Kiev local election, 2008

Kiev legislative election, 2008

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All 120 seats to the Kiev City Council
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Leonid Chernovetskyi Yulia Tymoshenko Vitaliy Klychko Party Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc Vitaliy Klychko Bloc Leader since April 13, 2003 February 9, 2001 Seats won 43 32 15 Popular vote 350,700 262,500 122,243 Percentage 30.45% 22.79% 10.61%
Results of the Kiev City Council election.
Mayor before election Leonid Chernovetskyi Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc Elected Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc

Leonid Chernovetskyi
Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc

Leonid Chernovetskyi
Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc

Early mayoral and city council elections (Ukrainian: Дотермінові вибори до київської міської ради (2008) were contested in the Ukrainian capital Kiev (Kyiv) on May 25, 2008. The snap election was called by the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada by a 246-5 vote on March 18 amid corruption allegations involving the incumbent Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi. The local election determined the new Mayor of Kiev, as well as the composition of the 120-seat Kiev City Council.

The Ukrainian parliament assigned the job of determining the election costs to the Central Election Commission of Ukraine, working in partnership with the Kiev City Election Commission. The Kiev CEC designated March 26 as the date for the start of election campaigning.

In all, seven parties and blocs passed the 3% threshold needed to gain seats in the Kiev City Council. The incumbent Leonid Chernovetskyi was officially declared the winner of the mayoral election on May 30. Yuriy Lozovskyi, Secretary of the Kiev CEC, said that the voter turnout was estimated at 53-54%.

The electoral commission said that the elections were largely clear and fair without any major incidents, but that the largest electoral violation was voter shopping.