The Kharkiv city election Commission finishes to accept from the precinct election commissions the protocols on elections to the regional Council, has informed on Tuesday local magazine.

"Kharkiv city election Commission has already adopted most of the ballots, remain untreated, about 70 protocols of precinct election Commission of 601 ", - Reported in the report.

says that as of Tuesday morning in the premises of municipal electoral Committee there are almost no people, as members of precinct election commissions has gone to sleep and relax.

it is expected that upon completion of the reception of protocols on the provincial Council, the municipal electoral Committee starts to accept the ballots and the protocols from the district election districts on elections of the mayor and the city Council.

Local elections were held in Ukraine on Sunday on the new electoral law. In small towns with population over 90 thousand people, the mayor was elected by a simple majority vote, and in large cities can be assigned to a second round if none of the candidates will be able to collect more than 50% of the vote. Regional, city and district councils elected under the proportional system with open lists.

in the elections has not had the opportunity to participate blocks of political parties, the electoral threshold for parties is raised from 3% to 5%. The election will turnout. 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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