Waning Enthusiasm For Elections in Ukraine, Explained
Waning Enthusiasm For Elections in Ukraine, Explained
The turnout for Ukraine’s crucial parliamentary elections on October 26 has failed to live up to expectations.
A woman casts a ballot during a parliamentary election at a school gym in the village of Semenivka near Slavyansk, eastern Ukraine. (Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)
by Devin Ackles, Hromadske International
produced by Maxim Eristavi
What You Need to Know:
✓ Ukraine’s parliamentary elections were held on Sunday, October 26;
✓ According to exit polls, ‘pro-European’ parties have won a large majority of seats for the party list elections;
✓In many areas of the country’s most populated region of Donetsk and Luhansk provinces people had no opportunity to cast their ballots;
✓ Voter turnout was the lowest it has been in recent years;
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