2020 Kyiv local elections

The 2020 Kyiv local elections were held on 25 October 2020 to elect the Mayor of Kyiv and the 120-seat City Council as a part of wider 2020 Ukrainian local elections, which took place on the same day.Вибори депутатів Верховної Ради Автономної Республіки Крим, обласних, районних, міських, районних у містах, сільських, селищних рад, сільських, селищних, міських голів 25 жовтня 2020 року / Календарний план основних організаційних заходів з підготовки та проведення місцевих виборів 25 жовтня 2020 року // Центральна виборча комісія України

Electoral system These were the first elections held under the newly adopted Electoral Code, which provided a fully proportional electoral system at the both local and national levels.

Kyiv was divided into 13 districts with an unfixed amount of seats. Each party had to form two lists: the first is united for the entire city, and the second is for individual territorial districts. The party would receive a mandate if it overcomes the 5% threshold. In this case, the №1 candidate on the list is guaranteed to receive a seat. Candidates who receive 25% or more of the electoral quota of their district get to the top of the list in descending order of the number of votes for them. In the case of an equal number of votes, the order of candidates will remain as determined by the party at the time of voting. After the candidates who passed to the council according to the quota, the rest are placed in the order determined by the party.

Electoral quota is the number of votes needed to obtain one seat. The electoral quota is determined by the territorial election commission. For this, the commission needed to divide the total number of votes for those parties that won at least 5 percent of the voters' votes and are now participating in the distribution of mandates by the number of mandates. The number of seats into which the electoral votes had to be divided is the difference between the number of seats in the council and the number of guaranteed seats for each party that entered the council (one seat per party).

Opinion polls

City Council election Fieldwork datePolling firmSample sizeOtherLead25 October 2020Rating10,40218,021,3—6,66,83,0—————7,26,79,53,51,63,912,03,325 October 2020Liberty Report/Ukraine 2439,62217,819,7—8,65,93,7—————5,77,810,34,51,34,110,61,9Exit polls20-22 September 2020Info Sapiens/IRI54022130511—1——077133—324104-9 September 2020Rating1,20013,123,6—7,32,31,7————1,58,27,413,63,4—3,914,110,031 August-1 September 2020Rating1,20014,028,60,86,42,72,6————0,46,56,810,75,5—6,98,014,61-2 August 2020Active Group1,20417,920,1—5,82,54,1—————3,28,818,71,91,67,18,31,424 July-2 August 2020Razumkov Centre2,01911,419,80,65,52,63,4————0,44,311,515,05,52,17,110,84,826-27 July 2020Rating2,00019,817,11,35,71,42,5—0,3——1,34,68,019,33,0—4,511,00,520 June-2 July 2020Razumkov Centre2,20520,411,50,67,51,42,0—1,7——2,21,210,619,35,10,66,29,81,130 June-1 July 2020Active Group8129,922,41,810,52,74,2—2,9———2,96,821,22,40,53,97,91,217-19 June 2020Active Group8007,423,1—8,12,74,2—3,3———3,36,122,72,8——16,40,410-15 June 2020SMC1,00013,517,6—6,54,23,2—3,3———5,74,023,84,76,3—7,16,24-7 April 2020Rating/2,00018,613,51,29,41,82,9—0,8——1,95,97,222,33,2——11,43,725 January-17 February 2020Rating/IRI58515,27,6—10,6—3,0—1,5——3,04,57,627,33,0——16,612,115-16 February 2020Active Group1,50012,75,53,912,0—5,5————2,09,56,928,95,6——7,316,219-24 December 2019SMC1,00011,014,10,37,31,95,61,93,1———3,76,227,14,15,3—8,41312-16 December 2019Rating1,0008,912,40,76,43,04,62,30,3——3,36,94,832,22,61,3—10,119,86 September-10 October 2019Rating/IRI64711,94,5—7,5—3,0—1,5——1,54,54,550,81,5——9,538,916-17 November 2019Active Group1,50012,8——16,1—4,2————3,67,98,134,84,0——8,618,76-11 November 2019SMC1,0148,67,51,17,52,13,12,12.1——2,34,25,334,16,32,1—12,825,54-13 September 2018KIIS80012,14,37,411,8—5,3—1,8——6,314,96,76,7———22,42,825 October 20152015 Kyiv local election27,5611,818,927,817,734,83 4,804,573,14 2,85——————15,9715,75

Mayoral election Fieldwork datePolling firmSample sizeKlychkoPoroshenkoHoncharenkoBerezaOmelchenkoBondarenkoKucherenkoNestorHusovskyiMyrnyiIllienkoPuzanovDumchevHatskoPrytulaPopovTkachenkoVereshchukTyshchenkoLiashkoSmeshkoTomenkoPalchevskyiOtherLead25 October 2020Rating10,40247,8——1,12,6—6,3—0,6—2,2———8,38,6—8,0——3,42,24,52,939,225 October 2020Liberty Report/Ukraine 2439,62245,9——1,82,7—7,8—0,6—2,5———7,39,6—8,5——3,72,14,82,736,3Exit polls20-22 September 2020Info Sapiens/IRI52147—323—2———1———109—6———1512374-9 September 2020Rating1,20043,6——1,54,2—5,7—0,4—1,1———9,85,8—6,9———2,06,412,533,81-2 August 2020Active Group1,20436,4—4,82,85,1——2,0——4,0———8,05,6—11,3———2,111,66,424,824 July-2 August 2020Razumkov Centre2,01941,2—3,12,03,9——1,4——2,5———5,58,3—6,2——4,62,49,110,89,726-27 July 2020Rating2,00041,7—5,42,03,3——2,1——2,6———11,64,5—9,4————9,011,08,720 June-2 July 2020Razumkov Centre2,20543,7—3,22,44,2——2,1——3,3———3,83,8———6,35,02,111,09,89,130 June-1 July 2020Active Group81238,0—4,1—5,6—6,02,4——4,6———4,27,27,8—2,59,28,628,817-19 June 2020Active Group80036,6—3,1—6,4—2,9———————4,53,0———2,8—6,19,527,927,110-15 June 2020SMC1,00047,0—2,32,94,2——2,9——2,8———4,46,4——3,7——6,811,612,235,44-7 April 2020Rating/2,00038,7——4,46,43,5————3,7———9,15,28,8—————8,21229,619-24 December 2019SMC1,00036,7——3,6—2,1——0,9—3,2———8,97,25,9————8,311,85,324,96-11 November 2019SMC1,01426,9——3,26,53,2——2,2—2,2———4,36,57,5———4,35,48,619,220,211-22 October 2019KIIS80336,6——5,7—3,2——1,5—4,7————8,618,0————8,112,61,518,62-3 March 2019Active Group1,80038,1——6,611,63,6——3,21,1—1,3———————————35,026,54-13 September 2018KIIS80048,8——15,7—6,1——5,70,6—0,2—————————19,5—3,529,322-31 May 2017Rating82652,5——11,36,17,9——21,1—1,91,11,6—————————15,041,216-20 September 2016Rating1,00034,6——11,98,48,9——5,32,4—3,73,22,4—————————19,222,725 October 20152015 Kyiv local election40,578,858,477,86 7,724,394,193,92 2,77——————11,2631,72

Results

City Council election PartyVotes%Seats+/-European Solidarity141,97820.5331–21Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform138,23919.9930NewUnity of Oleksandr Omelchenko60,4968.7514–1Opposition Platform — For Life54,0257.8112NewServant of the People52,1247.5412NewBatkivshchyna51,8557.5012–5Holos41,3275.988NewVictory of Palchevskyi31,5474.560NewStrength and Honour22,9153.3100Svoboda21,7543.150–14Party of Shariy18,7792.720NewDemocratic Axe11,2991.630NewNative Country10,4991.520NewPeople's Power7,7661.120NewFor the Future5,1410.740NewEcological Alternative4,5290.650NewEcoParty of Bereza4,4910.650NewOur Land3,4770.5000Right Sector2,5600.370NewRadical Party of Oleh Liashko2,3400.3400Proposition1,6880.240NewWave1,4960.220NewTogether We Are Strength6340.090NewParty of National Egoism6290.090NewTotal691,588100.001200Valid votes691,58895.73Invalid/blank votes30,8254.27Total votes722,449100.00Registered voters/turnout2,101,35034.38Source: CEC

Mayoral election CandidatePartyVotes%Vitali KlitschkoUkrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform365,16150.51Oleksandr PopovOpposition Platform — For Life68,7579.51Serhii PrytulaHolos56,9007.87Oleksiy KucherenkoBatkivshchyna45,8236.33Iryna VereshchukServant of the People39,3215.44Andrii PalchevskyiVictory of Palchevskyi38,3605.35Ihor SmeshkoStrength and Honour22,4183.14Oleksandr OmelchenkoUnity of Oleksandr Omelchenko21,5422.98Mykola TomenkoNative Country15,0392.08Andrii IllienkoSvoboda14,5192.01Boryslav BerezaEcoParty of Bereza7,4481.03Yurii LevchenkoPeople's Power6,5700.95Serhii HusovskyiFor the Future3,1190.43Yehor FirsovEcological Alternative2,7590.38Viktor PetrukWave1,8440.25Maksym HoldarbIndependent1,6590.23Serhii ShakhovOur Land1,6080.22Mykhailo PozhyvanovRadical Party of Oleh Liashko1,3880.19Diana HrantsevaIndependent8440.11Olena FilonovaTogether We Are Strength4560.06Total715,535100.00Valid votes715,53599.04Invalid/blank votes6,9140.96Total votes722,449100.00Registered voters/turnout2,101,35034.38Source: CEC

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