Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2014

A snap parliamentary election for the Verkhovna Rada took place in Ukraine on 26 October 2014. The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, announced the date of the election on 25 August 2014. Poroshenko had pressed for early parliamentary elections since his victory in the May 2014 presidential election. Because of the ongoing War in Donbass and the unilateral annexation of Crimea by Russia, the elections were not held in all of the regions of Ukraine. On 2 September 2014 the Central Election Commission of Ukraine announced that voting would not be held for the 12 Verkhovna Rada constituencies in Crimea and Sevastopol. On 25 October they announced that there will also be no voting in 9 constituencies in Donetsk Oblast and 6 constituencies in Luhansk Oblast. Because of this 27 seats of the

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2014

A snap parliamentary election for the Verkhovna Rada took place in Ukraine on 26 October 2014. The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, announced the date of the election on 25 August 2014. Poroshenko had pressed for early parliamentary elections since his victory in the May 2014 presidential election. Because of the ongoing War in Donbass and the unilateral annexation of Crimea by Russia, the elections were not held in all of the regions of Ukraine. On 2 September 2014 the Central Election Commission of Ukraine announced that voting would not be held for the 12 Verkhovna Rada constituencies in Crimea and Sevastopol. On 25 October they announced that there will also be no voting in 9 constituencies in Donetsk Oblast and 6 constituencies in Luhansk Oblast. Because of this 27 seats of the