Civil Network OPORA has been realizing a local election observation campaign. 1,500 observers are deployed to election precincts on 25 October Election Day. OPORA promptly prepares news and covers the Election Day in each oblast of Ukraine. You can find more news in section Regional news of the organization's website. This is a digest of the most interesting events as of 9:00 PM.

Civil Network OPORA continues observing the voting process at a nationally representative number of election commissions. From 12:00 to 4:00 PM, PECs provided adequate conditions for the vote, but some violations remained a challenge.

Voter turnout as of 4:00 PM was 27%

Taking into account the public response, OPORA's observers have estimated the scale of the unofficial poll initiated by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi, based on a statistically representative number of polling stations. This poll is realized outside of polling stations and is not an official part of local elections.

Civil Network OPORA is realizing a local election observation campaign with 1,500 observers deployed to election precincts on 25 October. OPORA promptly prepares news and covers the Election Day in each oblast of Ukraine. You can find more news in section Regional news of the organization's website. This is a digest of the most interesting events as of 02:00 PM.

Voter turnout as of 12:00 PM was 13.5%

OPORA continues to observe the election process and activities of election commissions. As of 12:00, commissions have been properly fulfilling their duty to create conditions for the free vote, but some procedural violations and organizational problems remain a key challenge at this stage of the process.

Election of council members heads of communities is taking place on 25 October 2020 at 29,084 polling stations, with unprecedented anti-epidemic measures. In general, OPORA's observers give a positive assessment of preparatory meetings and start of the vote, but noted some procedural issues and organizational difficulties in the work of precinct election commissions.