2020 Kharkiv local elections

Local elections were held in Kharkiv on 25 October 2020 to elect the Mayor of Kharkiv and the 84-seat Kharkiv City Council as a part of wider 2020 Ukrainian local elections, which took place on the same day.[3]

2020 Kharkiv local elections

25 October 2020
Mayoral election
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Turnout31.36% Decrease 11.05 pp[1][2]
 
Фельдман Олександр Борисович Вадим Чуприна ©.jpg
CandidateHennadiy KernesOleksandr Feldman
PartyKernes BlocOPZZh
Popular vote195,04446,278
Percentage61.52%14.60%

 
CandidateOleksiy KucherOleh Abramychev
PartySNYeS
Popular vote23,40121,315
Percentage7.38%6.72%

Mayor before election

Hennadiy Kernes
Revival

Elected Mayor

Hennadiy Kernes
Kernes Bloc

City Council election
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All 84 seats in Kharkiv City Council
43 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
Kernes BlocHennadiy Kernes37.9534New
OPZZhOleksandr Feldman20.9619New
YeSOleh Abramychev8.999+2
SNOleksiy Kucher8.767New
PShMykyta Rozhenko6.557New
Svitlychna BlocYuliya Svitlychna6.146New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by district
Secretary before Secretary after
Oleksandr Novak
Revival
Ihor Terekhov
Kernes Bloc

Electoral system

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These were the first elections held under the newly adopted Electoral Code, which provided a fully proportional electoral system at the both local and national levels.[4]

Kharkiv was divided into 7 districts with an unfixed amount of seats. Each party had to form two lists: the first is united for the entire city, and the second is for individual territorial districts. The party would receive a mandate if it overcomes the 5% threshold. In this case, the No.1 candidate on the list is guaranteed to receive a seat. Candidates who receive 25% or more of the electoral quota of their district get to the top of the list in descending order of the number of votes for them. In the case of an equal number of votes, the order of candidates will remain as determined by the party at the time of voting. After the candidates who passed to the council according to the quota, the rest are placed in the order determined by the party.

Electoral quota is the number of votes needed to obtain one seat. The electoral quota is determined by the territorial election commission. For this, the commission needed to divide the total number of votes for those parties that won at least 5 percent of the voters' votes and are now participating in the distribution of mandates by the number of mandates. The number of seats into which the electoral votes had to be divided is the difference between the number of seats in the council and the number of guaranteed seats for each party that entered the council (one seat per party).[4]

Mayoral candidates

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Opinion polls

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City Council election

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Fieldwork datePolling firmSample size OtherLead
25 October 2020Liberty Report/Ukraine 2412,7659,21,71,51,12,117,012,40,40,76,439,55,42,622,5
Exit polls
5-11 October 2020Dialogue1,6004,21,01,80,30,915,47,80,93,554,77,02,539,3
25-27 September 2020Public Opinion1,2005,87,921,411,431,713,38,5[a]3,7
20-22 September 2020Info Sapiens/IRI6000,51111130,20,3215111631511[b]16
25 January-17 February 2020Rating/IRI6331,24,93,72,41,22,429,330,52,46,115,91,2
6 September-10 October 2019Rating/IRI6893,41,114,82,317,048,91,14,66,831,9
6-11 November 2019SMC8332,31,13,43,43,13,42,328,72,314,929,90,92,32,025,5
25 October 20152015 Kyiv local election53,6411,856,766,673,431,9915,6741,79

Mayoral election

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Fieldwork datePolling firmSample sizeKernesDavtianAbramychevFeldmanKucherSvitlychnaCherniakNaryzhnaSolovyovYaroslavskyiOtherLead
25 October 2020Liberty Report/Ukraine 2412,76557,96,212,112,04,52,41,21,02,745,8
Exit polls
20-22 September 2020Info Sapiens/IRI60063451315[c]50
5-11 October 2020Dialogue1,60079,81,67,35,32,30,50,61,21,472,5
6-11 November 2019SMC1,01456,80,59,11,115,916,640,9
25 October 20152015 Kyiv local election65,84,529,753,5

Results

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City Council

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7
34
7
7
7
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv117,47037.9534New
Opposition Platform — For Life64,89220.9619New
European Solidarity27,8438.999+2
Servant of the People27,1078.769New
Party of Shariy20,2666.557New
Svitlychna Bloc "Together!"19,0166.146New
Holos6,6592.150New
Our Land5,9361.920–7
Batkivshchyna3,9111.260New
Democratic Axe3,6471.180New
For the Future2,9850.960New
Victory of Palchevskyi2,8130.910New
Svoboda2,3800.770New
Party of Pensioners of Ukraine2,0950.680New
Strength and Honor1,5000.480New
Aktsent5740.190New
Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform4850.160New
Total309,579100.00840
Valid votes309,57995.83
Invalid/blank votes13,4564.17
Total votes323,035100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,030,78731.34
Source: CEC[24]

Mayor

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Hennadiy KernesKernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv195,04461.52
Oleksandr FeldmanOpposition Platform — For Life46,27814.60
Oleksiy KucherServant of the People23,4017.38
Oleh AbramychevEuropean Solidarity21,3156.72
Ihor CherniakSvitlychna Bloc "Together!"10,0853.18
Oleksandra NaryzhnaHolos6,2821.98
Mykyta SoloviovDemocratic Axe4,1991.32
Denys YaroslavskyiIndependent3,2331.02
Serhii KushnariovVictory of Palchevskyi2,4710.78
Ihor PrykhodkoBatkivshchyna1,8880.60
Iryna DenysovaFor the Future1,3710.43
Valerii BezlepkinIndependent5640.18
Nataliia PylypenkoIndependent5580.18
Heorhii LahovskyiUkrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform3490.11
Total317,038100.00
Valid votes317,03898.09
Invalid/blank votes6,1801.91
Total votes323,218100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,030,78731.36
Source: CEC[24]

Aftermath

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Incumbent mayor and front runner Kernes saw his health rapidly deteriorate in the days before the election and was last seen in public on 23 August 2020.[25] On 17 September 2020 it was announced that Kernes was hospitalized in Germany for COVID-19 and he won the 25 October election from his hospital bed.[20] On 9 December 2020, Kernes was sworn in as mayor without being present and it was announced on 11 December that Kernes had suffered a kidney failure.[26] On 17 December, Kernes' close personal friend, Pavel Fuks, announced that Kernes had passed away due to complications of COVID-19, exasperated by his kidney failure.[27] Ihor Terekhov would take over the Kernes Block, and a snap election for mayor was scheduled for 2021.

Notes

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  1. ^ Against all - 3,7%
  2. ^ None of the above - 4%
  3. ^ None of the above - 9%

References

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    Помер Геннадій Кернес: мер Харкова, який виграв вибори з реанімації, BBC Ukrainian (17 December 2020) (in Ukrainian)