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Article 11.
 

Election Process


1. The election process shall mean the implementation by the subjects listed in Article 12 of this Law of the election procedures provided for by this Law.


2. The election process shall be based on the principles of: 1) compliance with the principles of suffrage laid down in Articles 2 – 10 of this Law; 2) legality and prohibition of unlawful interference of anyone in the election process; 3) political pluralism and multi-party system; 4) public nature and transparency; 5) freedom of election campaigning, equal access of all candidates and parties that are electoral subjects to mass media, regardless of their form of ownership, except mass media established (owned) by parties or MP candidates in single-mandate election districts; 6 CDL-REF(2016)040 6) unbiased treatment of parties that are electoral subjects and MP candidates by state bodies, bodies of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and local self-government bodies, courts, enterprises, establishments, institutions, organizations, their heads or other officials.


3. Executive bodies of the state, including a specially authorized central executive body responsible for the implementation of state policy in the area of management of the budget funds, a specially authorized central executive body responsible for implementation of state policy in the area of state registration of legal persons and individual entrepreneurs, as well as courts, election commissions, and law enforcement agencies (prosecutor’s office, police), bodies of the State Register of Voters, shall organize their work during the election process, including the days-off and the day of voting, in a manner that will ensure the receipt and consideration of documents related to the preparation and conduct of the election of MPs, lawsuits, complaints and appeals of the election commissions within the terms and in the manner prescribed by this Law. {Part 3 Article 11 as amended pursuant to the Law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013}


4. The start the election process for a regular election shall be announced by the Central Election Commission within the time framework specified by this Law.


5. The election process shall include the following stages: 1) nomination of MP candidates; 2) establishment of election commissions (except the Central Election Commission); 3) registration of MP candidates; 4) election campaigning; 5) establishment of special election precincts existing on a temporary basis; 6) compiling voter lists, their verification and updating; 7) voting; 8) vote counting and tabulation of the results of the voting; 9) establishment of the results of the election of MPs and their official promulgation; 10) termination of the powers of district and precinct election commissions.


6. In the cases provided for by this Law, the election process shall also comprise the following stages: 1) repeat voting; 2) vote counting and tabulation of the results of the repeat voting.


7. The election process shall be completed fifteen days following the day of official promulgation of the election results by the Central Election Commission.


8. The powers of district and precinct election commissions may be partially exercised outside of the official time frame of the election process in the cases provided for in this Law.


9. Repeat elections and by-elections of MPs may be conducted simultaneously with the AllUkrainian or a local referendum, election of the President of Ukraine, election of members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, local councils as well as village, settlement and city mayors. {Part 9 was added to Article 11 pursuant to the Law № 1184-VII dd. 08.04.2014} 7 CDL-REF(2016)040 10. Regular and early elections of MPs may not be conducted simultaneously with the AllUkrainian or a local referendum, regular or early elections of the President of Ukraine, regular election of members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, local councils as well as village, settlement and city mayors. {Part 10 was added to Article 11 pursuant to the Law № 1184-VII dd. 08.04.2014}