All polling stations were opened in Kiev, 2 had minor problems, said the Chairman of the office of the Kiev city administration Volodymyr Bondarenko at a press conference on Sunday in Kiev.

Only in Kiev 1089 polling stations.

"as of 8: 30 (9: 30 GMT) All polling stations opened," said Bondarenko.

according to him, the problems were on 2 sites. On some of them the key stuck in the lock of the safe, and didn't have a chance to open, and another head of the Commission lost the key to the safe.

"other issues no. The special stages, which feared that there will be problems, opened, and there are no issues, " - said Bondarenko.

according to him, such violations as of 8: 30 (9: 30 GMT) on sites not documented.

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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