Comments: a.) Every 4 years b.) In case parliament is dissolved earlier. c.) Regular elections shall take place on the last Sunday of March of the fourth year of authority of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Source: The Law on Elections of Peoples of Ukraine, article 6
Last updated: 2006-11-23 10:42:39 UTC

e. Not applicable

Comments: e.) The national legislature only consists of one chamber.
Source: Constitution, article 75 The Law on Elections of Peoples of Ukraine
Last updated: 2006-11-23 10:42:39 UTC

a. Voting takes place on one day

Comments: As a rule it takes place the last Sunday of March every forth year.
Source: The Law on Elections of Peoples of Ukraine, article 6
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 13:02:30 GMT

c. Not applicable

Comments: c.) The national legislature only consists of one chamber.
Source: Constitution, article 75 The Law on Elections of Peoples of Ukraine
Last updated: 2006-11-23 10:42:39 UTC

a. Part of Constitution

b. Separate legislation

c. Decree

Comments: Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine Law on Structure and Size of the New Parliament of Ukraine Law of Ukraine on Public Associations Law on Election of President of Ukraine Law of Ukraine on Political Parties Law of Ukraine on the Elections of the Deputies of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Decree of the President of Ukraine on Transparency
Source: Electoral Acts www.osce.org/odihr/elections/field_activities/Ukraine2002/
Last updated: 2006-11-21 21:19:41 UTC

a. January 2000 or later

Comments: Last amendment: 2002.01.17.
Source: Svetlana Kravcova, Information Officer at the Central Election Commission, tel. +380-44-294-93-66
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 13:26:16 GMT

a. National elections

b. Regional elections

c. Local elections

d. Referendums

Comments: Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, Law on Structure and Size of the New Parliament of Ukraine, Law of Ukraine on Public Associations, Law on Election of President of Ukraine, Law of Ukraine on Political Parties, Law of Ukraine on the Elections of the Deputies of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Decree of the President of Ukraine on Transparency
Source: Electoral Acts
Last updated: 2006-03-15 12:13:32 UTC

a. Voting is voluntary

Comments: a) Voting is voluntary and it shall be considered that voters who did not participate in voting during elections support the results of the expressed will of those voters who voted during the elections.
Source: The Law on Elections of Peoples of Ukraine, article 1(4)
Last updated: 2006-11-21 21:19:41 UTC

b. National elections are held on the same day as regional and local elections

Comments: The voter receives five ballots: List of parties to Verkhovna Rada, list of candidates to Verkhovna Rada, lists of candidates to the Regional Council, lists of candidates to the Local Council, lists of candidates to the Post of Mayor
Source: Svetlana Kravcova, Information Officer at the Central Election Commission, tel. +380-44-294-93-66 Marianna Hornyak, Country expert, tel. +380-3122-54369
Last updated: 2006-11-21 21:19:41 UTC

a. Presidential elections are not held on the same day as national legislative elections

Comments: Presidential elections are held on the last Sunday in October(parliamentary elections are held on the last Sunday in March) every fifth year.
Source: Constitution, chapter 4-5
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 13:44:15 GMT

a. Judiciary

b. EMB

Comments: The Central Election Commission consider appeals and complaints of citizens regarding the decision and action or inactivity of the Election Commission except for appeals and complaints regarding errors in the voter's list. If no other procedure of appeals is established by the law and action or inaction is committed directed toward violation of this law persons or group of citizens can ask the court to consider the case.
Source: Law on Central Election Commission of Ukraine, article 14 (24-25) Law on Election of the President, article 19
Last updated: 2006-11-21 21:19:41 UTC

h. Not applicable

Comments: But there is a draft for the creation of a administrative specialised court on electoral disputes.
Source: Svetlana Kravcova, Information Officer at the Central Election Commission, tel. +380-44-294-93-66
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 13:58:11 GMT

a. Candidates

b. Parties

c. Voters

e. Other

Comments: a.) Candidates for deputies and their authorized persons. 1. The Central Election Commission may declare elections void if, during the course of their conduct or tabulation of votes, there were violations of this Law which influenced the outcomes of elections. 2. A request to declare the elections void can be submitted to the Central Election Commission by a person who nominated as a candidate for deputy, a political party, electoral bloc of parties whose lists of candidates for deputy were registered according to this Law, or by their authorized persons, as well as by the bodies of the procurator's office of Ukraine within ten days after the day of publicizing the results of the elections by the constituency election commission. 3. Decision of the Central Elections Commission to declare the elections void, to refuse to declare the elections void or non-adoption of a decision on this issue can be appealed to the court by the procedure established by law.
Source: Law on Elections of Peoples Deputies of Ukraine, article 47 (1-3)
Last updated: 2006-11-21 21:19:41 UTC

c. Superior Court

Comments: c.)Decision of the Central Elections Commission to declare the elections void, to refuse to declare the elections void or non-adoption of a decision on this issue can be appealed to the court by the procedure established by law.
Source: Law on Elections of Peoples Deputies of Ukraine, article 47 (3) Svetlana Kravcova, Information Officer at the Central Election Commission, tel. +380-44-294-93-66
Last updated: 2006-11-21 21:19:41 UTC

b. Legislative Committee

f. Other

Comments: b.) Any deputy of the Parliament f.) The President
Source: Svetlana Kravcova, Information Officer at the Central Election Commission, tel. +380-44-294-93-66
Last updated: 2006-11-21 21:19:41 UTC

b. Government owned

c. Privately owned

Comments: ad b: Ukraine – at least until the recent change in 2005 – is well-known for its either state- or oligarch-controlled broadcasting media, see e.g. the Special Report of the Freedom House (UNDER ASSAULT. UKRAINE’S NEWS MEDIA AND THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS)www.freedomhouse.org cf. Law on public television and radio broadcasting system, which establishes the legal framework of publicly owned media, but is implemented as it were government owned: http://www.ijnet.org/fe_article/medialaw.asp?uilang=1&cid=25303 ad c: the privately owned media are often strongly influenced by political interests
Source: www.freedomhouse.org/research/nitransit/ukraine2004.pdf
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

b. Government owned

c. Privately owned

Comments: ad b: Ukraine – at least until the recent change in 2005 – is well-known for its either state- or oligarch-controlled broadcasting media, see e.g. the Special Report of the Freedom House (UNDER ASSAULT. UKRAINE’S NEWS MEDIA AND THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS)www.freedomhouse.org cf. Law on public television and radio broadcasting system, which establishes the legal framework of publicly owned media, but is implemented as it were government owned: http://www.ijnet.org/fe_article/medialaw.asp?uilang=1&cid=25303 ad c: the privately owned media are often strongly influenced by political interests
Source: www.freedomhouse.org/research/nitransit/ukraine2004.pdf
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

b. Government owned

c. Privately owned

Comments: ad b: Ukraine – at least until the recent change in 2005 – is well-known for its either state- or oligarch-controlled broadcasting media, see e.g. the Special Report of the Freedom House (UNDER ASSAULT. UKRAINE’S NEWS MEDIA AND THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS)www.freedomhouse.org cf. Law on public television and radio broadcasting system, which establishes the legal framework of publicly owned media, but is implemented as it were government owned: http://www.ijnet.org/fe_article/medialaw.asp?uilang=1&cid=25303 ad c: the privately owned media are often strongly influenced by political interests
Source: www.freedomhouse.org/research/nitransit/ukraine2004.pdf http://www.cvu.org.ua/?menu=chronicles&po=doc&lang=eng&date_end=2004-09-20&date_beg=2005-03-19&id=646
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

c. Competition exists between government newspaper and at least one private newspaper

Comments: The competition is made extreme hard. The work of journalists is – or at least until recently was – made almost impossible through censorship, threat and crime, cf. e.g. the Special Report of the Freedom House (UNDER ASSAULT. UKRAINE’S NEWS MEDIA AND THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS)www.freedomhouse.org the privately owned media are often strongly influenced by political interests
Source: www.freedomhouse.org/research/nitransit/ukraine2004.pdf http://www.cvu.org.ua/?menu=chronicles&po=doc&lang=eng&date_end=2004-09-20&date_beg=2005-03-19&id=646
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

a. Over 60%

Source: http://www.vlada.kiev.ua/ums/serj/tve.htm
Last updated: 2005-04-02 14:09:25 UTC

a. Over 60%

Source: http://www.vlada.kiev.ua/ums/serj/tve.htm
Last updated: 2005-04-02 14:24:26 UTC

e. Print media

Comments: Censorship and self-censorship has been - at least until the recent Orange Revolution - present in the whole Ukrainian media.
Source: www.freedomhouse.org/research/nitransit/ukraine2004.pdf
Last updated: 2005-04-02 14:12:29 UTC

a. a

Comments: Law on information, October 2, 1992. #2657-XII
Source: http://www.ijnet.org/FE_Article/MediaLaw.asp?UILang=1&CID=25317
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

a. L

Source: http://www.ijnet.org/FE_Article/MediaLaw.asp?UILang=1&CID=25303
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

a. Over 60%

Source: http://www.vlada.kiev.ua/ums/serj/tve.htm
Last updated: 2005-04-02 14:30:43 UTC

a. Over 60 %

Source: http://www.vlada.kiev.ua/ums/serj/tve.htm
Last updated: 2005-04-02 14:31:03 UTC

d. Public television

f. Private television

Comments: Although they are not reliable.
Source: Special Report of the Freedom House (UNDER ASSAULT. UKRAINE’S NEWS MEDIA AND THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS)www.freedomhouse.org
Last updated: 2005-04-02 14:32:16 UTC

b. Private radio

e. Print media

Comments: Censorship and self-censorship has been - at least until the recent Orange Revolution - present in the whole Ukrainian media.
Source: CF. Special Report of the Freedom House (UNDER ASSAULT. UKRAINE’S NEWS MEDIA AND THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS)www.freedomhouse.org www.freedomhouse.org/research/nitransit/ukraine2004.pdf
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

a. a

Comments: The Law on the public television and radio broadcasting system does not contain any explicit guarantee
Source: The Law on the public television and radio broadcasting http://www.ijnet.org/FE_Article/MediaLaw.asp?UILang=1&CID=25303
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

a. a

Comments: Law On Television and Radio Broadcasting, 1995
Source: http://www.ijnet.org/FE_Article/MediaLaw.asp?UILang=1&CID=25310
Last updated: 2005-04-02 14:35:17 UTC

c. Other (specify)

Comments: National Television and Broadcasting Council of Ukraine grants licences. It cannot be said independent, because its members are appointed partly by the Supreme Council (Parliament), partly by the President.
Source: Art.2 and 5. of the law on National Television and Broadcasting Council
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

a. Political parties

b. Private companies

c. Non governmental organisations

e. Government departments

f. State owned companies

g. Other

Comments: According to Art. 13. of the law on Broadcasting the right to establish tele-radio organisations in Ukraine belongs to the citizens of Ukraine who are not limited in legal capacity, the Supreme Council of Ukraine, the President of Ukraine and other juridical persons of Ukraine. D: prohibited
Source: Art. 13. of the law on Broadcasting
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

a. a

Comments: Art. 5. of the Law on television and radio broadcasting: In cases of violation by a tele-radio organisation of applicable legislation of Ukraine and the conditions stipulated in the license, the National Council may: temporarily (up to two months) suspend operation of the license; revoke the license if: a tele-radio organisation has violated requirements of Article 2 of this Law; a tele-radio organisation despite the warning and temporal suspension of its operation, goes on violating applicable legislation and the conditions stipulated in the license. Art. 2. Tele-radio organizations of Ukraine in their activity recognize the principles of objectivity, reliability of information. competency, guaranteeing to each citizen a right of access to information, free expression of their views and opinions, securing of ideological and political pluralism, and observance by tele-radio employed of professional ethics and universal moral norms. Tele-radio organizations do not have the right in their programs to divulge information constituting state secrets or other secrets protected by legislation, to call for forcible change or overthrow of the existing state or public order or for violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine, to disseminate propaganda advocating war, violence, brutality, or arousal of racial, national, or religious enmity, or to disseminate pornographic or other information which undermines public morals, incites violation of the law. or degrades the honor and dignity of a person.
Source: Art. 5. of the Law on television and radio broadcasting
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

b. No

Comments: Maybe currently not, but the threat – at least until the recent changes – exists
Source: e.g. www.freedomhouse.org
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

a. Law

b. Secondary legislation (e.g. regulations)

Source: Art. 28. of the Law on television and radio broadcasting Art. 5. of the Law on television and radio broadcasting
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

a. Statutory regulator (e.g. broadcasting licensing body)

g. EMB by law or regulations

Source: Art. 19. of the law on the Central Election Commission, Art. 5. of the Law on television and radio broadcasting
Last updated: 2005-04-02 15:09:05 UTC

a. Yes

Comments: It determines, in accordance with the law, the procedure for the use of mass media during the pre-election campaign;
Source: Art. 19. 18) Law On CEC
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

d. Not applicable

Comments: The Central Electon Commission has the rigt to launch law enforcement processes by the competent authority: Art. 13. par.4. of the Law on CEC: If signs of a committed crime or other infringements of the law are detected in the process of considering issues at the session of the Commission, the Commis­si­on shall take a decision to address the respective law enforcement agencies with a re­quest and submit the respective materials to them. The law enforcement agency, to which the mentioned materials have been submitted, shall inform the Commission about the results of the consideration of the request or the measures taken within the terms established by law.
Source: Art. 13. par.4. of the Law on CEC
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

a. Yes

Comments: There is a general and a special right to reply: General: Art. 43. of Law on television and radio broadcasting: Right of Reply, Refutation, or Personal Commentary about Circumstances A tele-radio organization shall make available to citizens and representatives of organizations whose interests are damaged by the dissemination of information an opportunity to reply, refute, or provide a personal commentary on the circumstances of the matter. If information disseminated in a tele-radio broadcast degrades the honor and the dignity of a citizen or is false, it shall at the request of the interested person be retracted by the tele-radio organization that disseminated the information within one month. The content and timing of the response shall be determined by agreement of the interested party. Disputes concerning implementation of the above rights shall be adjudicated by a court. Special right to reply: Art. 56. of the parliamentary electoral law: 5. Any mass media entity that promulgated information deemed evidently incorrect by a party (bloc) or a candidate for deputy shall be obligated, not later than within three days from the date of promulgation of the said information and at least two days prior to the election day, to provide an authorized person of the said party (bloc) or of the said candidate for deputy, if they so request, with an opportunity to refute the promulgated information, by granting them the same amount of broadcast time on television or radio, or by publishing the material submitted by the said party (bloc) or candidate for deputy, which shall be printed with the same font under the heading "Refutation" and in the same place of the type page, and be of no smaller size than that of the publication refuted. Any refutation shall bear references to the corresponding publication in the printed mass media or the television or radio broadcast, and the facts being refuted. Such refutation shall be published without any supplements, comments or abridgements and at the expense of the respective mass media entity.
Source: Art. 43. of Law on television and radio broadcasting Art. 56. of the parliamentary electoral law
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

a. Criminal prosecution

c. Other (specify)

Comments: not specified to election candidates: 1. Article 182 of Criminal Code Violation of personal privacy The illegal collection, storage, use or dissemination of confidential information about a person without his/her consent, or dissemination of such information in a public speech, publicly demonstrated work, or mass media, shall be punishable by a fine up to 50 tax-free minimum incomes, or correctional labour for a term of up to two years, or arrest for a term of up to six months, or restraint of liberty for a term of up to three years. 2. civil liability (Art. 7. of Civil Code: reimbursement of material/immaterial damage)
Source: http://www.coe.int/t/e/human_rights/media/5_Documentary_Resources/2_Thematic_documentation/Freedom_of_expression/DH-MM(2003)006%20rev%20Bil%20Legal%20prov%20defamation,%20libel%20&%20insult.asp#TopOfPage
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

a. EMB

Comments: Art. 19. para. 18. of the law on the Central Election Commission (2004) Art. 10 of the parliamentary electoral law declares as one of the principles of electoral process the equal opportunity to access to mass media www.legislationline.org
Source: Art. 19. para. 18. of the law on the Central Election Commission (2004) Art. 10 of the parliamentary electoral law
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

a. Publicly owned

Comments: Free for the party. Costs of the medium are reimbursed from the state budget by the EMB
Source: Art. 53-54. of parliamentary electoral law
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

a. Publicly owned

Comments: Free for the party. Costs of the medium are reimbursed from the state budget by the EMB
Source: Art. 53-54. of parliamentary electoral law
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

c. Privately owned

Comments: Parties (blocs) shall have the right, at the expense and within the limits of funds which are allocated from the State Budget of Ukraine for the preparation and conduct of elections, to publish their election programs, as submitted by them at the moment of registration of their candidates for deputy, in newspapers "Holos Ukrainy" and "Uriadovy Kurier", the printing patterns of all such publications to be the same and each material to contain not more than seven thousand eight hundred symbols. The agreement on publication of the said materials with the editorial boards of the above newspapers shall be concluded by the Central Election Commission.
Source: Art. 55. of the parliamentary electoral law
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

a. Equal regardless of size of party and previous performance

Source: Art. 53-55. of parliamentary electoral law
Last updated: 2005-04-02 16:11:14 UTC

Comments: Article 32. Financing of Elections of Deputies 1. Expenditures for the preparation and conduct of elections of deputies shall be incurred exclusively from the funds of the State Budget of Ukraine as well as the resources of election funds of parties (blocs) the candidates for deputy of which are registered in the multi-mandate constituency, and candidates for deputy registered in single-mandate constituencies. 2. In order to finance their election campaign, a party (bloc) of the candidates for deputy, which are registered in the multi-mandate constituency, as well as candidates for deputy registered in single-mandate constituencies, shall establish their election funds, which shall be formed in accordance with the procedure set forth by this Law. Article 33. Financing of the Preparation and Conduct of Elections of People’s Deputies from the Funds of the State Budget of Ukraine 1. Financing of the preparation and conduct of elections of deputies from the funds of the State Budget of Ukraine shall be made by the Central Election Commission, which is the main administrator of these resources. 2. The amount of funds for the preparation and conduct of elections of deputies, upon submission of the Central Election Commission, shall be included, on an annual basis, as a separate sentence in the law on the State Budget of Ukraine.
Source: Article 32-33. of the parliamentary electoral law
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

a. Publicly owned

Comments: Free for the candidate. Costs of the medium are reimbursed from the state budget by the EMB.
Source: Art. 53-54. of parliamentary electoral law
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

a. Publicly owned

Comments: Free for the candidate. Costs of the medium are reimbursed from the state budget by the EMB.
Source: Art. 53-54. of parliamentary electoral law
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

c. Privately owned

Comments: Not specialised to candidates: Parties (blocs) shall have the right, at the expense and within the limits of funds which are allocated from the State Budget of Ukraine for the preparation and conduct of elections, to publish their election programs, as submitted by them at the moment of registration of their candidates for deputy, in newspapers "Holos Ukrainy" and "Uriadovy Kurier", the printing patterns of all such publications to be the same and each material to contain not more than seven thousand eight hundred symbols. The agreement on publication of the said materials with the editorial boards of the above newspapers shall be concluded by the Central Election Commission.
Source: Art. 55. of parliamentary electoral law
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

a. Equal regardless of size and previous performance

Source: Art. 53-55. of the parliamentary electoral law
Last updated: 2005-04-02 16:17:49 UTC

a. Publicly owned

c. Privately owned

Comments: Free for the candidate. Costs of the medium are reimbursed from the state budget by the EMB
Source: Art. 32-33. and 53-54. of parliamentary electoral law
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

a. Publicly owned

c. Privately owned

Comments: Free for the candidate. Costs of the medium are reimbursed from the state budget by the EMB
Source: Art. 32-33. and 53-54. of parliamentary electoral law
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

a. Publicly owned

c. Privately owned

Comments: Free for the candidate. Costs of the medium are reimbursed from the state budget by the EMB
Source: Art. 32-33. and 53-54. of parliamentary electoral law
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

a. Equal regardless of size of party and previous performance

Source: Art. 53-55. of parliamentary electoral law
Last updated: 2005-04-02 16:24:22 UTC

a. Publicly owned

Comments: Art. 32. of the presidential electoral law grants free access to state mass media to candidates, costs of the medium are reimbursed by the EMB
Source: Art. 32. of the presidential electoral law
Last updated: 2005-04-02 16:26:00 UTC

a. Publicly owned

Comments: Art. 32. of the presidential electoral law grants free access to state mass media to candidates, costs of the medium are reimbursed by the EMB
Source: Art. 32. of the presidential electoral law
Last updated: 2005-04-02 16:26:23 UTC

e. None

Last updated: 2005-04-02 16:29:47 UTC

a. Equal regardless of size and previous performance of candidate’s party

Source: Art. 32. of presidential election law
Last updated: 2005-04-02 16:30:17 UTC

a. Publicly owned

c. Privately owned

Comments: ARTICLE 32. Use of mass media in pre-election campaign publicity. 1. Candidates for President of Ukraine are granted the right to use state mass media free of charge, i.e. they shall be provided with equal and commensurable air time at the national level and within a particular election constituency. The specific extent and time of radio and television programs allotted for candidates? pre-election campaign advocacy shall be set at the national level by the Central Election Commission, and in territorial election constituencies by territorial election commissions acting in agreement with the managers of appropriate mass media organizations. Television and radio companies are prohibited from interrupting campaign advocacy programs with advertisements of goods, works, and services.
Source: Art. 32. of presidential election law
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

a. Publicly owned

c. Privately owned

Comments: ARTICLE 32. Use of mass media in pre-election campaign publicity. 2. Candidates for President of Ukraine shall have the right to place, free of charge, the text of their pre-election programs which are to be no more than four printed pages long (7800 printed symbols) and having similar printing layout, in "Holos Ukrainy" and "Uriadovyi Kuryer" newspapers. The Central Election Commission shall determine the order of publishing pre-election programs of candidates for the President of Ukraine by drawing lots. 3. The Central Election Commission and territorial election commissions shall, at the expense of election campaign funds allocated for conducting from State Budget of Ukraine, pay for the following on the basis of this Law: time on state radio and television, printing of pre-election posters and publishing of pre-election programs of candidates Ukraine in "Holos Ukrainy" and "Uriadovyi Kuryer" newspapers and in oblast publications. 4. Candidates for President of Ukraine have the right to print their pre-election campaign materials in state as well as in non-state printed periodicals on the terms of equal payment for newspaper space. Candidates may also to conduct their own pre-election campaign publicity on state and non-state television and radio channels on the terms of equal payment for air time. Such publicity shall be funded at the expense of and within the limits of candidates? personal election funds.
Source: Art. 32. of presidential election law
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

a. Equal regardless of size and previous performance of candidate’s party

Source: Art. 32. of presidential election law
Last updated: 2005-04-02 16:40:13 UTC

Comments: 200 untaxed minimums of citizens’ income
Source: Art. 35.para.4. of presidential election law
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

a. ....... parliamentary electoral law and presidential election law

Source: Art. 54. para. 12. of parliamentary electoral law, Art. 35. para. 7. of presidential election law
Last updated: 2005-04-02 16:41:51 UTC

a. ......... not exceeding commercial advertising

Comments: Election campaigns in the mass media of any form ownership at the expense of electoral funds of parties (blocs) or of a candidate for deputy registered in a single-mandate constituency shall be conducted on conditions of equal charges for broadcast time or printing area units and shall be limited only by the upper amount of electoral fund expenditures6. Charges for broadcast time and printing area units shall be established by the respective mass media not later than 80 days prior to the election day, in the amount not exceeding commercial advertising charges and shall not be subject to any changes during the election process
Source: Art. 53. para. 6. of parliamentary electoral law
Last updated: 2005-04-02 16:42:55 UTC

Comments: There is no information
Last updated: 2005-04-02 16:43:18 UTC

a. Yes, in presidential elections

b. Yes, in legislative elections

Source: Art. 53. para. 2 of parliamentary electoral law
Last updated: 2005-04-02 16:46:09 UTC

Last updated: 2005-04-02 16:46:32 UTC

a. Person or agency that commissioned the opinion poll

c. Characteristics of the sample

d. Size of the sample

e. Margin of error

f. Other

Comments: 7. In any case of promulgation of results of public opinion polls related to the election of deputies, mass media shall make references to the organization that conducted the poll, the time when it was held, the number of respondents, the methods of data collection, the exact wordings of any posed questions and the statistical value of a possible error.
Source: Art. 53. para. 7. of parliamentary electoral law
Last updated: 2006-11-20 09:12:59 UTC

f. 10 or more days

Comments: Art. 56. para. 14. of the parliamentary electral law prohibits the promulgation of any information on the results of public opinion polls as to attitudes to parties (blocs) and candidates for deputy within the last 15 days preceding the day of election
Source: Art. 56. para. 14. of the parliamentary electral law
Last updated: 2005-04-02 16:47:37 UTC

b. After all polls close

Source: Art. 56. para. 19. of the parliamentary electoral law
Last updated: 2005-04-02 16:48:31 UTC

b. Press releases

e. Web site

g. Other (specify)

Comments: G: The Commission shall run its print organ – “The Messenger of the Central Election Commission
Source: Art. 4. of the law on the Central Election Commission
Last updated: 2005-04-02 16:50:36 UTC

b. Deposit requirement (specify amount)

c. Regional distribution requirement

f. Other

Comments: b.) Party/ block of parties shall make monetary deposit in the amount 15000 before-tax (minimum wages) f.)Party shall submit to the Central Election Commission: 1)Application with request to register a list of candidates for deputy 2)Biographical data of candidates for deputy 3)Election program of the party 4)Property and Income Settlement of a candidate for deputy and family member thereof.
Source: Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 41-46
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:22:19 GMT

g. Not applicable

Comments: The Parliament is unicameral.
Source: Constitution, article 75
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:23:58 GMT

a. Age

b. Citizenship

d. Residence

f. Registration

Comments: The citizen who has right to vote, is 21 years of age on election day,and has resided in Ukraine for at least the last 5 years may be elected deputy. The candidate must be nominated by a political party or block of parties or via self-nomination.
Source: Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 8(1)
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:25:22 GMT

k. Not applicable

Comments: The Parliament is unicameral.
Source: Constitution, article 75
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:27:08 GMT

a. Age

b. Citizenship

d. Residence

f. Registration

j. Other

Comments: a.) A citizen of Ukraine, who is 35 years of age on the day that elections are conducted, who is eligible to vote, who has resided in Ukraine for 10 years preceding election day, and who speaks the state language, may be elected President of Ukraine.The same person can be elected President of Ukraine for no more than two consecutive terms of office.
Source: Law on Election of President, article 2
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:31:47 GMT

a. Current criminal incarceration

e. Offences against electoral law

k. Mental health problems

Comments: e.) Violation of the procedure of nomination of a candidate for deputy established by Law. Absence or improper presentation of the documents specified by article 41-42. e.) Discovery by a corresponding election commission of vital inconsistencies in the personal information regarding the candidate submitted in compliance with this Law. a.)and h.) Establishment of incapability of the person nominated as a candidate or enforcement of the court sentence for committing a premeditated crime.
Source: Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 47
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:36:48 GMT

a. Current criminal incarceration

b. Detention

c. Criminal record

e. Offences against electoral law

k. Mental health problems

Comments: a.) The person who stays in penitentiary facilities or have been convicted for premediated crime and this conviction has not been overturned or removed.
Source: Law on Election of the President, article 2(5)
Last updated: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:09:06 GMT

e. In both presidential and legislative elections

Source: Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 38(1) Law on Election of the President of Ukraine, article 24
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:39:11 GMT

b. Deposit requirement (specify)

d. Other

Comments: Deposit shall be made in amount of of 60 before-tax minimum wages by way clearing settlement to a special account of the Central Election Commission. Candidate has to submit: 1) Application with willingness to be nominated as a candidate for deputy. 2) An obligation to cease in the event of his/her election activity inappropriate for the deputy's mandate. 3) Biographical data of the candidate for deputy. 4) Electoral program of the deputy. 5) The declaration of income for previous year compiled in the form established by the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine. 6) Personal obligation regarding termination of authority of deputy of other representative body in the event of his/her election.
Source: Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 42-43
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:50:08 GMT

e. Not applicable

Comments: The Parliament is unicameral.
Source: Constitution, article 75
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:51:04 GMT

a. Signature requirement (specify)

d. Other

Comments: A nominee may be registered as a candidate for President of Ukraine if his/her candidacy is supported with signatures of at least one million citizens of Ukraine who are eligible to vote, including at least thirty thousand citizens in each of the 2/3 of Ukrainian regions (Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblasts, and the cities of Kyiv and Sevastopol).
Source: Law on Election of the President, article 28
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:52:12 GMT

c. Indirect

Source: The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 51-56
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:53:11 GMT

a. As related to the election period only

Source: The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 53-54
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:54:09 GMT

a. Free media access

d. Other

Comments: a.) Use of Printed Mass-Media and Electronic (Audio-Visual) Mass Media. d.) Information Posters and Pre-election Publicity Materials.
Source: The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 51-56
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:12:38 GMT

a. Equal funding, regardless of size and previous performance

Comments: Any pre-election publicity campaigns shall be conducted in compliance with the principle of equal opportunities.
Source: The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 53
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:13:44 GMT

b. Election campaign activities

Source: The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 50-57
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:14:39 GMT

a. Yes

Source: Law of Ukraine on Election of People's Deputies, article 37
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:15:32 GMT

a. As related to the election period only

Comments: Personal election funds shall be created at the expense of money, respectively: political party, electoral bloc of parties - in the multi-mandate all-state election constituency; candidate for deputy - in a single-mandate election constituency. Citizens of Ukraine and legal entities may contribute to these funds formed according to legislation of Ukraine.
Source: Law of Ukraine on Elections of People Deputies, article 37(3)
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:16:35 GMT

a. Public disclosure of party contributions received

b. Public disclosure of party expenditure

c. Prohibition on party funding from foreign sources

e. Ceilings on party election expenses

h. Publication or public access to contribution and / or expenditure reports

Comments: Information about the revenues of election funds shall be publicized by the respective election commissions no later than two days prior to the day of elections. The ceiling is 150 000 minimum wages. Bodies of state power, state enterprises, institutions and organizations, bodies of local self-government, foreign legal entities and individuals, anonymous persons, international organizations and associations are prohibited from making contributions to these funds.
Source: Law of Ukraine on Political Parties, article 17 Law of Ukraine on Election of People's Deputies, article 37(11) and 36(3)
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:21:12 GMT

a. Public disclosure of candidate contributions received

b. Public disclosure of candidate expenditure

c. Prohibition on candidate funding from foreign sources

h. Publication or public access to contribution and / or expenditure reports

Comments: Information about the revenues of election funds shall be publicized by the respective election commissions no later than two days prior to the day of elections. Bodies of state power, state enterprises, institutions and organizations, bodies of local self-government, foreign legal entities and individuals, anonymous persons, international organizations and associations are prohibited from making contributions to these funds.
Source: Law of Ukraine on Election of People's Deputies, article 37(3,11) and 36(3)
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:22:53 GMT

a. National Electoral Management body

d. Other

Comments: Control over receipt and usage of money from the election fund of a political party, electoral bloc of parties, personal election fund of a candidate for deputy shall be performed by the Central and constituency election commissions, tax collection bodies as well as bank institutions where the appropriate account is opened.
Source: Law of Ukraine on Election People's Deputies, article 37(5)
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:23:54 GMT

a. Single ballot (all registered parties listed)

d. Categorical (only one mark allowed)

f. Same ballot papers used nationwide

g. Different ballots used in different constituencies

m. Organized alphabetically

n. Random listing (lottery)

o. Ballots signed or otherwise authenticated by polling station official

r. Other

Comments: a.) In single-mandate all-state constituency d.) In single-mandate constituencies g.) In the same constituency ballots should be printed on the same paper and should be equal in size, colour, content and adhere to the form established by the Central Election Commission. m.) Ballots for election in single-mandate election constituency. n.) Names of political parties, electoral blocks of parties as well as the inscription of last names and initials of the first five candidates from every nominated list of candidates shall be inscripted on the ballot in the order established through casting of lots. r.) An empty square shall be placed to the right of the surname of each candidate. Ballot shall contain explanation on the procedure for completion of the election ballot during voting. Election ballot shall have control check, separated from the ballot by the line for separation.
Source: The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 62
Last updated: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:26:08 GMT

s. Not applicable

Comments: The Parliament is unicameral.
Source: Constitution, article 75
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:35:25 GMT

a. Single ballot (all registered parties/candidates listed)

d. Categorical (only possible to make one mark)

f. Same ballot papers used nation-wide

l. No photos or logos, only party and/or candidate names

m. Organized alphabetically

o. Ballots signed or otherwise authenticated by polling station officials

r. Other

Comments: r.) Each election ballot must contain the title and date of elections, the number of the territorial election constituency and the number of the polling station, with the except polling stations which were formed in exceptional cases in accordance with paragraph 7, article 12 of this Law, and a marked space for the signature of the member of the polling station election commission who is to issue the election ballot, as well as space for the stamp of the polling station election commission. All registered candidates for President of Ukraine, in alphabetical order indicating his surname, first name, patronymic, year of birth, position (occupation), place of work and residence, party affiliation, and nominating entity shall be entered into the election ballot. In the event that a candidate was nominated by a party (bloc), the full name of the party (bloc) shall be indicated. A blank box is to be placed to the right of each candidate's name. "I do not support any of the candidates for President of Ukraine" shall be indicated on all election ballots beneath the listing of candidates' names, and a blank box is to be placed to the right of this entry. Each election ballot shall have a control check with a tear-off line to separate it from the rest of the ballot. A control check shall contain the title and date of elections, the number of the territorial election constituency, the number of the polling station besides polling stations which were formed in exceptional cases, as well as marked spaces for indicating the ordinal number of each voter on the list of voters, for the signature of the voter and the signature of the member of the polling station election commission who handed out the ballot. An election ballot must not contain information about those candidates who withdrew from the election. In the event a candidate withdrew from the election after the ballots had been printed, the Central Election Commission shall adopt a decision regarding the introduction of changes to the election ballot and, if necessary, regarding its reprinting. If changes in the election ballot were made by crossing out the information on the person who had been a candidate, the polling station commission shall notify each voter about this when handing out the election ballot. Election ballots must be printed on identical paper and be equal in size, color and content, and shall comply with the form established by the Central Election Commission. The ballot shall be printed on one sheet, and its text shall be placed on one side only.
Source: Law on Election of the President of Ukraine, article 40
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:39:30 GMT

a. At the polling stations

Source: The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 68
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:40:09 GMT

a. Separate ballots for different elections

b. Preliminary count of all ballots in ballot box

d. Number of ballots in box reconciled against number of voters

j. Sorted into piles according to individual party/candidate

l. Counted by hand

p. Copies of results of the count are publicly posted at the counting site immediately on the completion of the count

q. Copies of results are provided to observers

Source: The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 68(1-34)
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:41:11 GMT

c. District level

Source: The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 71-72
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:42:09 GMT

c. Regional level (specify whether it is constituency/ province/ state/ department/other)

d. National level

Comments: c.) 225 candidates shall be elected in single-mandate electoral constituencies on the basis of of simple majority. d.) On all-state elections when citizens vote for parties or block of parties, allocation of the seats is the duty of the Central Election Commission, through the electoral quota.
Source: The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 73-74
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:44:23 GMT

a. Physically transported

Comments: Transportation of the documents shall be responsibility of the Chairperson of the polling station commission or his/her deputy and two other members of the commission, who shall represent different parties, accompanied by a representative of the law enforcement agency.
Source: The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 71
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:45:14 GMT

i. Not applicable

Comments: Question to be deleted
Source:
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:46:17 GMT

c. Signatures on sealed envelopes

e. Accompanied by election officials

f. Accompanied by party representatives

Comments: Transportation of the documents shall be responsibility of the Chairperson of the polling station commission or his/her deputy and two other members of the commission, who shall represent different parties, accompanied by a representative of the law enforcement agency
Source: The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 71
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:47:10 GMT

d. By request

Comments: Ballots are recounted by request of a candidate, a party or block of parties or electoral officials.
Source: Svetlana Kravcova, Information Officer at the Central Election Commission, tel. +380-44-294-93-66
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:50:13 GMT

e. Not applicable

Comments: Ballots are not automatically recounted.
Source: Svetlana Kravcova, Information Officer at the Central Election Commission, tel. +380-44-294-93-66
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:51:08 GMT

a. Political parties

b. An individual candidate

c. Election officials

Source: Svetlana Kravcova, Information Officer at the Central Election Commission, tel. +380-44-294-93-66
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:51:39 GMT

a. National Election Management body

b. Regional Election Management body

c. Local Election Management body

Comments: That election commission is responsible for recounting the ballots to whose activity the request is related.
Source: Svetlana Kravcova, Information Officer at the Central Election Commission, tel. +380-44-294-93-66
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:53:03 GMT

a. Yes

Source: Svetlana Kravcova, Information Officer at the Central Election Commission, tel. +380-44-294-93-66
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:53:41 GMT

a. hours: 1

Source: Svetlana Kravcova, Information Officer at the Central Election Commission, tel. +380-44-294-93-66
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:54:25 GMT

a. Yes

Source: The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 78
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:55:14 GMT

b. days:

Comments: No later than five days after determining election outcomes in multi-mandate and single-mandate constituencies, the Central Election Commission officially makes public deputy election outcomes in newspapers " Holos Ukrainy", "Uriadovy Kurier"
Source: The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 78
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:56:08 GMT

a. National Electoral Management Body

Comments: Within the Central Election Commission there is a member whose only task is voter education. In 2002 Mr. Spivak is on this post.
Source: Svetlana Kravcova, Information Officer at the Central Election Commission, tel. +380-44-294-93-66
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:49:50 GMT

b. Election time only

Source: Svetlana Kravcova, Information Officer at the Central Election Commission, tel. +380-44-294-93-66
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:50:13 GMT

a. No

Comments: In the last elections held on 31 March 2002 no such campaign was held.
Source: Svetlana Kravcova, Information Officer at the Central Election Commission, tel. +380-44-294-93-66
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:52:39 GMT

a. Poster/ Billboard campaigns

b. Media advertisement

e. Public meetings

g. Internet

Source: Svetlana Kravcova, Information Officer at the Central Election Commission, tel. +380-44-294-93-66
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:53:17 GMT

i. Not applicable

Comments: At the most recent elections there was no civic education campaign but at the elections in 1998 there were.
Source: Svetlana Kravcova, Information Officer at the Central Election Commission, tel. +380-44-294-93-66
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:54:31 GMT

h. Not applicable

Comments: At the most recent elections there were no special voter education programmes, but at the previous election in 1998 special voter education was organised for blind people. Special ballots were printed for them.
Source: Svetlana Kravcova, Information Officer at the Central Election Commission, tel. +380-44-294-93-66
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:56:02 GMT

b. No

Comments: There is no separate code but regulations can be found in different acts connected with elections for example The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine
Source: Svetlana Kravcova, Information Officer at the Central Election Commission, tel. +380 44-2-94-93-66
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 05:51:37 GMT

a. At a specified polling station in the locality where they are registered at national elections

e. At mobile polling stations

Comments: a.) Voting is conducted in specially allocated premises equipped with an adequate number of booths for secret voting and with designated places for issuing election ballots 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.
Source: The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 65-67
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 05:54:39 GMT

b. Citizens residing outside the country

c. Citizens outside the country (including those on vacation)

d. Members of the armed forces

e. Students

f. Diplomatic staff

Comments: Personnel of the diplomatic mission, representative officers and member of their families as well as other citizens of Ukraine who reside or stay on the territory of respective foreign country can vote abroad.
Source: The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 30(5)
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 05:55:40 GMT

a. Embassies

b. Consulates

Comments: Voters can vote at the polling stations formed at the diplomatic missions and other official representations and consular offices of Ukraine.
Source: The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 30(5)
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 05:57:09 GMT

a. No

Comments: Voting shall be conducted on the day of elections from 8:00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m.
Source: The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 66(1)
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 05:58:06 GMT

f. Not applicable

Comments: Voting in advance is not allowed.
Source: The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 66(1)<
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:05:14 GMT

g. Not applicable

Comments: Voting in advance is not allowed.
Source: The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 66(1)
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:04:28 GMT

a. Yes

Comments: Polling stations shall be formed no later than 60 days prior to election day with a number of voters from 20 to 3000 and in exceptional cases, with fewer or greater number of voters.
Source: The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 8(3)
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:07:20 GMT

a. Yes, the maximum capacity is: 3000

Comments: The number of voters in a polling station shall be between 20 and 3000
Source: The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 17(6)
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:08:12 GMT

a. By manually marking the ballot

Source: The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 66
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:08:57 GMT

a. The smallest polling station: 8

Comments: The number of members of a polling station commission shall not be less than 8. A polling station commission may consist of a head, deputy head, secretary and between 2 and 4 members of the commission at polling stations with a total number of voters under 50.
Source: The Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 21(2)
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:10:24 GMT

a. hours: 3 days seminars (legislative election held 31/3 2002)

Comments: These seminars were held for the members of political parties who are members of the election commission of different levels, because in Ukraine election commissions consist of delegated party members. The seminars were subsidized by an international organization.
Source: Svetlana Kravcova, Information Officer at the Central Election Commission, tel. +380-44-2-94-93-66
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:13:26 GMT

a. hours: 3 days seminars (legislative election held 31/3 2002)

Comments: Unified seminars were held for all members of the election commissions of different levels.
Source: Svetlana Kravcova, Information Officer at the Central Election Commission, tel. +380-44-2-94-93-66
Last updated: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:14:38 GMT

c. 18

Source: Constitution, article 70
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:57:12 GMT

a. Citizenship

Source: Law on Elections of Peoples Deputies of Ukraine, article 2(1-2)
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:58:15 GMT

a. Criminal Incarceration

d. Mental disability

Comments: a.) Execution of suffrage rights shall be suspended for persons who are incarcerated by court's decision for the time of being incarcerated. d.) Citizens deemed by a court to be incompetent do not have the right to vote.
Source: Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 1 Constitution, article 70
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:02:45 GMT

c. Local Government Authority

Comments: The executive bodies of village, city, settlement, city district shall compile the general list of voters including citizens who reside on the territory of respective administrative unit.
Source: Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 30(1)
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:04:17 GMT

b. Voters register

Source: Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, chapter V
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:05:08 GMT

c. Periodically (or before each election)

Comments: The executive body of the village, city, settlement, city district shall submit the list of voters to the polling station election commission not later than 30 days prior to the day of elections.
Source: Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 30(2)
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:06:40 GMT

a. Links to national population records

Comments: For the compilation of the general lists of voters the information about the place of permanent residence of the citizens is available with the local bodies of Ministry of Internal Affairs Ministry of Justice and the State Tax Administration Office. The Chairman of the executive body that compiles the list request the information from organizations above.
Source: Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 30(1)
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:09:37 GMT

a. Yes

Source: Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 30
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:10:32 GMT

a. Percentage: 100%

Source: Svetlana Kravcova, Information Officer at the Central Election Commission, tel. +380-44-294-93-66
Last updated: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:11:10 GMT