Kharkiv residents are reluctant to vote in the mayoral elections
Low turnout in Kharkiv / Photo: Collage: Today
As of 16:00 on Sunday, the turnout in the early elections of the mayor of Kharkiv was 22.7%. The civic network “Opora” writes about this on its Facebook page.
“As of 16:00, the turnout of voters in the early elections of the Kharkiv mayor is 22.7% (the error is 0.9%). At the midterm elections of the people’s deputy in the 184th constituency (Kherson region) by 16:00 it is 17.6% (the error is 2.2 And in 197 constituencies, 20.8% of voters took part in the voting. “
KIU chairman Vitaly Nosachev suggested that the low voter turnout could allegedly be related to the statement of the People’s Deputy from the “Servant of the People” Mikhail Radutsky, which misled people, as well as the coronavirus pandemic.
The head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Health Mikhail Radutsky said that during the elections, a COVID certificate will be required at polling stations. However, he later said that he was misunderstood, that he meant only public places, and not polling stations. In this regard, OPORA announced the risk of disrupting the elections in Kharkiv. The Central Election Commission of Ukraine put an end to the dispute, stating that only a mask and a passport are needed to vote. And there will even be vaccination points at the sites.
In addition, whether the winner will be immediately determined or another round of voting will take place will depend on the voter turnout. The OPORA network election observation coordinator in the Kharkiv region Mykola Zinchenko predicted that the turnout would be low.
Recall that in 2020, the turnout in the 2020 local elections was 36.98%. The turnout rate was almost 10% lower than in the 2015 local elections, which was 46.6%.
Elections in Kharkov
- Local elections in the city were held a year ago, and Gennady Kernes was elected mayor, but in connection with his death in December, the Verkhovna Rada has appointed early elections for October 31. 12 candidates apply for the post of mayor of Kharkiv. The main competitors are the secretary of the city council Igor Terekhov and the former head of the region and the city Mikhail Dobkin.
- On October 31, the day of elections, observers of the OPORA Civil Network were not allowed to enter two polling stations without a negative PCR test or a vaccination certificate.
- In addition, in Kharkiv at the polling station No. 631626 on the street. Turkestanskaya, 1, voting is recorded together in one booth.
- As of 12:00 on Sunday, the turnout in the early elections of the mayor of Kharkiv was 12.4%.
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