The second round of local elections will be held in at least 27 cities of Ukraine, and Kiev, said on Thursday the press-service of public organization " Committee of voters of Ukraine ".

Local elections were held in Ukraine on 25 October on a new electoral law. In small towns with population over 90 thousand people, the mayor was elected by a simple majority of votes, and in the large cities must be assigned to a Second round if none of the candidates could score at least 50% of the vote. Regional, city and district councils elected under the proportional system with open lists.

"according to unconfirmed information, the Second round of elections will take place in More than 27 cities of Ukraine, and among them, in Kyiv and 18 regional centers," - said the press service of the organization.

according to " Department of voters of Ukraine ", the Second round of elections is expected in such cities like Belaya Tserkov, Kremenchuk, Severodonetsk, Pavlograd, Dneprodzerginsk, Krivoy Rog, Nikopol and Kramatorsk. The organization also said that the situation in Melitopol, Berdyansk, Slavyansk remains uncertain as long as.

in a press-service of the organization stressed that in Khmelnytsky, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zhytomyr, Chernihiv and Poltava, according to unconfirmed information, the difference between the candidates that advanced to the Second round, is not more than 3% of the vote.

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