Coming in October local elections in Ukraine will be held under a new electoral law and an active discussion in the Parliament of reforms associated with the possible decentralization, this stems from their importance, says the analyst of the American research center. 2 the main features of the upcoming elections of mayors and deputies of local councils it considers the system of open lists and the inevitability of the second round in major cities in case none of the candidates wins more than 50% of the vote. in addition, an analyst with the Atlantic Council weighs the chances of winning different candidates in the new environment. for example, in Kiev Vitali Klitschko is supposed rivalry with several candidates, besides the re-election he will have the opportunity to be much more difficult than elections in the past year, says the Creator of the article. According to his vision, Klitschko turned to achieve positive results on a post of the head of the city, but his team was unable effectively to communicate these successes to the data to come to the polls. Among the main competitors of the incumbent head of the city named Yulia Tymoshenko, Igor Shevchenko and Gennady Korban." Rising star "urban policy of the analyst believes Kiev restaurateur Sergey gusovsky, a member of the Party" Samopomich ". in Odessa the incumbent Mayor and former consisting of the Party of regions Gennady Trukhanov will compete with Edward Hurwicz, who three times served as Chairman of this city. At this time, according to the polls, the leader of the Trukhanov. According to the expert reviews of the Atlantic Council, success is waiting for Hurwitz in the case that " Saakashvili will have the opportunity to apply administrative apparatus to provide fair elections ". in the current mayor of Kharkiv Gennady Kernes adds to the appeal of threatening him with criminal prosecution for the pressure on the active participants of the Euromaidan, as well as the attempt on his life, says an analyst at the Atlantic Council. Support Kernes provides Pro-Russian population of the city and the local business community, he said. according to his vision, if the new election law did not prohibit Pro-European politicians to participate in the elections as independent candidates or to create a coalition, they would have a better chance of winning in the East and South of the country. explaining the lack of the Communist Party Among the participants of the election campaign, an analyst at the Atlantic Council binds her ban with fears that " the poor state of the economy may force elderly came to the polls to vote for red, sending in local councils intractable commissioners, which will block reform."