Over 31 thousand militiamen will provide an order during the 2nd round of local elections in Ukraine, which will be held on fifteen November, said on Thursday Advisor to the head of the Ministry of internal Affairs of the country Ivan Stoyko.

"The protection of public order during the 2nd round of elections will provide 31, 6 thousands of militiamen ", - quotes the words Firmly press service of the MIA of Ukraine.

the head of the Ministry said at a press conference that, according to the results of the first round, almost equal to the chances are the candidates in Dnepropetrovsk. A similar situation in Lutsk, Zhytomyr, Ivano-Frankivsk, Bila Tserkva, Kirovograd, Khmelnitsky, Zaporozhye and Melitopol.

"so in cities of the interior Ministry increased Security, brought additional forces will act is investigative-task force, emergency response teams and explosive service. That is attention we will pay not rural areas, and cities with a population of More than 90 thousand ", - said Firmly.

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, in the larger Second round of elections if none of the candidates could gain more than half of voters came to the polls (50% plus one vote). The second round of elections of mayors will be held on November fifteen in 29 cities.

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