Polling stations for voting on elections to bodies of local self-government bodies closed in Ukraine on Sunday in 20. 00 local time (21. 00 MSK).

this time Local elections are held on the new electoral law. Regional, city and district councils elected by proportional representation with the so-called open lists, and the deputies of village councils under majority system of relative majority. The results must be determined before November 4 and made public for five days, and in the case of the 2nd round of elections of the mayor in the big cities - not later than November 20.

in the elections not have the opportunity to participate blocks of political parties, the electoral threshold for parties is raised from 3% to 5%. The election will turnout. Local elections are not held in a number of settlements of Donetsk and Lugansk regions.

according to the results of most opinion polls, the party "Block of Petro Poroshenko" Solidarity ", "Batkivshchyna" former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and "Self-help" lead the chart of electoral preferences. The overwhelming number of voters came to the polls in the East of the country experts will pornosivut of the party " Opposition Bloc ".

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