Not long ago, Ukraine announced the preliminary results of holding local elections in 13 regions of the country. The "Poroshenko Alliance" led by Ukrainian President Poroshenko and the "Ukrainian Motherland Party" led by former Ukrainian Prime Minister Tymoshenko held a fierce showdown in multiple constituencies and rushed to announce that it had won the election.
Tymoshenko
Leader of the "Poroshenko Alliance" Beretzenko even claimed that according to the preliminary vote count results, the president's supporters won 52 of the 78 constituencies. If this is true, then this result shows that although Poroshenko's current public opinion support rate is not high, he will not be an opponent that Tymoshenko and others can easily defeat in the Ukrainian presidential election in March 2019.
This election is mainly to determine the new Ukrainian municipal leaders and local councillors. According to regulations, the elections were held simultaneously in 24 states in Ukraine on December 23.
Tymoshenko and Poroshenko gave voucher
But at the end of November, Ukraine and Russia had fierce conflicts in Kerch Strait , Poroshenko immediately decided to implement military martial law orders in many states near Ukraine's neighbor Russia from November 26 to December 26. This result directly led to the fact that Ukraine's final 78 constituencies in only 13 provincial administrative regions can hold local elections.
At present, the Central Election Commission of Ukraine has not disclosed the final result of this local election. The message released by the "Poroshenko Alliance" shows that among the 52 winning candidates, 30 were from the party's direct nomination, and 22 self-nominated and winning candidates were supported by the "Poroshenko Alliance" party.
Poroshenko
"Ukrainian Motherland Party" leader Tymoshenko said that his party won 35.7% of the seats in the parliamentary elections, far exceeding the "Poroshenko Alliance" that won 22.7%. The reason why Poroshenko achieved this result was the result of bribery, forging votes and coercion of voters during the election process.
In fact, this battle between Tymoshenko and Poroshenko can be said to have a win or defeat. Tymoshenko's faction won more seats in local councillors, while Poroshenko's faction gained an advantage in local leadership elections. But we cannot simply think that the two tied in this election. Considering the characteristics of Ukrainian local political system, Poroshenko still defeated Tymoshenko, and the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election has also become more interesting. (December 26, 2018, author: Liu Peng)
