Ternopil Oblast local election, 2009
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The Ternopil Oblast
local election, 2009 elections in the Ternopil Oblast regional сouncil, were held on March 15, 2009 on December 18, 2008, by the Ukrainian Parliament initiated by Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT) but cancelled on 3 March 2009 by the same Parliament, with most members of BYuT voting against holding the snap elections (allegedly because of the fall of the ratings for BYuT). Following a lawsuit filed by Svoboda the Ternopil oblast` court acknowledged this decision illegal on March 11, 2009. The next day BYuT lodged an appeal in the Lviv
Administrative Appeal Court against this decision.
On March 13, 2009 President
Viktor Yushchenko
asked the Constitutional Court
to estimate the constitutionality of the Ukrainian Parliament’s decision to cancel the early regional council elections in Ternopil. According to Yuschenko the Constitution
reads that Parliament can appoint elections or early elections into the local authorities, but cannot cancel them. The elections where held on 15 March 2009. The Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko called the election "the presentation of cynical election fraud by [Head of the Presidential Secretariat
Viktor] Baloha as an expression of the will of the region's citizens".
Some villages reported cases Party of Regions
representatives offering 50 hryvnia
per vote.
As of 9 April, 2009 the results are still challenged by BYuT in court.
On April 7 the Lviv administrative court of appeals ruled to cancel a decision of the Ternopil district administrative court denying consideration of a lawsuit from BYuT against the results of the elections to the Ternopil regional council. The Lviv administrative court of appeals instructed the Ternopil district administrative court to consider the essence of the lawsuit.
On May 11, 2009 BYuT members gave up their twelve seats in Ternopil regional council. As a result, the number of deputies in the regional Ternopil council is 208. The overall number of mandates in the council still constitutes 120, and all the decisions taken by the majority of the council still has to be passed by no less than 61 votes.
On June 16, 2009 the Constitutional Court of Ukraine
deemed the parliamentary resolution on canceling early election to Ternopil Regional Council (of March 3, 2009) unconstitutional. This case was initiated by President Viktor Yuschenko.
. In an order to conduct the representatives in the Ternopil regional council, party or block must collect not less than 3% voices of electors.
According to political annalist the scores of United Centre
and Party of Regions
could be caused by mass fraud. Experts where less surprised by the high score of All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom" because (according to the think tank
"Open Policy") support for rightist parties like "Freedom" typically builds up in conditions of economic and political crisis and "Freedom" has roots in the region. The turnout in Ternopil
(city) was only 25%
city council took place in fall of 2010.
Mayor elections
Ternopil Oblast
Ternopil Oblast is an oblast' of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Ternopil, through which flows the Seret River, a tributary of the Dnister.-Geography:...
local election, 2009 elections in the Ternopil Oblast regional сouncil, were held on March 15, 2009 on December 18, 2008, by the Ukrainian Parliament initiated by Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT) but cancelled on 3 March 2009 by the same Parliament, with most members of BYuT voting against holding the snap elections (allegedly because of the fall of the ratings for BYuT). Following a lawsuit filed by Svoboda the Ternopil oblast` court acknowledged this decision illegal on March 11, 2009. The next day BYuT lodged an appeal in the Lviv
Lviv
Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
Administrative Appeal Court against this decision.
On March 13, 2009 President
President of Ukraine
Prior to the formation of the modern Ukrainian presidency, the previous Ukrainian head of state office was officially established in exile by Andriy Livytskyi. At first the de facto leader of nation was the president of the Central Rada at early years of the Ukrainian People's Republic, while the...
Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko is a former President of Ukraine. He took office on January 23, 2005, following a period of popular unrest known as the Orange Revolution...
asked the Constitutional Court
Constitutional Court of Ukraine
The Constitutional Court of Ukraine is the sole body of constitutional jurisdiction in Ukraine. The Constitutional Court of Ukraine interprets the Constitution of Ukraine and decides whether laws and other legal acts are constitutional....
to estimate the constitutionality of the Ukrainian Parliament’s decision to cancel the early regional council elections in Ternopil. According to Yuschenko the Constitution
Constitution of Ukraine
The Constitution of Ukraine is the nation's fundamental law. The constitution was adopted and ratified at the 5th session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on 28 June 1996. The constitution was passed with 315 ayes out of 450 votes possible .Other laws and other normative legal acts of Ukraine...
reads that Parliament can appoint elections or early elections into the local authorities, but cannot cancel them. The elections where held on 15 March 2009. The Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko called the election "the presentation of cynical election fraud by [Head of the Presidential Secretariat
Secretariat of the President of Ukraine
The Presidential Administration or unofficially Bankova is an administrative body set up to assist the President of Ukraine, Ukraine's head of state. The main purpose of the Administration is to provide administrative, advisory, analytical, and legal assistance to the President...
Viktor] Baloha as an expression of the will of the region's citizens".
Some villages reported cases Party of Regions
Party of Regions
The Party of Regions is an Ukrainian political party created on October 26, 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. It was reformed later in 2001 when the party united with several others...
representatives offering 50 hryvnia
Ukrainian hryvnia
The hryvnia, sometimes hryvnya or grivna ; sign: ₴, code: , has been the national currency of Ukraine since September 2, 1996. The hryvnia is subdivided into 100 kopiyok. In medieval times, it was a currency of Kievan Rus'....
per vote.
As of 9 April, 2009 the results are still challenged by BYuT in court.
Challenging the results
On March 24, the Ternopil district administrative court rejected a lawsuit from the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT) challenging the results of the elections. Four days later the Kyiv district administrative court banned the official publication of the result of the elections.On April 7 the Lviv administrative court of appeals ruled to cancel a decision of the Ternopil district administrative court denying consideration of a lawsuit from BYuT against the results of the elections to the Ternopil regional council. The Lviv administrative court of appeals instructed the Ternopil district administrative court to consider the essence of the lawsuit.
On May 11, 2009 BYuT members gave up their twelve seats in Ternopil regional council. As a result, the number of deputies in the regional Ternopil council is 208. The overall number of mandates in the council still constitutes 120, and all the decisions taken by the majority of the council still has to be passed by no less than 61 votes.
On June 16, 2009 the Constitutional Court of Ukraine
Constitutional Court of Ukraine
The Constitutional Court of Ukraine is the sole body of constitutional jurisdiction in Ukraine. The Constitutional Court of Ukraine interprets the Constitution of Ukraine and decides whether laws and other legal acts are constitutional....
deemed the parliamentary resolution on canceling early election to Ternopil Regional Council (of March 3, 2009) unconstitutional. This case was initiated by President Viktor Yuschenko.
Results
The election have been conducted after the proportional electoral systemProportional representation
Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...
. In an order to conduct the representatives in the Ternopil regional council, party or block must collect not less than 3% voices of electors.
According to political annalist the scores of United Centre
United Centre
United Centre is a Ukrainian political party. It is an offspring of Our Ukraine. It will participate in the next Ukrainian parliamentary election independently. Legally United Centre is the successor of the Party of Private Property , registered with the Ministry of Justice on September 24, 1999....
and Party of Regions
Party of Regions
The Party of Regions is an Ukrainian political party created on October 26, 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. It was reformed later in 2001 when the party united with several others...
could be caused by mass fraud. Experts where less surprised by the high score of All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom" because (according to the think tank
Think tank
A think tank is an organization that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, and technology issues. Most think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such as the United States and Canada provide with tax...
"Open Policy") support for rightist parties like "Freedom" typically builds up in conditions of economic and political crisis and "Freedom" has roots in the region. The turnout in Ternopil
Ternopil
Ternopil , is a city in western Ukraine, located on the banks of the Seret River. Ternopil is one of the major cities of Western Ukraine and the historical region of Galicia...
(city) was only 25%
| № | Party | Votes | Votes % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom" | 153 038 | 34,45 |
| 2 | United Centre United Centre United Centre is a Ukrainian political party. It is an offspring of Our Ukraine. It will participate in the next Ukrainian parliamentary election independently. Legally United Centre is the successor of the Party of Private Property , registered with the Ministry of Justice on September 24, 1999.... |
63 143 | 14,32 |
| 3 | Party of Regions Party of Regions The Party of Regions is an Ukrainian political party created on October 26, 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. It was reformed later in 2001 when the party united with several others... |
43,432 | 9,78 |
| 4 | Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc | 36 056 | 8,12 |
| 5 | Ukrainian People's Party Ukrainian People's Party The Ukrainian People's Party is a political party in Ukraine, led by Yury Kostenko, registered on Old Year's Day 1999 as Ukrainian National Movement .-History:... |
35 647 | 8,03 |
| 6 | People's Union "Our Ukraine" | 24 439 | 5,50 |
| 7 | Lytvyn Bloc | 15 908 | 3,58 |
| 8 | Socialist Party of Ukraine Socialist Party of Ukraine The Socialist Party of Ukraine is a Socialist political party in Ukraine and part of the Verkhovna Rada from 1994 to 2007.It is one of the oldest parties and was created by the former members of the Communist Party of Ukraine in late 1991 when the Communist Party was banned... |
9 252 | 2,08 |
| 9 | PORA Pora PORA! , meaning IT'S TIME! in Ukrainian, is a civic youth organization and political party in Ukraine espousing nonviolent resistance and advocating increased national democracy... |
6 230 | 1,40 |
| 10 | Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists The Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists is a right-wing political party in Ukraine. It was founded on October 18, 1992 and registered with the Ministry of Justice on January 26, 1993. The party leader from its formation and until her death in 2003 was Yaroslava Stetsko .-History:During the 1998... |
5 380 | 1,21 |
| 11 | Civil Movement "People's Self-Defense" | 2 895 | 0,65 |
| 12 | Communist Party of Ukraine Communist Party of Ukraine The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine, currently led by Petro Symonenko.The party fights the Ukrainian national self-determination by identifying any Ukrainian national parties as the National-Fascist ones The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine,... |
2 291 | 0,52 |
| 13 | Great Ukraine | 1 726 | 0,47 |
| 14 | Agrarian party | 1 501 | 0,43 |
| 15 | New politics | 1 168 | 0,33 |
| 16 | New democracy | 1 126 | 0,32 |
| Against all | 6,16 | ||
| Invalid bulletins | 3,13 | ||
| Total turnout 52.02% |
Polls
| Party: | Results last election | Sociological group "Rating" Sociological group "RATING" RATING , or fully the Sociological group "RATING" , is a Ukrainian non-governmental polling organization.... (January 27, 2009) |
Den Den (newspaper) Den is a Kiev-based, centrist daily boardsheet newspaper. Founded in 1996, the paper has a circulation of about 60,000. It is linked to former prime minister Yevhen Marchuk - his wife Larysa Ivshyna is the paper's editor-in-chief... (February 7, 2009) |
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| BYuT | 34.23% | 28,7% | 20% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PR Party of Regions The Party of Regions is an Ukrainian political party created on October 26, 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. It was reformed later in 2001 when the party united with several others... |
<3%* | 2,4% | np** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| OU-PSD | 31.27% | 15%*** (PU-"OU") | 2% - 3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CPU Communist Party of Ukraine The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine, currently led by Petro Symonenko.The party fights the Ukrainian national self-determination by identifying any Ukrainian national parties as the National-Fascist ones The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine,... |
<3% | np | np | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LB | <3% | 5,6% | np | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SPU Socialist Party of Ukraine The Socialist Party of Ukraine is a Socialist political party in Ukraine and part of the Verkhovna Rada from 1994 to 2007.It is one of the oldest parties and was created by the former members of the Communist Party of Ukraine in late 1991 when the Communist Party was banned... |
3.3% | 0,7% | np | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Svoboda | <3% | 16,1% | 12% - 15% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNB Kostenko and Plyushch Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch The Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch, is a defunct political alliance in Ukraine led by Yuriy Kostenko and Ivan Plyushch.It consisted out of:*Party of Free Peasants and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine*Political Party Cathedral Ukraine... † |
8.65% | 1.6† (UPP Ukrainian People's Party The Ukrainian People's Party is a political party in Ukraine, led by Yury Kostenko, registered on Old Year's Day 1999 as Ukrainian National Movement .-History:... ) |
np | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PSD*** | dnp** | 3,0% | np | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC United Centre United Centre is a Ukrainian political party. It is an offspring of Our Ukraine. It will participate in the next Ukrainian parliamentary election independently. Legally United Centre is the successor of the Party of Private Property , registered with the Ministry of Justice on September 24, 1999.... |
dnp | 2,8% | 5% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pora Pora PORA! , meaning IT'S TIME! in Ukrainian, is a civic youth organization and political party in Ukraine espousing nonviolent resistance and advocating increased national democracy... |
3% | 1,6% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Against all | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Not going to vote | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unsure | 20% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * Political parties or election blocs need to collect at least 3% of the total vote for all parties in order to gain seats in parliament. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** "np" stands for "not polled". "dnp" stands for "did not participate". | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *** As People's Union "Our Ukraine" running alone (without Civil Movement "People's Self-Defense" a.o.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † UNB Kostenko and Plyushch Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch The Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch, is a defunct political alliance in Ukraine led by Yuriy Kostenko and Ivan Plyushch.It consisted out of:*Party of Free Peasants and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine*Political Party Cathedral Ukraine... is now defunct, original Bloc Electoral alliance An electoral alliance may take the form of a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc. It is an association of political parties or individuals which exists solely to stand in elections... participant Ukrainian People's Party Ukrainian People's Party The Ukrainian People's Party is a political party in Ukraine, led by Yury Kostenko, registered on Old Year's Day 1999 as Ukrainian National Movement .-History:... is participating in the election solo |
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Ternopil city council
The elections to TernopilTernopil
Ternopil , is a city in western Ukraine, located on the banks of the Seret River. Ternopil is one of the major cities of Western Ukraine and the historical region of Galicia...
city council took place in fall of 2010.
Mayor elections
- Serhiy Nadal (Svoboda) - 27% (25,988 votes)
- Roman Zastavny (For Ukraine!) - 16% (15,709 votes)
- Petro Hoch (Party of RegionsParty of RegionsThe Party of Regions is an Ukrainian political party created on October 26, 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. It was reformed later in 2001 when the party united with several others...
) - 13% (12,630 votes)