2018 Luhansk People's Republic general election

General elections in the Luhansk People's Republic were held on November 11, 2018.[1]

2018 Luhansk People's Republic general elections
Head of the Republic election
11 November 2018
Turnout77%
 
Nominee Leonid Pasechnik Oleg Koval
Party Peace for Luganshina LES
Popular vote 596,230 144,441
Percentage 69.20% 16.76%
 
Nominee Natalia Sergun Lyudmila Rusnak
Party Independent LES
Popular vote 69,396 51,500
Percentage 7.95% 5.90%
Head of the Republic before election

Leonid Pasechnik (acting)
Peace for Luganshina

 Elected Head of the Republic

Leonid Pasechnik
Peace for Luganshina

Parliamentary election
11 November 2018
All 50 seats in the People's Council
26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout77%
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Peace for Luganshina Leonid Pasechnik 74.12% 37 +2
LES Zinaida Nadion 25.16% 13 -2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Chairman of the People's Council before Chairman of the People's Council after
Denis Miroshnichenko
Peace for Luganshina		 Denis Miroshnichenko
Peace for Luganshina

Just like in 2014, at the same time, similar elections were held in the Donetsk People's Republic.[2]

The elections took place on November 11, 2018.[3] The Head of the LPR and the People's Council of the LPR (consisting of 50 deputies) were elected.

Eight candidates expressed their desire to participate in the elections - Oleg Valerievich Koval, Leonid Ivanovich Pasechnik, Natalya Vladimirovna Sergun, Lyudmila Valentinovna Rusnak, Leonid Nesterovich Derzhak, Roman Teodorovich Oleksin, Vladimir Alexandrovich Rodionov, Yuri Mikhailovich Ryaplov.

Results

The current head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik won with 68.3% of the vote. The Peace for Lugansk Region Movement won the parliamentary elections with 74.13% of voters' support.[4] Opponents from the Luhansk Economic Union received 25.16% of the vote. 0.72% of ballots were declared invalid and lost.[5]

Head of the Republic
CandidatePartyVotes%
Leonid PasechnikPeace for Lugansk Region596,23069.20
Oleg KovalLuhansk Economic Union144,44116.76
Natalia SergunIndependent69,3968.05
Lyudmila RusnakLuhansk Economic Union51,5005.98
Total861,567100.00
Total votes861,567–
Registered voters/turnout77
Source: CEC

People's Council

Opinions

The EU does not recognize the elections in the LPR and imposed sanctions against their organizers.

  • The elections of the heads of the Republics and deputies of the People's Councils held in the LPR and DPR do not contradict the letter and spirit of the Minsk agreements, the representative of the Republic in the humanitarian subgroup of the Contact Group, head of the LPR working group on the exchange of prisoners of war Olga Kobtseva said.[6]

References
  1. "Пасечник набирает 68,92% голосов на выборах главы ЛНР". РИА Новости (in Russian). 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
  2. Ольга ГАЛЬСКАЯ | Сайт «Комсомольской правды» (2018-09-30). "Выборы в ДНР 2018: Кто претендует на пост Главы ДНР?" (in Russian). KP.RU - сайт «Комсомольской правды». Retrieved 2018-12-09.
  3. "Separatists win vote in Ukraine rebel regions by big margins". Washington Post. 12 November 2018. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  4. "Donbass elections helped avert chaos after DPR leader's murder, says Russian diplomat". TASS. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  5. Известия
  6. Выборы в Донбассе не противоречили Минским соглашениям — Кобцева


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