Central Election Commission (Ukraine)

Central Election Commission
(Центральна виборча комісія)
Commission Emblem
Agency overview
Formed November 1997
Jurisdiction  Ukraine
Headquarters 1, Lesia Ukrainka Square,
Kiev, Ukraine, 01196 [1]
Agency executive
  • Tetiana Slipachuk[2], Chairman of the Commission
Website Official website
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The Central Election Commission of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Центральна виборча комісія України, commonly abbreviated in Ukrainian as ЦВК (Tse-Ve-Ka); sometimes referred to as the Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine) is a permanent and independent collegiate body of the Ukrainian government.

Mission and Authority

The Commission is vested with authority to supervise and conduct presidential, parliamentary, and local self-government elections in Ukraine, as well as Ukrainian and local referendums. It issues mandatory decrees, which may be appealed to the Supreme Court of Ukraine or the High Administrative Court of Ukraine. The Commission is directly financed from the state budget of Ukraine.

The Commission doesn’t have any legal power to perform checks, investigate finance issues or punish violations.[3]

The overall trust in the Central Election Commission of Ukraine in Ukraine is very low.[4]

Composition and Appointment

The Commission consists of 17 members (prior to September 2018 15 members).[5] Each member is appointed for a 7-year term by the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine. Nominees are submitted by the President of Ukraine upon consultations with parliamentary factions and groups. Appointed members take an oath of office at the plenary session meeting of the parliament. All members of the commission have a higher education in law. The chairman of the commission is elected by the members of the commission through a secret voting.

The Commission elects out of its ranks the head of the Commission, deputy heads, and the secretary of the Commission.

Secretariat of the Commission

  • Chairman
  • Deputy
  • Operation-Methodical Department
  • Legal Department
  • Informational Department
  • Department of Document Support
  • Managing and Material-Technical Support Department
  • Division in relationships with public media
  • Division of human resources and the state service
  • Division of planning and financing
  • Division of control and use of funds
  • Accounting division
  • Division of international cooperation
  • Editorial-publishing division
  • Supporting service of the Central Election Commission

History

The first election commission in Ukraine was created in 1917 as an Electoral Bureau of the General Secretary of Internal Affairs and was headed by Mykhailo Kovenko. It prepared elections to the Ukrainian Constituent Assembly, which were interrupted by the Ukrainian-Soviet War. In 1989 the modern election commission was created under the Cabinet of Ukraine, which in 1997 became an independent body of the Ukrainian government.

Districts

There are different electoral divisions depending on the level of elections. Before the electoral of 1997 and the installation of the Central Election Commission the country consisted of 450 electoral districts (number of parliamentarians in Verkhovna Rada). With the introduction of party voting principle the number of districts changed to 225. Each electoral district includes around 120-180 smaller electoral precincts (dilnytsi).

Beside the national level elections the country conducts local elections as well. Each region (oblast or Autonomous Republic Crimea), district (raion), urban or rural settlement (see Administrative divisions of Ukraine) has its own council (rada) amounting altogether to some 12,088 councils of various size across the nation.[6]

Western Ukraine

Election
year		ZakarpattiaChernivtsiIvano-FrankivskLvivTernopilVolynRivne
districtsnumberdistrictsnumberdistrictsnumberdistrictsnumberdistrictsnumberdistrictsnumberdistrictsnumber
totalchangetotalchangetotalchangetotalchangetotalchangetotalchangetotalchange
1990167-17711Steady 0430-4378Steady 0196-20712Steady 0258-28124Steady 0355-36410Steady 040-489Steady 0332-34110Steady 0
1994167-17610Decrease 1431-4388Steady 0195-20612Steady 0260-28223Decrease 1356-36510Steady 064-729Steady 0333-34210Steady 0
199870-745Decrease 5202-2054Decrease 484-896Decrease 6115-12612Decrease 11163-1675Decrease 519-235Decrease 4152-1565Decrease 5
199970-745Steady 0202-2054Steady 084-896Steady 0115-12612Steady 0163-1675Steady 019-235Steady 0152-1565Steady 0
200270-756Increase 1202-2054Steady 085-906Steady 0116-12712Steady 0164-1685Steady 019-235Steady 0153-1575Steady 0
200470-756Steady 0204-2074Steady 085-906Steady 0117-12812Steady 0166-1705Steady 019-235Steady 0155-1595Steady 0
200666-705Decrease 1207-2104Steady 079-857Increase 1112-12514Increase 2165-1728Increase 320-267Increase 2151-1577Increase 2
200766-705Steady 0207-2104Steady 079-857Steady 0112-12514Steady 0165-1728Steady 020-265Steady 0151-1577Steady 0
201069-746Increase 1204-2074Steady 084-907Steady 0117-12812Decrease 2165-1695Decrease 319-235Decrease 2154-1585Decrease 2
201268-735Steady 0201-2044Steady 083-897Steady 0115-12612Steady 0163-1675Steady 019-235Steady 0152-1565Steady 0
  

Presidential elections

Northern Ukraine

Election
year		ZhytomyrKievKiev cityChernihivSumy
districtsnumberdistrictsnumberdistrictsnumberdistrictsnumberdistrictsnumber
totalchangetotalchangetotalchangetotalchangetotalchange
1990153-16614Steady 0208-22417Steady 01-2222Steady 0438-45013Steady 0342-35413Steady 0
1994154-16613Decrease 1207-22317Steady 01-2323Increase 1439-45012Decrease 1343-35513Steady 0
199864-696Decrease 790-978Decrease 9212-22312Decrease 11206-2116Decrease 6157-1626Decrease 7
199964-696Steady 090-978Steady 0212-22312Steady 0206-2116Steady 0157-1626Steady 0
200264-696Steady 091-988Steady 0212-22312Steady 0206-2116Steady 0158-1636Steady 0
200464-696Steady 091-999Increase 1214-22310Decrease 2208-2136Steady 0160-1656Steady 0
200656-6510Increase 486-949Steady 0218-2247Decrease 3211-2177Increase 1158-1647Increase 1
200756-6510Steady 086-949Steady 0218-2247Steady 0211-2177Steady 0158-1647Steady 0
201063-686Decrease 491-999Steady 0214-22310Increase 3208-2136Decrease 1159-1646Decrease 1
201262-676Steady 090-989Steady 0211-22313Increase 3205-2106Steady 0157-1626Steady 0
  

Presidential elections

Members

On 5 October 2018[2] 14 new members began to exercise their powers (the Ukrainian parliament had appointed on 20 September 2018[7]):

  • Tetiana Slipachuk (Chairman[2])
  • Alla Basalayeva
  • Natalia Bernatska
  • Mykhailo Verbensky
  • Andriy Yevstigneyev
  • Iryna Yefremova
  • Olha Zheltova
  • Oleh Konopolsky
  • Svitlana Kustova
  • Olha Lotiuk
  • Vitaliy Plukar
  • Yevhen Radchenko
  • Leontiy Shypylov
  • Tetiana Yuzkova

In April 2014 parliament had already appointed:[8]

  • Kateryna Mazhitska
  • Oleh Didenko

As of 20 September 2018 one seat was vacant.[8]

Former members

The Ukrainian parliament dismissed the following 13 members of the Central Election Commission on 20 September 2018:[9]

  • Mykhaylo Okhendovsky (Охендовський Михайло Володимирович) (chairman)[10]
  • Andriy Mahera (Магера Андрій Йосипович) (deputy chairman)
  • Zhanna Usenko-Chorna (Усенко-Чорна Жанна Іванівна) (deputy chairwoman)
  • Tetiana Lukash (Лукаш Тетяна Леонідівна) (secretary)
  • Tamara Astakhova (Астахова Тамара Валеріївна)
  • Yuriy Danylevskyi (Данилевський Юрій Миколайович)
  • Yuriy Donchenko (Донченко Юрій Григорович)
  • Ihor Zhydenko (Жиденко Ігор Григорович)
  • Bronislav Raykovskyy (Райковський Броніслав Станіславович)
  • Oleksandr Chupakhin (Чупахін Олександр Михайлович)
  • Yulia Shvets (Швець Юлія Вікторівна)
  • Oleksandr Shelestov (Шелестов Олександр Миколайович)
  • Valeriy Sheludko (Шелудько Валерій Євгенович)

Former members of the Commission were appointed by the parliament on December 8, 2004. This appointment was an integral part of the legislative package to resolve the presidential election crisis in Ukraine. These members supervised the repeat of the second round of the presidential elections on December 26, 2004.

Members of the Commission as of January 1, 2005 were:

  • Yaroslav Davydovych (Давидович Ярослав Васильович) (chairman)
  • Maryna Stavniychuk (Ставнійчук Марина Іванівна) (deputy chairwoman)
  • Mykola Melnyk (Мельник Микола Іванович) (deputy chairman)
  • Serhiy Dubovyk (Дубовик Сергій Олегович) (secretary)
  • Yuriy Donchenko (Донченко Юрій Григорович)
  • Valentyna Zavalevska (Завалевська Валентина Олександрівна)
  • Ihor Kachur (Качур Ігор Анатолійович)
  • Ruslan Knyazevych (Князевич Руслан Петрович)
  • Andriy Mahera (Магера Андрій Йосипович)
  • Mykhaylo Okhendrovskyy (Охендовський Михайло Володимирович)
  • Anatoliy Pysarenko (Писаренко Анатолій Аркадійович)
  • Bronislav Raykovskyy (Райковський Броніслав Станіславович)
  • Zhanna Usenko-Chorna (Усенко-Чорна Жанна Іванівна)
  • Oleksandr Chupakhin (Чупахін Олександр Михайлович)
  • Valeriy Sheludko (Шелудько Валерій Євгенович)

Previous Members

  • Valeriy Bondyk (Бондик Валерій Анатолійович) (February 17, 2004 - December 8, 2004)
  • Yuriy Danylevskyy (Данилевський Юрій Миколайович) (April 7, 1999 - December 8, 2004)
  • Serhiy Kivalov (Ківалов Сергій Васильович) (February 17 - December 8, 2004); currently a member of the Parliament of Ukraine[11]
  • Mykola Rybachuk (Рибачук Микола Филимонович) (April 7, 1999 - December 8, 2004)

See also

Presidential elections

Parliamentary elections

References

  1. ↑ "Official website. Address (bottom of the page) ("Kyiv" spelling)". Mar 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Slipachuk elected head of Central Election Commission at closed meeting, Ukrinform (5 October 2018)
  3. ↑ Campaigns file dodgy spending declarations, Kyiv Post (8 December 2012)
  4. ↑ Poll: Citizens have low level of confidence in CEC and Supreme Administrative Court, Kyiv Post (December 28, 2009)
  5. ↑ Rada backs increase in composition of CEC to 17 people, Interfax-Ukraine (18 September 2018)
  6. ↑ 2010 local elections
  7. ↑ Rada updates CEC composition, appointing 14 new members, Interfax-Ukraine (20 September 2018)
  8. 1 2 (in Ukrainian) The council approved a new composition of the CEC, Ukrayinska Pravda (20 September 2018)
  9. ↑ Verkhovna Rada dismisses 13 CEC members, UNIAN (20 September 2018)
  10. ↑ Mykhailo Okhendovsky appointed head of Central Election Commission, Interfax-Ukraine (6 July 2013)
  11. ↑ Nation’s law enforcers have dismal track record, Kyiv Post (December 11, 2009)
  • The Law of Ukraine "On the Central Election Commission", No. 1932-IV (1932-15), dated June 30, 2004, promulgated July 9, 2004 (text in Ukrainian).
  • The Decree of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine "On Appointing the Members of the Central Election Commission", No. 2225-IV (2225-15), dated December 8, 2004, promulgated December 8, 2004 (text in Ukrainian)

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