The elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine will be held on October 28.
The election campaign finished at midnight on October 26, 2012. On October
27, 2012 the electoral silence is in Ukraine when according to Ukraine law any
form of election propaganda is prohibited. On Saturday night all of the
propaganda materials are to be removed in all settlements of the country.
The election is conducted under a mixed system, with 225 MPs elected on party
lists and 225 in single-seat constituencies (the elections in 2007 were held
under a proportional system). Parliamentary candidates run in single-seat
constituencies either from parties or through self-nomination. The election
threshold for parties on party lists in these elections is 5%. The parliamentary
elections were last held under a mixed system in 2002, and the threshold was
4%.
