Central Election Commission (Ukraine)

Central Election Commission
Центральна виборча комісія
CEC logo
Agency overview
FormedNovember 1997
Jurisdiction Ukraine
Headquarters
Agency executive
  • Oleh Didenko (since 4 October 2019), Chairperson of the Commission
WebsiteOfficial website

The Central Election Commission of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Центральна виборча комісія України, romanized: Tsentralna vyborcha komisiia Ukrainy, commonly abbreviated as ЦВК, TsVK, IPA: [ˌtsɛweˈkɑ]); sometimes referred to as the Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine) is a permanent and independent collegiate body of the Ukrainian state that acts on the basis of the Constitution of Ukraine, the laws of Ukraine and is responsible for organizing the arrangements and the conduct of the presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine as well as the local elections at all levels, managing the all-Ukrainian and local referendums according to the procedure and within the legal framework defined by the laws of Ukraine.

Legislative status

The Commission manages the system of election commissions and referendum commissions established to arrange and conduct the presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine as well as the all-Ukrainian referendums. The Commission supervises activities and provides the advisory and methodological support to the commissions established to arrange and conduct the local elections at all levels as well as the local referendums.

The Commission discharges its mandate independently, separately from other government authorities, municipalities, officials and public officers.

General Information, Composition and Appointment

In November 1997 a new state institution, the Central Election Commission, was established according to the Constitution requirements. The Law of Ukraine "On the Central Election Commission" stipulates that the Central Election Commission shall be a permanent state body, which, in compliance with the Constitution of Ukraine, ensures the arrangements and the conduct of the presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine as well as the all-Ukrainian referendums.[citation needed]

The Central Election Commission also provides advisory-methodological support of elections and local referendums to local councils, village, town, city mayors. It supervises the system of election commissions established to arrange and conduct the presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine as well as the all-Ukrainian referendums, coordinates their activities.[citation needed]

The Central Election Commission is an independent state body. In order to perform its functions the Commission is entitled to enable the involvement of public authorities at all levels into the implementation of this extremely important state activity. The Commission performs its duties on the principles of legality, independence, objectivity, competence, professionalism, collegial decision-making, reliability, openness and transparency.[citation needed]

The activities of the Commission are carried out openly and publicly.[citation needed]

The Commission has its own publication - "The Bulletin of the Central Election Commission".[citation needed]

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine appoints and terminates the authority of the CEC members upon the proposal of the President of Ukraine. The presidential submission on the CEC members shall take into account the nominee proposals of current parliamentary factions and groups.[citation needed]

Composition

The Commission consists of 17 CEC members (prior to September 2018 15 members). The Commission functions on a regular basis. Member of the Commission is a public officer. Each member is appointed for a 7-year term by the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine. A Commission member may be a citizen of Ukraine, who shall not be under twenty five years old on the appointment date, has the right to vote, has been lived in Ukraine for at least the last five years and commands the official language. The Chairperson of the Commission, the Deputy Chair of the Commission, the Secretary of the Commission, as well as at least five other members of the Commission shall have higher education in the field of law.

Secretariat of the Commission

Appointment

History

The first election commission in Ukraine was created in 1917 as an Electoral Bureau of the General Secretary of Internal Affairs and was headed by Mykhailo Kovenko. It prepared elections to the Ukrainian Constituent Assembly, which were interrupted by the Ukrainian-Soviet War. In 1989 the modern election commission was created under the Cabinet of Ukraine, which in 1997 became an independent body of the Ukrainian government.

Districts

There are different electoral divisions depending on the level of elections. Before the electoral of 1997 and the installation of the Central Election Commission the country consisted of 450 electoral districts (number of parliamentarians in Verkhovna Rada). With the introduction of party voting principle the number of districts changed to 225. Each electoral district includes around 120-180 smaller electoral precincts (dilnytsi).

Beside the national level elections the country conducts local elections as well. Each region (oblast or Autonomous Republic Crimea), district (raion), urban or rural settlement (see Administrative divisions of Ukraine) has its own council (rada) amounting altogether to some 12,088 councils of various size across the nation.

Western Ukraine

Election
year		ZakarpattiaChernivtsiIvano-FrankivskLvivTernopilVolynRivne
districtsnumberdistrictsnumberdistrictsnumberdistrictsnumberdistrictsnumberdistrictsnumberdistrictsnumber
totalchangetotalchangetotalchangetotalchangetotalchangetotalchangetotalchange
1990167-17711Steady 0430-4378Steady 0196-20712Steady 0258-28124Steady 0355-36410Steady 040-489Steady 0332-34110Steady 0
1994167-17610Decrease 1431-4388Steady 0195-20612Steady 0260-28223Decrease 1356-36510Steady 064-729Steady 0333-34210Steady 0
199870-745Decrease 5202-2054Decrease 484-896Decrease 6115-12612Decrease 11163-1675Decrease 519-235Decrease 4152-1565Decrease 5
199970-745Steady 0202-2054Steady 084-896Steady 0115-12612Steady 0163-1675Steady 019-235Steady 0152-1565Steady 0
200270-756Increase 1202-2054Steady 085-906Steady 0116-12712Steady 0164-1685Steady 019-235Steady 0153-1575Steady 0
200470-756Steady 0204-2074Steady 085-906Steady 0117-12812Steady 0166-1705Steady 019-235Steady 0155-1595Steady 0
200666-705Decrease 1207-2104Steady 079-857Increase 1112-12514Increase 2165-1728Increase 320-267Increase 2151-1577Increase 2
200766-705Steady 0207-2104Steady 079-857Steady 0112-12514Steady 0165-1728Steady 020-265Steady 0151-1577Steady 0
201069-746Increase 1204-2074Steady 084-907Steady 0117-12812Decrease 2165-1695Decrease 319-235Decrease 2154-1585Decrease 2
201268-735Steady 0201-2044Steady 083-897Steady 0115-12612Steady 0163-1675Steady 019-235Steady 0152-1565Steady 0
  

Presidential elections

Northern Ukraine

Election
year		ZhytomyrKyivKyiv cityChernihivSumy
districtsnumberdistrictsnumberdistrictsnumberdistrictsnumberdistrictsnumber
totalchangetotalchangetotalchangetotalchangetotalchange
1990153-16614Steady 0208-22417Steady 01-2222Steady 0438-45013Steady 0342-35413Steady 0
1994154-16613Decrease 1207-22317Steady 01-2323Increase 1439-45012Decrease 1343-35513Steady 0
199864-696Decrease 790-978Decrease 9212-22312Decrease 11206-2116Decrease 6157-1626Decrease 7
199964-696Steady 090-978Steady 0212-22312Steady 0206-2116Steady 0157-1626Steady 0
200264-696Steady 091-988Steady 0212-22312Steady 0206-2116Steady 0158-1636Steady 0
200464-696Steady 091-999Increase 1214-22310Decrease 2208-2136Steady 0160-1656Steady 0
200656-6510Increase 486-949Steady 0218-2247Decrease 3211-2177Increase 1158-1647Increase 1
200756-6510Steady 086-949Steady 0218-2247Steady 0211-2177Steady 0158-1647Steady 0
201063-686Decrease 491-999Steady 0214-22310Increase 3208-2136Decrease 1159-1646Decrease 1
201262-676Steady 090-989Steady 0211-22313Increase 3205-2106Steady 0157-1626Steady 0
  

Presidential elections

Members

The current Central Election Commission approved by parliament on 4 October 2019 includes 17 members:

Former members

On 5 October 2018 14 new members began to exercise their powers (the Ukrainian parliament had appointed on 20 September 2018):

In April 2014 parliament had already appointed:

As of 20 September 2018 one seat was vacant.

All members (appointed on 20 September 2018 and since) were dismissed by parliament on 13 September 2019.

The Ukrainian parliament dismissed the following 13 members of the Central Election Commission on 20 September 2018:

Former members of the Commission were appointed by the parliament on 8 December 2004. This appointment was an integral part of the legislative package to resolve the presidential election crisis in Ukraine. These members supervised the repeat of the second round of the presidential elections on 26 December 2004.

Members of the Commission as of 1 January 2005 were:

Previous Members

Chairmen

See also

Presidential elections

Parliamentary elections

References

  1. ↑ "Official website. Address (bottom of the page) ("Kyiv" spelling)". March 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "ЦВК очолив Діденко, який був у попередньому складі комісії".
  3. ↑ Rada backs increase in composition of CEC to 17 people, Interfax-Ukraine (18 September 2018)
  4. ↑ 2010 local elections
  5. ↑ "Rada forms new composition of CEC".
  6. 1 2 Slipachuk elected head of Central Election Commission at closed meeting, Ukrinform (5 October 2018)
  7. ↑ Rada updates CEC composition, appointing 14 new members, Interfax-Ukraine (20 September 2018)
  8. 1 2 (in Ukrainian) The council approved a new composition of the CEC, Ukrayinska Pravda (20 September 2018)
  9. ↑ (in Ukrainian) "We are all", "This is a new reality": the CEC reacted to the decision of the Council, Ukrayinska Pravda (13 September 2019)
  10. ↑ Verkhovna Rada dismisses 13 CEC members, UNIAN (20 September 2018)
  11. ↑ Mykhailo Okhendovsky appointed head of Central Election Commission, Interfax-Ukraine (6 July 2013)
  12. ↑ Nation’s law enforcers have dismal track record, Kyiv Post (11 December 2009)

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