![]() ![]() By comparison, in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election, then winner Viktor Yanukovych spent over $40 million and runner-up Tymoshenko spent $36 million. ![]() Īnalysis of candidates by the Ukrainian NGO "Chesno" found that Poroshenko had the largest election fund ( ₴415 million, about $15.4 million), followed by Yulia Tymoshenko with ₴320 million, Zelenskyy with ₴102.8 million, and Serhiy Taruta with ₴98.4 million. The CEC closed all five foreign polling stations in Ukrainian embassies and consulates within Russia ahead of the vote. However, the March 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia and the occupation of parts of Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast by separatists ( since April 2014) made roughly 12% of eligible voters unable to participate in the elections. ![]() ģ4,544,993 people were eligible to vote in the elections. The Ukrainian parliament had to approve the date of the presidential election no later than 100 days before the election day which it did on 26 November 2018. Background Īccording to Ukrainian law, the election of the President of Ukraine must take place on the last Sunday of March of the fifth year of the term of the incumbent president which in this cycle fell on 31 March 2019. The election was recognized as free and fair. According to the Central Election Commission (CEC), Zelenskyy won the second round with 73.22% of the votes. As none of the 39 candidates on the ballot received an absolute majority of the initial vote, a runoff was held on 21 April between the top two vote-getters, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a television personality, and the incumbent president, Petro Poroshenko. Presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 31 March 2019. Volodymyr Zelenskyy Petro Poroshenko Election was not held due to the Russo-Ukrainian War Second round results by electoral district ![]()
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