Local elections will not take place in the fall of 2025: CEC’s position
29 July 2025 01:27
The Central Election Commission of Ukraine has reported that there are no legal grounds for the formation of a new composition of territorial election commissions (TECs) for the next local elections. This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to the CEC.
The reason is martial law, which continues throughout Ukraine due to Russia’s full-scale aggression.
As the CEC reminds, according to the current electoral law, regular local elections should be held simultaneously throughout the country on the last Sunday of October in the fifth year of the term of office of local councils and mayors. That is, under normal circumstances, such elections would be held in October 2025.
However, an official decision of the Verkhovna Rada is required to hold the elections – it must set the date of voting no later than 90 days before the elections. As of the end of July, no such decision had been made by the parliament.
“In connection with the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation, martial law has been introduced in Ukraine, during which no elections are organized or held,” the CEC emphasizes.
Therefore, the Central Election Commission sees no reason to form a new composition of TECs – regional, district, city, town and village.
It also called on local branches of political parties to refrain from nominating candidates to election commissions, as this is possible only after the parliament adopts a decision to hold elections.
The CEC emphasized that until the Verkhovna Rada sets the election date, no preparatory processes for organizing the local expression of will can be started.
