Editing Elections in Ukraine (section)

==Voter turnout==
From 1994 to 2007 the average voter turnout for the Verkhovna Rada elections was 68.13%<ref name="more 50">{{Cite web|url=http://www.idea.int/vt/country_view.cfm?CountryCode=UA|title=Country View Ukraine |access-date=2008-10-16|archive-date=2009-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213171222/http://idea.int/vt/country_view.cfm?CountryCode=UA|url-status=dead |publisher=[[International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance]]}}</ref><ref>[http://www.cvk.gov.ua Central Election Commission of Ukraine]</ref> The total voter turnout in the [[2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election|2012 parliamentary elections]] was then the lowest ever with 57.99%;<ref name=turnout>[http://www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/cec-turnout-in-ukraines-parliamentary-elections-5799-315149.html CEC:Turnout in Ukraine's parliamentary elections 57.99%], [[Kyiv Post]] (29 October 2012)</ref> The lowest turnout in these elections was in [[Crimea]] (with 49.46%), the highest in [[Lviv Oblast]] (67.13%).<ref name=turnout/> In the [[2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election|2014 parliamentary elections]] the official voter turnout was set (by the [[Central Election Commission of Ukraine]]) at 52.42%.<ref name="Voter turnout 52.42%">[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/231065.html Voter turnout at Rada election 52.42% at all 198 constituencies - CEC], [[Interfax-Ukraine]] (27 October 2014)</ref> This figure was determined after the Central Electoral Commission deducted the eligible voters in areas were voting was impossible.<ref name="Olszanski AE">{{Citation |first=Tadeusz A. |last=Olszański |title=A strong vote for reform: Ukraine after the parliamentary elections |publisher=OSW—Centre for Eastern Studies |date=29 October 2014 |url=http://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2014-10-29/a-strong-vote-reform-ukraine-after-parliamentary-elections}}</ref> Because of the [[War in Donbas]] and the [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|unilateral annexation]] of [[Crimea]] by [[Russia]], the 2014 parliamentary elections were not held in Crimea and also not held in parts of [[Donetsk Oblast]] and [[Luhansk Oblast]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28931054 |title=Ukraine crisis: President calls snap vote amid fighting |work=[[BBC News]] |date=25 August 2014 |access-date=30 August 2014 |archive-date=27 August 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827104753/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28931054 }}</ref><ref name="Runners and risks">{{cite news|date=22 May 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27518989 |title=Ukraine elections: Runners and risks |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=29 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527092109/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27518989 |archive-date=27 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The lowest turnout in these elections was in Donetsk Oblast (with 32.4%), the highest in again in Lviv Oblast (70%).<ref name=VTRe14pr>[http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/en/148/580903/ Voter turnout at Rada election 52.42% at all 198 constituencies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203142528/http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/en/148/580903/ |date=2014-12-03 }}, [[National Radio Company of Ukraine]] (27 October 2014)</ref> According to [[Tadeusz Olszański]], of the [[Centre for Eastern Studies]], the low turnout in Donetsk Oblast (and also Luhansk Oblast) is explained by the end of an artificial increase of voter turnout there by [[Party of Regions]] officials.<ref name="Olszanski AE"/>

Voter turnout in the [[Ukrainian presidential elections|presidential elections]] is always higher than for Verkhovna Rada elections with an average voter turnout of 72% from 2004 till 2010 (67.95% in the [[2010 Ukrainian presidential election|2010 Presidential election]]).<ref name="more 50"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/business/22164|title=Swiss President, Luxembourg PM join others in congratulating Yushchenko|publisher=[[Kyiv Post]]|date=31 December 2004}}</ref> In the [[2014 Ukrainian presidential election|2014 Presidential election]] the Central Election Commission of Ukraine set the turnout at over 60%; just as in the 2014 parliamentary elections, these elections were not held in Crimea and also not held in parts of Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/cec-chair-ukrainian-presidential-election-turnout-tops-60-percent-349393.html |title=CEC chair: Ukrainian presidential election turnout tops 60 percent |publisher=Kyivpost.com |date=26 May 2014 |access-date=2 June 2014}}</ref><ref name="HP ">[https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304811904579583413180447156 Poroshenko Declares Victory in Ukraine Presidential Election], [[The Wall Street Journal]] (25 May 2014)</ref> The most popular presidential elections were the first one in 1991 where nearly 30.6 million people voted and in the 2004 election which gathered some 28 million. There were only three presidential candidates who have gathered over 10 million votes: [[Leonid Kravchuk]] (1991 - 19.6, 1994 - 10.0), [[Viktor Yushchenko]] (2004 - 11.1), and [[Viktor Yanukovych]] (2004 - 11.0). The 10 million voters mark was almost reached by [[Leonid Kuchma]] in 1999, but he only gained the trust of 9.6 million. To this day Kravchuk and [[Petro Poroshenko]] are the only presidential candidates who won the elections after the first round obtaining over 50% of votes, respective in 1991 and 2014. The person most frequently participating in presidential elections is [[Oleksandr Moroz]] who stood in every presidential election since 1994 when he gained the biggest support of some 3.5 million, while in 2010 less than 0.1 million voted for him. Viktor Yanukovych became the strongest runner-up in the history of presidential elections, while Leonid Kuchma - the only runner-up of the first round to pull a win in the second one. Thus far the top two presidential candidates always would get support of over 5 million voters each.

Since the [[1994 Ukrainian parliamentary election]] voter turnouts have been declining. 1994 75.81%, [[1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election|1998]] 70.78%, [[2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election|2002]] 69.27%, [[2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election|2006]] 67.55%, [[2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election|2007]] 62.03%, [[2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election|2012]] 57.43%, [[2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election|2014]] 51.91% and the [[2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election]] at 49.84%.

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