The turnout of voters on elections of the mayor of Odessa 13. 00 GMT amounted to 13, 5%, said Last news the head of the city election Commission Evgeny Grigoriev.

"The turnout by 12. 00 (13 MSK) amounted to 13, 5% ", - said Grigoriev.

He said that the following details of the election Committee will be on 17. 00.

As notified on the Internet office of the Odessa city Council, elections are held in Odessa in a quiet environment. The city authorities have taken all necessary measures to maintain the security of the voting Residents.

Previous special election was held in Odessa on 25 may 2014, following the resignation in November 2013 of the mayor Alexey Kostusev. They won Gennady Trukhanov, who scored 43, 49% of voters came to the polls. In this election, for the position of city Manager of claim 45, 20 parties go to the city Council.

Of the 45 applicants for the position of mayor real players experts call the current mayor Trukhanov, the former mayor Eduard Gurvits and joined in the race by the end of September Sasha Borovik, the adviser of the head of the Odessa region Mikhail Saakashvili. The leader of the race is Truhanov, He can win in the first round. A week before the election, the results of opinion polls, the chart Hurwitz and Borovik exceed 10% and now they are real contenders for second place, also having the chances to advance to the second round.

Local elections are held in Ukraine on Sunday on the new electoral law. In small towns with population over 90 thousand people the mayor is elected by simple majority of votes, and in large has the opportunity to be assigned to a second round if none of the candidates will be able to collect more than 50% of votes or to break away from its nearest competitor by more than 20%. The results must be determined before November 4 and made public for five days, and in case of holding the 2nd round in the big cities - not later than November 20.

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