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Early mayoral and city council elections ((ウクライナ語:Дотермінові вибори до київської міської ради (2008)) were contested in the Ukrainian capital Kiev (''Kyiv'') on May 25, 2008. The snap election was called by the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada by a 246-5 vote on March 18 amid corruption allegations involving the incumbent Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi. The local election determined the new Mayor of Kiev, as well as the composition of the 120-seat Kiev City Council. The Ukrainian parliament assigned the job of determining the election costs to the Central Election Commission of Ukraine, working in partnership with the Kiev City Election Commission. The Kiev CEC designated March 26 as the date for the start of election campaigning. In all, seven parties and blocs passed the 3% threshold needed to gain seats in the Kiev City Council. The incumbent Leonid Chernovetskyi was officially declared the winner of the mayoral election on May 30. Yuriy Lozovskyi, Secretary of the Kiev CEC, said that the voter turnout was estimated at 53-54%. The electoral commission said that the elections were largely clear and fair without any major incidents, but that the largest electoral violation was voter shopping. On December 12, 2008 Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced at a news briefing that she is confident that early mayoral elections will be held again in Kiev.〔(Tymoshenko Confident That Early Mayoral Elections Will Be Repeated In Kyiv ), Ukrainian News Agency (December 12, 2008)〕 ==Candidates, parties, and blocs== In all, seventy-nine candidates were registered by the Kiev Territorial Electoral Commission for the upcoming mayoral election. Candidates from some of the main political parties included: * the incumbent Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi, from the Christian Liberal Party of Ukraine. He was facing allegations of corruption and illegal privatization of Kiev territories, * Vitaliy Klychko, a politician in the Kiev City Council and former heavyweight boxer, * Oleh Tyahnybok, from the All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom", * Vladyslav Kaskyv, from the Civil Party "PORA"; * Vice-Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchynov, from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc; * Vasyl Horbal, from the Party of Regions; A total of 37 parties and blocs participated in the Kiev City Council election. These included both national (e.g. Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, Our Ukraine) and local political parties (e.g. Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kiev local election, 2008」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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