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Local Elections in Ukraine Bring Mixed Results


On October 25, 26.7 million Ukrainian voters were called to elect their 168,450 local and regional representatives in the first local elections since the Maidan. With a relatively low turnout of 46.62 percent, the elections represented a genuine test of popularity for the government as well as a barometer of popular discontent over the course of reforms and social advances in Ukraine. Several important features characterized the local elections.Sociology of the vote The elections were based on a new electoral law passed by the Rada on July 14, 2015 and swiftly signed by President Petro Poroshenko. The law suffers from …read more

Source: The Huffington Post

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