2019 Ukrainian presidential election
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{{Infobox election
| country = Ukraine
| type = presidential
| opinion_polls = Opinion polling for the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election
| previous_election = 2014 Ukrainian presidential election
| previous_year = 2014
| next_election = Next Ukrainian presidential election
| next_year = Next
| election_date = 31 March 2019 (first round)
21 April 2019 (second round)
| turnout = 62.88% (first round) {{increase}} 3.00pp
61.42% (second round)
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Volodymyr Zelensky Official portrait.jpg|bSize = 200|cWidth = 115|cHeight = 150|oTop = 0|oLeft = 48}}
| nominee1 = Volodymyr Zelenskyy
| party1 = Servant of the People
| popular_vote1 = 13,541,528
| percentage1 = 74.96%
| image2 = Official portrait of Petro Poroshenko.jpg
| nominee2 = Petro Poroshenko
| color2 = B1161E
| party2 = Independent
| alliance2 = BPP
| popular_vote2 = 4,522,450
| percentage2 = 25.04%
| map = {{Switcher
| 300px
| First round results by top-level division
| 300px
| Second round results by top-level division
| 300px
| Second round results by polling station
| default = 2
}}
| title = President
| before_election = Petro Poroshenko
| after_election = Volodymyr Zelenskyy
| before_party = BPP
| after_party = Servant of the People
}}
Presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 31 March 2019. As none of the 39 candidates on the ballot received an absolute majority of the initial vote, a runoff was held on 21 April between the top two vote-getters: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a television personality, and Petro Poroshenko, the incumbent president. The Central Election Commission (CEC) announced that Zelenskyy won the second round with 73.22% of the total vote{{cite web |title=Protocol of the Central Election Commission: on the results of the repeat voting in the elections of the President of Ukraine |url=https://www.cvk.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/vpu_2019_protokol_cvk_30042019.pdf |website=The Central Election Commission of Ukraine |access-date=14 October 2024 |archive-date=1 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241101030825/https://cvk.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/vpu_2019_protokol_cvk_30042019.pdf |url-status=live }} (or 74.96% of the valid vote). The elections were recognized as free and fair by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.{{Cite news |title=Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions |publisher=Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |department=Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights |publication-place=Kyiv |url=https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/d/8/415733.pdf |access-date=28 December 2022 |archive-date=21 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121195420/https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/d/8/415733.pdf |url-status=live }}
Poroshenko became the third incumbent Ukrainian president to directly lose reelection, after Viktor Yushchenko in 2010 and Leonid Kravchuk in 1994 (only Leonid Kuchma has ever won reelection, in 1999). Zelenskyy was sworn in as the sixth President of Ukraine in May 2019.
Background
According to Ukrainian law, the election of the President of Ukraine must take place on the last Sunday of March of the fifth year of the term of the incumbent president which in this cycle fell on 31 March 2019. The Ukrainian parliament had to approve the date of the presidential election no later than 100 days before the election day which it did on 26 November 2018.{{Cite web |date=26 November 2018 |title=Ukraine's parliament sets presidential vote date for March 31 |url=https://www.unian.info/politics/10353522-ukraine-s-parliament-sets-presidential-vote-date-for-march-31.html |access-date=27 March 2019 |website=UNIAN |archive-date=27 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427233635/https://www.unian.info/politics/10353522-ukraine-s-parliament-sets-presidential-vote-date-for-march-31.html |url-status=live }}
{{Cite web |date=26 November 2018 |title=Ukraine Declares Martial Law in Regions Bordering Russia and Unrecognized Transnistria |url=https://en.hromadske.ua/posts/ukraine-declares-martial-law |access-date=27 March 2019 |publisher=Hromadske.TV |archive-date=27 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427233625/https://en.hromadske.ua/posts/ukraine-declares-martial-law |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |title=Ukraine Formally Sets Date For Presidential Election |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-presidential-election-set-for-march-31-2019/29625670.html |access-date=28 November 2018 |newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=28 November 2018 |language=en |archive-date=27 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427233701/https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-presidential-election-set-for-march-31-2019/29625670.html |url-status=live }}
Candidates
According to Ukrainian law, a presidential candidate must be a citizen of Ukraine who is at least 35 years old, can speak the (state) Ukrainian language and has lived in Ukraine for the last ten years prior to election day.{{Cite web |trans-title=The CEC unveiled a calendar plan for the presidential election |script-title=uk:ЦВК оприлюднила календарний план президентських виборів |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2018/12/21/7201976/ |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=Ukrainska Pravda |language=uk |archive-date=20 March 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220320124815/https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2018/12/21/7201976/ |url-status=live }}
{{Cite web |trans-title=Elections of the President of Ukraine 2019: figures, dates and candidates |script-title=uk:Президентські вибори 2019: цифри, дати і кандидати |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2019/01/3/7198122/ |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=Ukrainska Pravda |language=uk |archive-date=20 March 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220320124819/https://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2019/01/3/7198122/ |url-status=live }} Candidates were nominated by a political party, or by self-nomination. Candidates also had to submit a declaration of income for the year preceding the election year. This document was then scrutinized by the National Agency for Prevention of Corruption, which subsequently published the results of the audit. Nominations could be submitted from 31 December 2018 to 4 February 2019. The end of the registration period was 9 February 2019. After a potential candidate provided the required documentation to the CEC, this body had five days to register the candidate or to refuse to do so.{{Cite web |title=Bogomolets officially went to the presidency |script-title=uk:Богомолець офіційно подалася в президенти |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/01/16/7203921/ |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=Ukrainska Pravda |language=uk |archive-date=16 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116133559/https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/01/16/7203921/ |url-status=live }}
Candidates were required to pay a nomination deposit of ₴2.5 million (approx. US$90,000); only the two candidates that progressed to the second round of voting would get this deposit back (the other deposits would be transferred to the state treasury).
By the end of the registration period on 9 February 2019, the CEC had registered 44 candidates for the elections.{{Cite web |title=CEC registers 44 candidates in Ukraine's presidential election |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/2636844-cec-registers-44-candidates-in-ukraines-presidential-election.html |access-date=8 February 2019 |website=Ukrinform |date=8 February 2019 |language=en |archive-date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180057/https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/2636844-cec-registers-44-candidates-in-ukraines-presidential-election.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Кандидати на пост Президента України |url=http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vp2019/wp003?PT001F01=719 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015553/http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vp2019/wp003?PT001F01=719 |archive-date=7 February 2019 |access-date=6 February 2019 |website=cvk.gov.ua}} This meant that the largest number of candidates participated in the elections.{{Cite web |script-title=ru:На выборах президента Украины окончательно будет 39 кандидатов |url=https://interfax.com.ua/news/political/571124.html |access-date=16 March 2019 |website=Интерфакс-Украина |language=ru |archive-date=8 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308032548/https://interfax.com.ua/news/political/571124.html |url-status=live }} In total, 92 people submitted documents to the CEC to participate in the elections. Five candidates withdrew.{{Cite web |title=Sadovyi withdraws from presidential race in favor of Hrytsenko |url=https://www.unian.info/politics/10465293-sadovyi-withdraws-from-presidential-race-in-favor-of-hrytsenko.html |access-date=1 March 2019 |website=UNIAN |language=en |archive-date=1 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301184845/https://www.unian.info/politics/10465293-sadovyi-withdraws-from-presidential-race-in-favor-of-hrytsenko.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Кандидат в президенты Украины Кривонос заявил, что снимает свою кандидатуру в пользу Порошенко |url=https://interfax.com.ua/news/election2019/570784.html |access-date=6 March 2019 |archive-date=7 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307004250/https://interfax.com.ua/news/election2019/570784.html |url-status=live }} The CEC refused to register 47 people, most for their failure to pay the deposit.{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/02/8/7206166/ The CEC refused to register nearly fifty presidential candidates] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20220320125719/https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/02/8/7206166/ |date=20 March 2022 }}, Ukrainska Pravda (8 February 2019)
Candidates could withdraw their candidacy, but not later than 23 days before the election. On 8 March, the CEC approved the final list of candidates. There were a total of 39 candidates for the first round of the election.{{Cite news |date=27 March 2019 |title=The country that could elect a comedian as president |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47654242 |access-date=31 March 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327163040/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47654242 |url-status=live }}[https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/571176.html Thirty-nine candidates to run for president in Ukraine - CEC] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20220320125921/https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/571176.html |date=20 March 2022 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (8 March 2019)
=Registered candidates=
= Candidates who withdrew =
- Andriy Sadovyi: Mayor of Lviv; his party Self Reliance announced on 3 October 2018 that Sadovyi was its candidate in the election.[https://en.lb.ua/news/2018/10/03/6604_lviv_mayor_run_president.html Lviv mayor to run for president] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003221051/https://en.lb.ua/news/2018/10/03/6604_lviv_mayor_run_president.html |date=3 October 2018 }}, LB.ua (3 October 2018) The CEC registered Sadovyi as a candidate on 8 January. In February Sadovyi talked about withdrawing his candidacy in favour of supporting Anatoliy Hrytsenko as a united candidate from "democratic, anti-corruption forces".{{Cite web |script-title=ru:Садовый о возможной поддержке Гриценко: мы как никогда близки, чтобы дать Украине шанс на перезагрузку, но всему свое время |url=https://interfax.com.ua/news/election2019/569487.html |access-date=1 March 2019 |website=Интерфакс-Украина |language=ru |archive-date=1 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301130509/https://interfax.com.ua/news/election2019/569487.html |url-status=live }} He made the decision to withdraw on 1 March and declared his support for Hrytsenko.
- Dmytro Gnap: Journalist;[https://www.unian.info/m/society/10165508-ukraine-s-investigative-journalist-gnap-quits-job-to-run-for-president-parliament.html Ukraine's investigative journalist Gnap quits job, to run for president], UNIAN (26 June 2018) Gnap was nominated by the party Power of the People on 20 January,{{Cite web |script-title=ru:Партия "Сила людей" выдвинула своего кандидата в президенты |url=https://www.rbc.ua/rus/news/partiya-sila-lyudey-vydvinula-svoego-kandidata-1547996516.html |access-date=30 January 2019 |website=РБК-Украина |language=ru |archive-date=21 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121064834/https://www.rbc.ua/rus/news/partiya-sila-lyudey-vydvinula-svoego-kandidata-1547996516.html |url-status=live }} and became a registered candidate on 8 February.{{Cite web |script-title=ru:Гнап и Соловьев стали последними кандидатами в президенты Украины |url=https://interfax.com.ua/news/political/564826.html |access-date=8 February 2019 |website=Интерфакс-Украина |language=ru |archive-date=8 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208184828/https://interfax.com.ua/news/political/564826.html |url-status=live }} He withdrew from the election on 2 March, also in favor of Anatoliy Hrytsenko.{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/03/1/7208089/ Gnap also withdraws from the elections in favor of Hritsenko] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329161832/https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/03/1/7208089/ |date=29 March 2019 }}, Ukrainska Pravda (1 March 2019){{Cite web |script-title=ru:Партия "Сила людей" решила отозвать своего кандидата в президенты Украины |url=https://interfax.com.ua/news/election2019/569857.html |access-date=2 March 2019 |website=Интерфакс-Украина |language=ru |archive-date=2 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302220649/https://interfax.com.ua/news/election2019/569857.html |url-status=live }}
- Serhiy Krivonos: veteran of the War in Donbas; Krivonos was nominated by the party Soldiers of the Anti-Terrorist Operation and subsequently registered by the CEC on 5 February. On 6 March he announced that he was withdrawing from the elections to support incumbent president Petro Poroshenko.{{Cite web |script-title=ru:Кандидат в президенты Украины Кривонос заявил, что снимает свою кандидатуру в пользу Порошенко |url=https://interfax.com.ua/news/election2019/570784.html |access-date=7 March 2019 |website=Интерфакс-Украина |language=ru |archive-date=7 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307004250/https://interfax.com.ua/news/election2019/570784.html |url-status=live }}
- Yevheniy Murayev: People's Deputy of Ukraine; on 10 January 2019, Murayev's party Nashi nominated him for president.{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/01/10/7203454/ Murayev will run for president] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110192457/https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/01/10/7203454/ |date=10 January 2019 }}, Ukrainska Pravda (10 January 2019) The CEC registered his candidacy on 15 January. On 7 March he pulled out of the election in favor of Oleksandr Vilkul. He also announced that Vilkul's Opposition Bloc and Nashi would soon merge.{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/03/7/7208637/ Muraev emerged from the elections in favor of Vilkul] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307204154/https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/03/7/7208637/ |date=7 March 2019 }}, Ukrainska Pravda (7 March 2019)
- Dmytro Dobrodomov: People's Deputy of Ukraine and leader of the {{interlanguage link|People's Control Party|uk|Громадський рух «Народний контроль»}} was a registered candidate since 25 January.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} He withdrew from the election on 7 March in favor of Anatoliy Hrytsenko.{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/03/7/7208642/ Another candidate appeared in favor of Gritsenko] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307204515/https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/03/7/7208642/ |date=7 March 2019 }}, Ukrainska Pravda (7 March 2019)
=Registration denied=
The CEC rejected 47 applications (mostly for failure to pay the deposit of ₴2.5 million) of potential candidates, including:
- Petro Symonenko: Leader of the Communist Party of Ukraine. His nomination was announced at the party's congress on 1 December 2018.{{Cite news |work=Голос UA |title=Симоненко идет в Президенты: одобрена предвыборная программа кандидата |url=https://golos.ua/i/651091 |access-date=2 December 2018 |archive-date=2 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202142426/https://golos.ua/i/651091 |url-status=live }} Legally the Communist Party of Ukraine is not banned, but the Ministry of Justice is allowed to prohibit it from participating in elections.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} The CEC refused to register him as a candidate on 2 February because the statute, name, and symbolism of the Communist Party of Ukraine did not comply with 2015 decommunization laws.
- Nadiya Savchenko: People's Deputy of Ukraine and Hero of Ukraine.[https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/savchenko-intends-run-president-ukraine.html Savchenko intends to run for president of Ukraine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817035742/https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/savchenko-intends-run-president-ukraine.html |date=17 August 2017 }}, Kyiv Post (27 July 2017) Savchenko was nominated by her party on 26 January 2019.{{Cite web |title=Надежду Савченко выдвинули кандидатом в президенты от ее партии |url=https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5c4c476e9a7947125843f19d |access-date=26 January 2019 |website=РБК |date=26 January 2019 |archive-date=27 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127020831/https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5c4c476e9a7947125843f19d |url-status=live }} Her bid to become a candidate was rejected by the CEC on 7 February because she failed to pay the deposit and her party didn't stamp the document regarding her nomination.{{Cite web |title=ЦИК отказала Н.Савченко и В.Олейнику в регистрации кандидатами на выборах президента |url=https://interfax.com.ua/news/election2019/564552.html |access-date=7 February 2019 |archive-date=7 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207220633/https://interfax.com.ua/news/election2019/564552.html |url-status=live }}
= Potential candidates who declined to run =
- Andriy Biletsky: People's Deputy of Ukraine and leader of political party National Corps; nominated by his party on 20 November 2018.[https://www.unian.info/m/politics/10345083-no-unity-among-ukraine-nationalists-ahead-of-elections.html No unity among Ukraine nationalists ahead of elections], UNIAN (20 November 2018) Biletsky later said that he had no intention of participating in the "farce" of a presidential election.{{Cite web |title=Biletsky has no intention to participate in presidential elections, will lead National Corps to parliament |url=https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/561552.html |access-date=27 January 2019 |archive-date=26 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126232641/https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/561552.html |url-status=live }}
- Vadim Rabinovich: People's Deputy of Ukraine and businessman. On 15 November 2018 Rabinovich announced he would not take part in the presidential election; but that he would top his party's For Life list in the following 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary elections.[https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/545290.html For Life Party's leader Rabinovich not to run for president of Ukraine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115195259/https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/545290.html |date=15 November 2018 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (15 November 2018)
- Oleh Tyahnybok: Chairman of the party All-Ukrainian Union Svoboda. On 14 October 2018, he announced that he would not be running for president and that the party had instead decided to nominate Koshulynskyi as the candidate of Ukraine's nationalist political forces.
- Michel Tereshchenko: Tereshchenko stepped down as mayor of Hlukhiv on 1 October 2018 to become a candidate.[https://en.lb.ua/news/2018/10/01/6595_hlukhiv_mayor_steps_down_run.html Hlukhiv mayor steps down to run for president] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003220902/https://en.lb.ua/news/2018/10/01/6595_hlukhiv_mayor_steps_down_run.html |date=3 October 2018 }}, LB.ua (1 October 2018) Yet, during the November–30 December-day martial law in Ukraine he resumed his position as mayor and on 3 January 2019 declared his support for candidate Andriy Sadovyi during a congress of Sadovyi's party Self Reliance.{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/01/3/7202907/ Tereshchenko supported Sadovyi's candidacy for the presidency] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103210630/https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/01/3/7202907/ |date=3 January 2019 }} by Ukrainska Pravda (3 January 2019)
- Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, lead vocalist of the rock band Okean Elzy. At the end of January 2019, Vakarchuk released a video in which he announced that he would not be running for president.{{Cite web |title=Ukrainian rock star Vakarchuk not to run for president in 2019 (Video) |url=https://www.unian.info/politics/10423830-ukrainian-rock-star-vakarchuk-not-to-run-for-president-in-2019-video.html |access-date=29 January 2019 |website=UNIAN |language=en |archive-date=29 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129064101/https://www.unian.info/politics/10423830-ukrainian-rock-star-vakarchuk-not-to-run-for-president-in-2019-video.html |url-status=live }} Vakarchuk has said he does not back any of the candidates.{{Cite web |date=29 April 2019 |title=Musician Vakarchuk says he doesn't plan to back any Ukrainian presidential candidate |url=https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/562024.html |access-date=24 March 2019 |website=Interfax-Ukraine |archive-date=24 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324193706/https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/562024.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=22 March 2019 |title=Гриценко вважає, що Вакарчук має публічно висловити свою позицію на цих виборах |url=https://ua.interfax.com.ua/news/election2019/574720.html |access-date=24 March 2019 |website=Interfax Ukraine |archive-date=23 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323134309/https://ua.interfax.com.ua/news/election2019/574720.html |url-status=live }} According to an early March 2019 poll by sociological group "RATING" 64% of the electorate would have liked to see Vakarchuk among the presidential candidates.{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/03/11/7208853/ 20% of Ukrainians would like Vakarchuk to go to the presidency] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327160208/https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/03/11/7208853/ |date=27 March 2019 }}, Ukrainska Pravda (11 March 2019) On 27 March 2019, Vakarchuk posted a video on his Facebook page calling on Ukrainians to think seriously about voting, and not to vote "for a laugh"; this was met with a response by the campaign team of presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who Vakarchuk's comments appeared to be directed towards.{{Cite web |script-title=ru:Шутки закончились: у Зеленского ответили на призыв Вакарчука «голосовать не по приколу» |url=https://www.unian.net/elections/10495023-shutki-zakonchilis-u-zelenskogo-otvetili-na-prizyv-vakarchuka-golosovat-ne-po-prikolu.html |access-date=27 March 2019 |website=UNIAN |language=ru |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327190137/https://www.unian.net/elections/10495023-shutki-zakonchilis-u-zelenskogo-otvetili-na-prizyv-vakarchuka-golosovat-ne-po-prikolu.html |url-status=live }}
- Mykhailo Dobkin: People's Deputy of Ukraine, former Kharkiv mayor and Governor of Kharkiv Oblast.{{Cite news |date=20 December 2017 |script-title=ru:Добкин идет в президенты |language=ru |work=РИА Новости Украина |url=https://rian.com.ua/politics/20171220/1030633098/dobkin-idet-v-prezidenty.html |access-date=8 August 2018 |archive-date=10 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710194810/https://rian.com.ua/politics/20171220/1030633098/dobkin-idet-v-prezidenty.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |author=НАШ.МАКСІ-ТВ |title=Добкин: Наш парламент- это сборище по интересам, которое завело Украину в тупик. |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhDvma4bwKE |access-date=30 January 2019 |website=YouTube |language=ru |archive-date=27 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427233619/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhDvma4bwKE&feature=youtu.be |url-status=live }}
Campaign
Analysis of candidates by the Ukrainian NGO "Chesno" found that Poroshenko had the largest campaign fund (₴415 million, about $15.4 million), followed by Yulia Tymoshenko with ₴320 million, Zelenskyy with ₴102.8 million, and Serhiy Taruta with ₴98.4 million. By comparison, in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election, then winner Viktor Yanukovych spent over $40 million and runner-up Tymoshenko spent $36 million.[https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/575624.html Poroshenko, Tymoshenko, Zelensky and Taruta have largest election funds - CHESNO movement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326185938/https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/575624.html |date=26 March 2019 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (26 March 2019).
During the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election, various Ukrainian television channels supported a candidate for President of Ukraine.{{Cite news |last=Sorokin |first=Oleksiy |date=29 March 2019 |title=Oligarchs' TV channels give away owners' presidential choices |work=Kyiv Post |url=https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/oligarchs-tv-channels-give-away-owners-presidential-choices.html |url-status=live |access-date=21 December 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191222010740/https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/oligarchs-tv-channels-give-away-owners-presidential-choices.html |archive-date=22 December 2019}}
Five groups supported Poroshenko:
- Petro Poroshenko's Channel 5 and Pryamiy supported Poroshenko and were very critical of Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Yulia Tymoshenko.
- Dmytro Firtash's very powerful Inter supported Yuriy Boyko and Poroshenko.
- Rinat Akhmetov's TRK Ukraina, which is owned by Akhmetov's System Capital Management Holdings, supported Poroshenko, Oleh Liashko, and Oleksandr Vilkul. Akhmetov's Opposition Bloc nominated Vilkul.
- Pro-Russia Viktor Medvedchuk's Channel 112 and NewsOne supported Poroshenko, Liashko, and Boyko. Medvedchuk's Opposition Platform — For Life nominated Boyko. The godfather of Medvedchuk's daughter is Vladimir Putin.
- Petro Dyminskyi's ZIK supported Poroshenko's allies allowing them to explain their story while they were under investigation.
Three TV groups were very critical of Poroshenko:
- Ihor Kolomoisky's 1+1 media group supported Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy worked for Kolomoisky's channel. According to an analysis by Ukrainian NGO {{ill|Detektor Media|uk|Детектор медіа}} by September 2020 1+1 was not supporting (if not hostile to) Zelenskyy and his Servant of the People party. Detektor Media claimed it was instead promoting For the Future.{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2020/09/25/7267718/ Zelensky's team does not have completely loyal media and systematic PR - monitoring], Ukrainska Pravda (25 September 2020)
- Andriy Sadovyi's Channel 24, supported Anatoliy Hrytsenko and opposed Poroshenko.
- Pro-Russia Yevheniy Murayev's Nash TV supported pro-Russia Vilkul and was against Poroshenko but neutral to Tymoshenko and Liashko.
Under the state-owned National Public Broadcasting Company, UA:Pershyi was critical of Poroshenko.
Victor Pinchuk's ICTV, Novyi Kanal and STB were neutral.
= Debates =
== "not DEBATES" ==
As a part election coverage, private Ukrainian TV channel ZIK decided to create a series of debates from 19 February until 28 March day every week. The channel broadcast a total of 7 episodes with 29 out of 30 invited candidates.
== "Espreso: Debates" ==
As a part election coverage, private Ukrainian TV channel Espreso TV decided to create a series of debates from 1 March until election day every week. The channel broadcast a total of 5 episodes with 11 out of 12 invited candidates.
== "The Countdown" ==
UA:PBC organized a series of debates as a part of political talk show "The Countdown", where they invited 18 top rated candidates according to various polls. According to the format, each episode intended to have 3 candidates and a panel of experts, journalist and fact checkers to oppose the candidates. There total 6 episode, with only 11 out of 18 candidates attending the debates.
== Debates on [[Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex|Olimpiyskyi Stadium]] ==
On March 31, after the announcement of the results of the exit polls of the first round of the presidential elections of Ukraine, Poroshenko invited Zelensky to a public open debate. On April 3, Zelensky put forward a proposal for an exclusive public debate at the stadium, on which Poroshenko agreed. Poroshenko proposed to hold a debate at the stadium on Sunday, April 14, in order to hold a debate on April 19 on UA:PBC. Zelensky refused and Poroshenko held a press conference in front of voters and journalist alone. At 19:00 on April 19, as previously agreed, the debate between Poroshenko and Zelensky began at Olimpiyskyi Stadium.
== National debate ==
The same day, 19 April, UA:PBC also held a final official debate commissioned by the Central Electoral Commission in the UA:PBC studio. Zelensky refused to attend the debate, leaving Poroshenko alone in the studio.
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! colspan="37" |2019 Ukrainian presidential election debates |
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! {{vert header|Ihor Shevchenko ! {{vert header|Serhiy Kaplin ! {{vert header|Vitaliy Skotsyk ! {{vert header|Andriy Sadovyi ! {{vert header|Valentyn Nalyvaichenko ! {{vert header|Anatoliy Hrytsenko ! {{vert header|Vitalii Kuprii ! {{vert header|Yevhen Murayev ! {{vert header|Olha Bohomolets ! {{vert header|Hennadiy Balashov ! {{vert header|Roman Nasirov ! {{vert header|Yuriy Boyko ! {{vert header|Yulia Tymoshenko ! {{vert header|Oleh Liashko ! {{vert header|Oleksandr Vilkul ! {{vert header|Oleksandr Moroz ! {{vert header|Arkadiy Kornatskiy ! {{vert header|Ruslan Koshulynskyi ! {{vert header|Oleksandr Danylyuk ! {{vert header|Serhii Taruta ! {{vert header|Volodymyr Zelenskyy ! {{vert header|Inna Bohoslovska ! {{vert header|Ihor Smeshko ! {{vert header|Yuriy Derevyanko ! {{vert header|Roman Bezsmertnyi ! {{vert header|Viktor Bondar ! {{vert header|Viktor Kryvenko ! {{vert header|Serhii Nosenko ! {{vert header|Andrii Novak ! {{vert header|Yurii Karmazin ! {{vert header|Yulia Lytvynenko ! {{vert header|Volodymyr Petrov ! {{vert header|Petro Poroshenko ! {{vert header|Dmytro Hnap |
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! style="background:#E8442E" | ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | ! style="background:{{party color|Self Reliance (political party)}}" | ! style="background:#BA3525" | ! style="background:{{party color|Civil Position}}" | ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | ! style="background:{{party color|Nashi (political party)}}" | ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | ! style="background:{{party color|5.10}}" | ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | ! style="background:{{party color|Opposition Platform — For Life}}" | ! style="background:{{party color|Batkivshchyna}}" | ! style="background:{{party color|Radical Party of Oleh Liashko}}" | ! style="background:{{party color|Opposition Bloc (2019)}}" | ! style="background:#ED4B71" | ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | ! style="background:{{party color|Svoboda (political party)}}" | ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | ! style="background:#ED4857" | ! style="background:{{party color|Servant of the People}}" | ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | ! style="background:#fce600" | ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | ! style="background:{{party color|Revival (Ukraine)}}" | ! style="background:{{party color|People's Movement of Ukraine}}" | ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | ! style="background:#3961AF" | ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | ! style="background:#631D3F" | ! style="background:{{party color|Power of the People}}" | |
19 February
|ZIK | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} |
26 February
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1 March
| {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-I|I}}{{efn|Initially agreed to take part, but after Sadovyi announced his candidacy withdrawal, decided to not take part in the debate.}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} |
5 March
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8 March
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12 March
|ZIK | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} |
15 March
| {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} |
{{nowrap|18 March}}
| {{D-N|N}} | {{D-I|I}}{{efn|Initially agreed to take part in the debate, but 3 hours prior to the debate he refused to do so.}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} |
19 March
|ZIK | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} |
{{nowrap|20 March}}
| {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} |
22 March
| {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} |
{{nowrap|22 March}}
| {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-I|I}}{{efn|Initially invited, however, on 16 March 2019 he withdrew his candidacy in favour of Yulia Tymoshenko, proceeding to not take part in the debate.}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} |
{{nowrap|25 March}}
| {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-I|I}}{{efn|Was invited, but refused to take part.}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} |
26 March
|ZIK | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-I|I}}{{efn|Initially agreed to take part in the debate, but in the end, he didn't.}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} |
{{nowrap|27 March}}
| {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-I|I}}{{efn|Was invited, but refused to take part due to the biased editorial policy of the public broadcaster and the fact of censorship.{{cite web | url=https://stv.detector.media/inshe/read/4715/2019-03-28-boyko-ta-lyashko-poyasnyly-chomu-ne-pryyshly-na-zvorotnyy-vidlik/ | title=Бойко та Ляшко пояснили, чому не прийшли на "Зворотний відлік" | date=28 March 2019 | access-date=29 September 2023 | archive-date=8 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008185524/https://stv.detector.media/inshe/read/4715/2019-03-28-boyko-ta-lyashko-poyasnyly-chomu-ne-pryyshly-na-zvorotnyy-vidlik/ | url-status=live }}}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-I|I}}{{efn|Was invited, but refused to take part due to the fact that UA:Pershyi debates won't be watched by anyone, due to the unpopularity of the channel.}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} |
28 March
|ZIK | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-P|P}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} | {{D-N|N}} |
29 March
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Opinion polls
{{main|Opinion polling for the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election}}
Conduct
Although 34,544,993 people were eligible to vote in the elections,{{Cite web |script-title=ru:Стало известно, сколько граждан смогут проголосовать на президентских выборах в Украине |url=https://interfax.com.ua/news/election2019/566439.html |access-date=15 February 2019 |website=Интерфакс-Украина |language=ru |archive-date=15 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215181442/https://interfax.com.ua/news/election2019/566439.html |url-status=live }} the March 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia and the occupation of parts of Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast by separatists since April 2014 meant roughly 12% of eligible voters were unable to participate in the elections.{{Cite journal |last=D'Anieri |first=Paul |author-link=Paul D'Anieri |date=9 August 2016 |title=Gerrymandering Ukraine? Electoral Consequences of Occupation |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9h59d83k |journal=East European Politics and Societies and Cultures |publisher=Sage Journals |volume=33 |pages=89–108 |doi=10.1177/0888325418791020 |s2cid=150052105 |doi-access=free |access-date=7 December 2019 |archive-date=21 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421083449/https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9h59d83k |url-status=live }} The CEC also closed all five foreign polling stations in Ukrainian embassies and consulates within Russia ahead of the vote.{{Cite web |title=CEC liquidates all five polling stations in Russia |url=https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/556629.html |access-date=29 January 2019 |website=Interfax-Ukraine |language=en |archive-date=29 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129181604/https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/556629.html |url-status=live }}
A total of 2,344 international observers from 17 countries and 19 organizations were officially registered to monitor the elections.{{Cite web |title=CEC: Registration of foreign observers for Ukraine's presidential elections over |url=https://www.unian.info/politics/10492341-cec-registration-of-foreign-observers-for-ukraine-s-presidential-elections-over.html |access-date=26 March 2019 |website=UNIAN |language=en |archive-date=27 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427233537/https://www.unian.info/politics/10492341-cec-registration-of-foreign-observers-for-ukraine-s-presidential-elections-over.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=На виборах президента України буде 2344 міжнародних спостерігачі, їх реєстрацію завершено |url=https://ua.interfax.com.ua/news/election2019/575370.html |access-date=26 March 2019 |website=Interfax-Ukraine |archive-date=27 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427233617/https://ua.interfax.com.ua/news/election2019/575370.html |url-status=live }} A record number of 139 non-governmental Ukrainian organizations were registered as observers.{{Cite web |script-title=uk:ЦВК: На виборах президента буде безпрецедентна кількість спостерігачів |trans-title=CEC: Presidential election will have an unprecedented number of observers |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/03/19/7209556/ |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=Ukrainska Pravda |language=uk |archive-date=31 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331120510/https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/03/19/7209556/ |url-status=live }}
Results
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{{Farbindex|8b054a|Petro Poroshenko}}
{{Farbindex|002aa0|Yulia Tymoshenko}}
{{Farbindex|08e|Yuriy Boyko}}
{{Farbindex|C0C0C0|Election was not held due to the War in Donbas or annexation by Russia}}{{refend}}]]
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{{Farbindex|8b054a|Petro Poroshenko}}
{{Farbindex|C0C0C0|Election was not held due to the War in Donbas or annexation by Russia}}{{refend}}]]
About 18.9 million people voted in the first round of elections on 31 March, a turnout of 63%.{{Cite news |title=Final Ukraine Results Give Zelenskiy 30 Percent Of Presidential Vote |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/final-results-from-ukraine-presidential-election-give-zelenskiy-30-percent-of-vote/29860319.html |access-date=21 April 2019 |newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=4 April 2019 |language=en |archive-date=27 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427233546/https://www.rferl.org/a/final-results-from-ukraine-presidential-election-give-zelenskiy-30-percent-of-vote/29860319.html |url-status=live }} Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Servant of the People (who received 31% of the vote) and incumbent president Petro Poroshenko (16%) advanced to the second round on 21 April.{{Cite web |last1=Hodge |first1=Nathan |last2=Rappard |first2=Anna-Maja |last3=Guy |first3=Jack |date=1 April 2019 |title=Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky takes big lead in Ukraine elections |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/01/europe/ukraine-election-first-round-intl/index.html |access-date=21 April 2019 |website=CNN |archive-date=27 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427233539/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/01/europe/ukraine-election-first-round-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last1=Fox |first1=Kara |last2=Said-Moorhouse |first2=Lauren |date=21 April 2019 |title=Ukrainians head to the polls for presidential elections |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/21/europe/ukraine-elections-intl/index.html |access-date=21 April 2019 |website=CNN |archive-date=27 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427233555/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/21/europe/ukraine-elections-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}
Exit polls following the second round predicted that Zelenskyy would win with more than 70% of the vote.{{Cite news |date=21 April 2019 |title=Comedian wins Ukrainian presidency |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48007487 |access-date=21 April 2019 |archive-date=21 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421173305/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48007487 |url-status=live }} With only 3% of the votes counted, the CEC confirmed similar preliminary results.{{Cite web |title=Zelenskiy Claims Victory, Poroshenko Concedes After Ukraine Presidential Vote |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/poroshenko-concedes-after-exit-polling-shows-zelenskiy-taking-ukraine-presidency/29894814.html |access-date=21 April 2019 |website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty |language=en |archive-date=29 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429013944/https://www.rferl.org/a/poroshenko-concedes-after-exit-polling-shows-zelenskiy-taking-ukraine-presidency/29894814.html |url-status=live }} Poroshenko conceded the election in a speech soon after polls closed and exit poll data was released.{{Cite news |last=Troianovski |first=Anton |author-link=Anton Troianovski |date=21 April 2019 |title=Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky unseats incumbent in Ukraine's presidential election, exit poll shows |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/as-ukraine-votes-in-presidential-runoff-a-comedian-looks-to-unseat-the-incumbent/2019/04/21/b7d69a38-603f-11e9-bf24-db4b9fb62aa2_story.html |access-date=21 April 2019 |archive-date=21 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421100829/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/as-ukraine-votes-in-presidential-runoff-a-comedian-looks-to-unseat-the-incumbent/2019/04/21/b7d69a38-603f-11e9-bf24-db4b9fb62aa2_story.html |url-status=live }} He wrote on Twitter that "We succeeded to ensure free, fair, democratic and competitive elections... I will accept the will of Ukrainian people."{{Cite web |date=21 April 2019 |title=LIVE UPDATES: 36% of ballots counted; Zelenskiy heads to landslide victory as Poroshenko concedes |url=https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/ukrainians-decide-who-will-be-their-next-president.html |access-date=21 April 2019 |website=KyivPost |archive-date=27 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427233626/https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/ukrainians-decide-who-will-be-their-next-president.html |url-status=live }}
The below table shows each candidate's share of the valid vote, calculated excluding invalid votes using the results provided by the Central Election Commission:
{{Election results
|cand1=Volodymyr Zelenskyy|party1=Servant of the People|votes1=5714034|votes1_2=13541528
|cand2=Petro Poroshenko|party2=Independent (BPP)|votes2=3014609|votes2_2=4522450|color2=#B1161E
|cand3=Yulia Tymoshenko|party3=Batkivshchyna|votes3=2532452
|cand4=Yuriy Boyko|party4=Independent|votes4=2206216
|cand5=Anatoliy Hrytsenko|party5=Civil Position|votes5=1306450
|cand6=Ihor Smeshko|party6=Independent|votes6=1141332
|cand7=Oleh Liashko|party7=Radical Party of Oleh Liashko|votes7=1036003
|cand8=Oleksandr Vilkul|party8=Opposition Bloc|votes8=784274
|cand9=Ruslan Koshulynskyi|party9=Svoboda|votes9=307244
|cand10=Yuriy Tymoshenko|party10=Independent|votes10=117693
|cand11=Oleksandr Shevchenko|party11=UKROP|votes11=109078
|cand12=Valentyn Nalyvaichenko|party12={{ill|Spravedlyvist|uk|Громадсько-політичний рух Валентина Наливайченка «Справедливість»}}|votes12=43239|color12=#A81C07
|cand13=Olha Bohomolets|party13=Independent|votes13=33966
|cand14=Hennadiy Balashov|party14=5.10|votes14=32872
|cand15=Roman Bezsmertnyi|party15=Independent|votes15=27182
|cand16=Viktor Bondar|party16=Revival|votes16=22564
|cand17=Yulia Lytvynenko|party17=Independent|votes17=20014
|cand18=Yuriy Derevyanko|party18=Liberty|votes18=19542
|cand19=Serhiy Taruta|party19=Osnova|votes19=18918
|cand20=Ihor Shevchenko|party20=Independent|votes20=18667
|cand21=Inna Bohoslovska|party21=Independent|votes21=18482
|cand22=Yurii Karmazin|party22=Independent|votes22=15965
|cand23=Volodymyr Petrov|party23=Independent|votes23=15587
|cand24=Vitaliy Skotsyk|party24=Independent|votes24=15118
|cand25=Serhiy Kaplin|party25={{ill|Social Democratic Party (Ukraine)|uk|Соціал-демократична партія (Україна)|lt=Social Democratic Party}}|votes25=14532|color25=#ED2939
|cand26=Oleksandr Moroz|party26=Socialist Party of Oleksandr Moroz|votes26=13139|color26=#E21675
|cand27=Viktor Kryvenko|party27=People's Movement of Ukraine|votes27=9243
|cand28={{ill|Vasyl Zhuravlyov|uk|Журавльов Василь Миколайович (політик)}}|party28=Stability Party|votes28=8453|color28=#4AC1FF
|cand29=Illia Kyva|party29=Socialist Party of Ukraine|votes29=5869
|cand30={{ill|Andriy Novak (politician)|uk|Новак Андрій Яремович|lt=Andriy Novak}}|party30=Patriot Party|votes30=5587|color30=#0000FF
|cand31={{ill|Oleksandr Vashchenko|uk|Ващенко Олександр Михайлович}}|party31=Independent|votes31=5503
|cand32={{ill|Mykola Haber|uk|Габер Микола Олександрович}}|party32=Independent|votes32=5433
|cand33={{ill|Oleksandr Solovyev|uk|Соловйов Олександр Миколайович}}|party33=Reasonable Force|votes33=5331
|cand34={{ill|Ruslan Rygovanov|uk|Ригованов Руслан Олександрович}}|party34=Independent|votes34=5230
|cand35=Oleksandr Danylyuk|party35=Independent|votes35=4648
|cand36={{ill|Vitalii Kuprii|uk|Купрій Віталій Миколайович}}|party36=Independent|votes36=4508
|cand37=Arkadiy Kornatskiy|party37=Independent|votes37=4494
|cand38={{ill|Serhiy Nosenko|uk|Носенко Сергій Михайлович}}|party38=Independent|votes38=3114
|cand39=Roman Nasirov|party39=Independent|votes39=2579
|invalid=224600|invalid2=427841
|electorate=30047302|electorate2=30105004
|source=Central Election Commission ([https://www.cvk.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/vpu_2019_protokol_cvk_31032019.pdf First round], [https://www.cvk.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/vpu_2019_protokol_cvk_30042019.pdf second round])
}}
Reactions
Poroshenko tweeted that "a new inexperienced Ukrainian president... could be quickly returned to Russia's orbit of influence."{{Cite news |date=22 April 2019 |title=Ukraine election: Comedian Zelensky wins presidency by landslide |publisher=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48007487 |access-date=22 April 2019 |archive-date=22 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422000229/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48007487 |url-status=live }} Some of Zelenskyy's critics{{Cite web |title=Kolomoyskyi's return to Zelensky's Ukraine |url=https://www.unian.info/politics/10520724-kolomoisky-going-to-return-to-ukraine-after-zelensky-wins-presidential-election.html |access-date=21 April 2019 |website=RT News |archive-date=18 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418145412/https://www.unian.info/politics/10520724-kolomoisky-going-to-return-to-ukraine-after-zelensky-wins-presidential-election.html |url-status=live }} expressed concerns over his close ties with billionaire oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskyi, doubting whether Zelenskyy would be able to stand up against the country's influential oligarchs and the Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Several European Union nations offered their congratulations and hopes of continued partnerships in the future. British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said that Zelenskyy "will now truly be the Servant of the People." Similar sentiments were expressed by Andrzej Duda, President of Poland, Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Russia's deputy foreign minister, Grigory Karasin, stated that "The new leadership now must understand and realise the hopes of its electors" in both domestic and foreign policy.
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau congratulated Zelenskyy and thanked the Canadians among the observers overseeing the elections.{{Cite web |title=Canada greets Ukraine's President-elect |url=https://www.unian.info/politics/10525485-canada-greets-ukraine-s-president-elect.html |access-date=22 April 2019 |website=UNIAN |language=en| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422123457/https://www.unian.info/politics/10525485-canada-greets-ukraine-s-president-elect.html| archive-date=22 April 2019}} The President of the United States, Donald Trump, called the president-elect to congratulate him and "the Ukrainian people for a peaceful [and] democratic election."{{Cite web |date=22 April 2019 |title=Trump calls Zelensky to congratulate on electoral victory |url=https://www.unian.info/politics/10525464-trump-calls-zelensky-to-congratulate-on-electoral-victory.html |access-date=22 April 2019 |website=UNIAN |language=en |archive-date=22 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422021133/https://www.unian.info/politics/10525464-trump-calls-zelensky-to-congratulate-on-electoral-victory.html |url-status=live }}
A joint letter of congratulations was issued by both Tusk and Jean Claude Juncker, the President of the European Commission. The European Union (EU) leaders stated that they hoped Zelenskyy's victory would speed up the implementation of the remaining parts of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, including the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area.{{Cite web |title=Joint letter of President Tusk and President Juncker to Volodymyr Zelensky, President-elect of Ukraine |url=https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2019/04/22/joint-letter-of-president-tusk-and-president-juncker-to-volodymyr-zelensky-president-elect-of-ukraine/ |access-date=22 April 2019 |archive-date=22 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422201656/https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2019/04/22/joint-letter-of-president-tusk-and-president-juncker-to-volodymyr-zelensky-president-elect-of-ukraine/ |url-status=live }}
See also
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