Electoral Reform in Ukraine #11
The Presidential elections in Ukraine are approaching fast, taking place on 31 March 2019. Issue no. 11 gives an update on recent developments regarding the Draft Election Code, which was approved by the Verkhovna Rada in the first reading in November 2017 and aims to harmonize Ukraine’s electoral legal framework by introducing a proportional electoral […]
EPDE Policy Alert – Electoral Reform in Ukraine #11
Photo: UNIAN The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) monitors the progress of electoral reform in Ukraine. Issue no. 11 of the “EPDE Policy Alert – Electoral Reform in Ukraine” gives an update on recent developments regarding the Draft Election Code which was approved by the Verkhovna Rada in the first reading in November […]
Final report on the 2018 Presidential election
The report presents an overview and analysis of the key findings from the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy’s observation mission of the pre-election, Election Day, election runoff and post-election periods of the Presidential election in 2018. At the same time, it provides assessment of the work of key administrative bodies involved in elections. […]
Monitoring of the Presidential election – DECs and candidates’ programs

The Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) has published its second long-term monitoring report of the Presidential election campaign. In this report CVU confirms the overall transparent establishment of district election commissions (DECs), yet also reports on problematic inclusions of candidates who are not entitled to work in the DECs and lacking experience by other […]
2nd report on the Presidential election campaign
Representatives of the Civil Network OPORA reported that the misuse of administrative resources and transparency of campaign financing became two major challenges in February during the Presidential election campaign. They further reported on the establishment of district election commissions and on instances of false accusations launched against certain candidates of being involved in vote buying […]
Worst elections in years – incidents on E-Day almost doubled since 2016

Preliminary evaluation of the voting day during the Parliamentary elections in Moldova, held on 24 February 2019, shows the highest number of incidents in comparison to the previous 16 elections observed by the domestic monitors of Promo-LEX. According to the Moldovan EPDE member organization, 1118 incidents were recorded on Election Day which might seriously affect […]
Final report on the 2018 Presidential election
This report by the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) presents an overview and analysis of the key findings from ISFED’s observation mission of the pre-election, Election Day, election runoff and post-election periods. At the same time, it provides assessment of the work of key administrative bodies involved in elections. Drawing upon the findings, […]
Presidential election campaign – misuse of administrative resources and campaign financing

The Civil Network OPORA has published its second election observation report on the Presidential election campaign in Ukraine, which is taking place on 31 March 2019. The misuse of administrative resources and transparency of campaign financing were two major challenges in February. This is in particular a problem concerning the presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko, as […]
Monitoring report of the Election Day

This sixth report by Promo-LEX includes observations from the Election Day, such as the opening and closing of polling stations, incidents observed during the day, and an analysis of the final vote counting and issues surrounding this process.
5th Pre-election monitoring report of the parliamentary elections

The fifth report includes monitoring results using the framework of the Promo-LEX Observation Mission (OM) for the period of 6 February – 20 February 2019 in the run-up to the parliamentary elections taking place on the 24 February 2019.