Foreign electoral district of Ukraine

Foreign electoral district of Ukraine — electoral district, which unites electoral precincts, that are situated outside the territory of Ukraine, and which comprises all polling station located inside embassies and consulates of Ukraine and inside military bases abroad, where there are Ukrainian peacekeeping contingents (Kosovo and DR Congo).[1] The responsibilities of district election commission for the Foreign electoral district are carried out by the Central Election Commission. In this district only nationwide votings are held, i.e. presidential and parliamentary elections, as well as nationwide referendums. Local elections are not held there.

Foreign electoral precincts of Ukraine

Foreign electoral precincts of Ukraine in Europe

Polling station on ships under the flag of Ukraine, which are being deployed in the day of voting, and the polling station at Vernadsky Research Base in Antarctica, despite actually being outside the territory of Ukraine, are included into usual electoral districts on the territory of Ukraine. A polling station on a ship is included in the district where its port of registry is located,[doc 1] and the polling station at the polar station is included in the district #223 (Kyiv, Shevchenkivskyi District) where the headquarters of the National Antarctic Scientific Center of Ukraine are located.[doc 2][2]

Among diplomatic missions of Ukraine there are not only embassies and consulates, but also missions to international organizations and honorary consulates, but there are no polling stations in them. Apart from embassies and consulates, there is a polling station at the Branch office of the Embassy of Ukraine in Argentina, which is located in the city of Santiago, Chile.

Any citizen of Ukraine without criminal record can apply to be a member of precinct election commission in the Foreign electoral district, with exception to candidates and their representatives, governments officials, including staff of diplomatic missions.[law 1]

In November 2011 the new version of the Law of Ukraine "On Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine" was adapted, in which the Foreign electoral district was abolished, and all its polling station abroad were evenly distributed among electoral districts in the city of Kyiv. However, in April 2012 Constitutional Court of Ukraine recognized this innovation unconstitutional on a basis that adding foreign polling stations to electoral districts in Kyiv impedes the full reflection of the will of voters who live in Kyiv,[doc 3] so later the Foreign electoral district was brought back to the law.[law 2]

Number of voters and their turnout

As of the day of voting in the first round of 2019 Ukrainian presidential election, there were 552,357 eligible voters (around 1.55% of all eligible voters) in the Foreign electoral district, of them 268 were on the military base in Goma, DR Congo, and 42 on military base in Novo Selo, Kosovo.[1] As of the day of voting of 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, there were 102 polling stations in 72 countries of the World, including 5 in Germany, 4 in the United States, Poland and Italy, and 3 in Canada, Spain, Turkey and China.[3][4] The Consulate-general of Ukraine in Milan is the only place in the Foreign electoral district where there are two polling stations.

The Foreign electoral district differs from usual electoral districts by its pretty low turnout (around 10-15% compared to over 50% on the territory of Ukraine, however voters in countries where there is well organized Ukrainian community show a bit higher turnout),[5][6] because of enormous areas of voting precincts which make many voters unable to get to the polling station, and even if they do, they have to stand in very long queues to vote.[7][8] Also, there is an opinion that only a small portion of Ukrainian citizens abroad are included in the lists of voters in Foreign electoral district, due to quite complicated procedure of applying for consular registration and due to many Ukrainians hiding the fact of their staying abroad from Ukrainian authorities.[9][10] Also, to vote in the Foreign electoral district, a person has to visit an embassy or consulate twice: once to register and once to vote.[11]

Differences from usual electoral districts

Electoral process on the Foreign electoral district differs from that in the electoral districts on the territory of Ukraine in many ways. Among differences there are:

• Electoral districts on the territory of Ukraine were formed in a way that approximately equal number of voters resided in each of them. At the moment of formation of today's electoral districts in 2012, the average number of voters in each district was 161,140.[doc 4] Foreign electoral district with its 552,357 voters clearly does not follow this rule.
• During parliamentary elections, voters in each electoral district on the territory of Ukraine not only get a ballot with a list of parties elected nationwide, but also get a ballot with a list of candidates to represent their electoral district in the parliament (Ukraine has mixed system of voting, where 225 MPs are elected via nationwide list of parties and 225 are elected one from each electoral district). Voters in Foreign electoral district are only given a ballot with a list of parties.
• Local elections (elections of city, town and village mayors, elections of village, town, city, district and region councils etc.) are not held in the Foreign electoral district.
• The Central Election Commission perform the duties of district election commission in the Foreign electoral district, in particular appoints members of precinct election commissions, receives protocols of votes count from them and registers the observers.[law 3]
• Some role in organizing electoral process in the Foreign electoral district is also played by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, such as taking part in formation of staff of precinct commissions,[law 4] maintains the list of voters in the Foreign electoral district,[doc 5] transfers voting ballots and other voting documentation from Central commission to precinct ones and vice versa.[law 5][doc 6]
• Just as on usual polling stations in Ukraine, foreign polling stations are opened for voters from 8 to 20 o'clock, but according to local time, not the time in Ukraine.[law 6] The polling station to be opened the earliest is the one at the Embassy of Ukraine in Australia in Canberra. It opens at 23 o'clock of previous day in Ukrainian time. The latest to open is the polling station at the Consulate-general of Ukraine in San Francisco, which opens at 18 o'clock Ukrainian time.[12]
• Unlike the territory of Ukraine, where electoral precincts are never bigger than a hundred square kilometers and in big cities they can be even smaller than a block, in the Foreign electoral district precincts can contain whole countries or sometimes even considerable parts of continents. That creates a lot of trouble for voters abroad.
• In the Foreign electoral district voting at the place of residence (for people who due to health problems are unable to visit a polling station personally) is not carried out because of giant sizes of electoral precincts.[law 7]
• In polling stations abroad voters should present a travel passport, diplomatic passport or service passport to get a ballot, while in polling station in Ukraine voters should present an identity card.[13]
• While citizens of Ukraine who live in Ukraine are added to lists of voters according to their resident registration, citizens abroad are added to the lists according to the data of consular registration.[14]
• In countries where there is a significant number of Ukrainian citizens, e.g. Poland, Germany, Moldova, USA or Canada, lists of voters can be as large as tens of thousands people (with the biggest list belonging to a polling station at the embassy in Chisinau — over 50 thousand voters). Meanwhile, on the territory of Ukraine a list of voters in every polling station never exceeds 2,500 people.[15]

Abolishment of foreign polling station of Ukraine in Russia

Foreign electoral precincts of Ukraine to which parts of Russia belong

In 2018 the Central Election Commission, on the submission of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, decided to close all Ukrainian polling stations on the territory of Russia, namely in the embassy in Moscow and in consulates in Saint-Petersburg, Rostov-na-Donu, Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk.[16] Voters residing in Russia were moved to the polling stations in neighboring countries. North Caucasian and Southern federal districts of Russia were included into the electoral precinct of the Embassy of Ukraine in Georgia, the rest of European Russia into precinct of Embassy of Ukraine in Finland, Asian Russia into precinct of Embassy of Ukraine in Kazakhstan. That was done due to security reasons.[17] Pavlo Klimkin, then the Minister of foreign affairs, said that there are significant security risks, such as law enforcement, administrative and propaganda pressure on voters and election commissions members, possibility of dangerous provocation, infiltration of special services agents into election commissions, intervention of Russian authorities into elections etc. Minister summarized the position of MFA with such a statement:[18]

We believe that holding free and fair elections on the territory of aggressor state is impossible, devoid of political and legal sense, and for those deciding to participate – just dangerous.

This gave rise to Russian media claiming that 2019 Ukrainian presidential election is illegitimate, with arguments that polling stations on the territory of Russia were abolished, and also that Russian observers were denied permission to observe Ukrainian elections.[19]

This decision was challenged in the Supreme Court of Ukraine in January 2019, but the court recognized it legal.[20]

Difficulties with voting abroad

On 2019 Ukrainian presidential election in Foreign electoral district only 59,830 out of 552,357 registered voters used their right to vote, even when there are approximately 6 million Ukrainian citizens listed in state registers as being abroad. Thus, only about 1% of Ukrainian citizens abroad participate in elections.[9] Many Ukrainians living outside Ukraine hide their being there from the Ukrainian officials, with the biggest reasons being frequent statements by politicians about the possibility of introducing taxation for people working abroad and introducing punishment for dual citizenship,[21] as well as distrust of the Ukrainian authorities in general. Those citizens who do decide to vote must either apply to be included into the list of voters at a polling station abroad or apply to be included into consular list at a diplomatic establishment of Ukraine, which will also result in inclusion into the list of voters.[22] In both cases, they have to either send the application by mail, together with the Ukrainian passport and the original residence permit, which is deemed risky,[9] or come to the diplomatic establishment in person. The passport of another state as a proof of residence permit in that state is not eligible, since Ukraine does not recognize other citizenships of its citizens. Therefore, citizens of Ukraine who also have a passport of another state can not achieve being added to the voters list, as well as being added the consular list. Attending an embassy or a consulate in person to register for voting or to vote is a problem for many citizens as they often have to travel long distances.[23] For example, a Ukrainian living in Perth has to travel more than 3,000 km to the embassy in Canberra, and a plane ticket across the continent can cost $800 or more.[24] In addition to the financial component, this trip takes one or even several days. This problem is especially acute in countries with few polling stations and large territories or polling stations covering several major countries, such as Brazil, South Africa, Australia, China. During the election day, huge queues appear in front of polling stations in countries where there are significant presence of Ukrainians, such as Germany, the Czech Republic, the United States, Moldova or Estonia. Due to the low capacity of foreign polling stations, voters have to wait in queue for several hours.[7] Sometimes, it happens that the queue is still there when it is time for the polling station to close, so it has to continue its work for a while.[25] Also, it is often problematic to find people to work in foreign precinct election commissions.[21][10]

Due to the above-mentioned problems, Ukrainians abroad are actively advocating for electronic voting, at least for foreign voters.[26] Opponents of voting over the Internet say that there will be doubts about the honesty of the votes counting, also there will be no way to make sure that the vote was given freely and personally, that is, what if a person voted under supervision of another person, or even under supervision of the special services of the host country. In addition to that, critics of online voting fear numerous votes from Russia, whose honesty will be questioned.[10] Also, voters living abroad ask to introduce an online consular registration system[24] and allow voting by mail.[27][21] Along with that, foreign voters are concerned about the lack of polling stations and offer to open them not only at embassies and consulates, but also at honorary consulates of Ukraine or elsewhere.[28][29] Officials, namely the former Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, point out that the current Ukrainian legislation allows opening polling stations abroad only at embassies and consulates and at military bases, moreover, not all countries would allow opening polling stations outside diplomatic missions.[30] At the same time, Klimkin expressed his full support for the ideas of electronic voting.[31]

Foreign voting in other countries

There are two main approaches in the World to attribute the votes of citizens abroad to a particular constituency: their votes are collected into one (all over the World) or several (each covers a certain part of foreign territory) foreign constituencies, or their votes are somehow attributed to constituencies located in the territory of their nativeland. A single foreign constituency exists in many countries, for example in Bulgaria or in Croatia. Ukrainian voters abroad can not elect majoritarian MPs, unlike many other countries, such as France, Portugal or Croatia.[f 1] In some countries, there are not one but several foreign constituencies, each covering only a specific part of foreign territories. For example, in Portugal there are two foreign constituencies: one includes countries in Europe, the other all countries outside Europe.[f 2] In France, there are 11 foreign constituencies, each comprising several European countries or large parts of other continents.[f 3] Similar "fragmented" foreign constituencies are also found in Italy and Northern Macedonia.

Another approach is to assign votes of citizens abroad to one or more constituencies (usually in the capital) in the territory of their nativeland. This approach was cancelled in Ukraine by the Constitutional Court in 2012 ⇨. This approach is used in the Netherlands, where citizens abroad are assigned to The Hague constituency (the Hague mayor is responsible for registering voters abroad);[f 4][f 5] in Poland, where citizens abroad are counted into 19th constituency in Warsaw; in Belarus, where foreign votes are attributed to the 95th Kupalov district in Minsk, in which the MFA of Belarus is located;[f 6] and other countries.

As for the voting itself, depending on the country, citizens either have to personally come to the polling station abroad, or they can vote remotely (by mail or online). Some countries, including Norway[f 7] and Australia,[f 8] allow voters who will be abroad on election day, but who will be at home shortly beforehand, to vote in advance. Citizens of those countries that allow voting only in the polling station should visit their country's diplomatic establishment to vote. An exception is Moldova, whose voters can arrange polling stations anywhere, even in the shop, under certain conditions. Ukrainian legislation allows voting abroad to be held only in the diplomatic missions of Ukraine.[10]

Many countries of the World, unlike Ukraine, provide voters with the opportunity to register in voters lists and to vote by mail (paper or electronic) or online. For example, in Estonia you can vote online,[f 9] and in the United States, depending on the state, voters either receive a paper ballot, fill it out, and send it back, or receive a ballot by email or fax, print it, and send it back, or vote via the Internet.[f 10] Some countries do not even allow citizens abroad to vote. As an example, Israeli citizens can vote only in Israel. Those citizens who are abroad (except diplomats and employees of some government organizations abroad) are not allowed to vote.[f 11] The same, except for elections to the European Parliament, also applies to Ireland.[f 12]

In the United Kingdom, citizens living or temporarily residing abroad are allowed to delegate someone else to vote on their behalf.[f 13] During elections to the European Parliament, a national of one EU member state residing in another EU member state may vote in the country of stay on the same terms as local citizens. For example, an Irish citizen residing in Spain may participate in the elections as a Spanish voter and vote for a party nominated for the EP by Spain.[f 14]

Voting results

Presidential elections

2019	second round	[r 1] [r 2]
	first round	[r 3] [r 4]
2014		[r 5] [r 6]
2010	second round	[r 7]
	first round	[r 8]

Parliamentary elections

In the Foreign electoral district "pro-European" parties have traditionally had more electoral support than "pro-Russian" ones. For example, in the parliamentary elections of 2012, Svoboda won the most votes, overtaking the Party of Regions by one third of a percent, while the Party of Regions was confidently victorious in the territory of Ukraine, gaining three times as many votes as Svoboda.[r 9] Another example is the fact that the Communist Party of Ukraine has always received fewer votes in the foreign district than in Ukraine. In 2014, the Opposition Bloc won the overwhelming majority in electoral districts in eastern Ukraine, but won only in one electoral precinct in the Foreign electoral district.[r 10]

2019		[r 11] [r 12]
2014		[r 13] [r 14]
2012		[r 15] [r 16]
2007		[r 17]
2006		[r 18]

List of polling stations and precincts

Polling stations abroad are located in all embassies and consulates of Ukraine abroad, except embassies and consulates in Russia ⇨, embassies in the Vatican, Indonesia, Iraq, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, consulate São Paulo, as well as the embassies in Libya and Syria, which because of ongoing military conflicts, are temporarily situated in Tunisia and Lebanon, respectively.

There are also countries that are not part of any foreign electoral precinct: Iceland, Albania, Bhutan, Laos, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, Haiti, many African countries, including Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, The Gambia, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, DR Congo, Chad, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Djibouti, Eritrea and Somalia, as well as the numerous Pacific and Caribbean island states.

Polling stations are also located on military bases where there are Ukrainian peacekeeping contingents. Currently, they are the base of Ukrainian peacekeeping forces in Kosovo and the base of the 18th Separate Helicopter Detachment in the DR Congo. Previously, there was also a polling station at the 56th Separate Helicopter Unit of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (polling station #900113). In addition, in the past, there was another polling station at the 18th Helicopter Detachment (polling station #900112) in Bunia in DRC, simultaneously with the station in Goma, which still exists today.

Electoral precincts by number of voters:

The number of electoral precinct	Polling station	City	Territory	Number of voters [doc 6]	Map
900001	Embassy of Ukraine to Australia	Canberra	Australia  New Zealand	1749	🌍
900002	Embassy of Ukraine to Austria	Vienna	Austria	2612	🌍
900003	Embassy of Ukraine to Azerbaijan	Baku	Azerbaijan	282	🌍
900004	Embassy of Ukraine to Algeria	Algiers	Algeria  Mali  Niger  Nigeria  Benin  Gabon	285	🌍
900005	Embassy of Ukraine to Argentina	Buenos Aires	Argentina  Paraguay  Uruguay	1070	🌍
900006	Embassy of Ukraine to Belgium	Brussels	Belgium  Luxembourg	2298	🌍
900007	Embassy of Ukraine to the Republic of Belarus	Minsk	Belarus (central and eastern parts)	7284	🌍
900008	Consulate of Ukraine in Brest, Belarus	Brest	Belarus (western part)	4850	🌍
900009	Embassy of Ukraine to Bulgaria	Sofia	Bulgaria	2812	🌍
900011	Embassy of Ukraine to Brazil	Brasília	Brazil  Bolivia  Guyana  Suriname	133	🌍
900012	Embassy of Ukraine to Vietnam	Hanoi	Vietnam	216	🌍
900013	Embassy of Ukraine to the United Kingdom	London	United Kingdom (England and Wales)	2950	🌍
900014	Consulate of Ukraine in Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Edinburgh	United Kingdom (Scotland and Northern Ireland)	174	🌍
900015	Embassy of Ukraine to Armenia	Yerevan	Armenia	403	🌍
900016	Embassy of Ukraine to Greece	Athens	Greece (southwest part)	2804	🌍
900017	Consulate of Ukraine in Thessaloniki, Greece	Thessaloniki	Greece (northeast)	1060	🌍
900018	Embassy of Ukraine to Georgia	Tbilisi	Georgia  Russia (Caucasian part)	8442	🌍
900020	Embassy of Ukraine to Denmark	Copenhagen	Denmark	2960	🌍
900021	Embassy of Ukraine to Estonia	Tallinn	Estonia	4736	🌍
900022	Embassy of Ukraine to Egypt	Cairo	Egypt  Sudan  Comoros  Ethiopia	171	🌍
900023	Embassy of Ukraine to Israel	Tel Aviv	Israel  Palestine	13867	🌍
900025	Embassy of Ukraine to India	New Delhi	India  Bangladesh  Sri Lanka    Nepal  Maldives	160	🌍
900026	Embassy of Ukraine to Iran	Tehran	Iran	228	🌍
900027	Embassy of Ukraine to Ireland	Dublin	Ireland	771	🌍
900028	Embassy of Ukraine to Spain	Madrid	Spain (central and northern parts)	5029
900029	Consulate General of Ukraine in Barcelona, Spain	Barcelona	Spain (eastern part)	5598	🌍
900030	Consulate of Ukraine in Málaga, Spain	Málaga	Spain (southern part)	2878	🌍
900031	Embassy of Ukraine to Italy	Rome	Italy (central part)  Malta  San Marino	8074	🌍
900032	Consulate General of Ukraine in Milan, Italy	Milan	Italy (northwest part)	6059	🌍
900033	Consulate General of Ukraine in Naples, Italy	Naples	Italy (southern part)	5815	🌍
900034	Embassy of Ukraine to Jordan	Amman	Jordan  Iraq	714	🌍
900035	Embassy of Ukraine to Kazakhstan	Nur Sultan	Kazakhstan  Russia (Asian part)	3818	🌍
900037	Embassy of Ukraine to Canada	Ottawa	Canada (eastern part)	1358	🌍
900038	Consulate General of Ukraine in Toronto, Canada	Toronto	Canada (central part)	5365	🌍
900040	Embassy of Ukraine to Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	148	🌍
900041	Embassy of Ukraine to the People's Republic of China	Beijing	China (except Shanghai, Guangdong and their neighboring provinces)  Mongolia	376
900042	Consulate General of Ukraine in Shanghai, PRC	Shanghai	China (Shanghai and its neighboring provinces)	484	🌍
900043	Embassy of Ukraine to Cyprus	Nicosia	Cyprus	612	🌍
900044	Embassy of Ukraine to the Republic of Korea	Seoul	South Korea	242	🌍
900045	Embassy of Ukraine to Cuba	Havana	Cuba  Venezuela  Dominican Republic  Nicaragua  El Salvador  Honduras	361	🌍
900046	Embassy of Ukraine to Kuwait	Kuwait City	Kuwait	173	🌍
900047	Embassy of Ukraine to Latvia	Riga	Latvia	2503	🌍
900048	Embassy of Ukraine to Lithuania	Vilnius	Lithuania	3163	🌍
900049	Embassy of Ukraine to Lebanon	Beirut	Lebanon  Syria	1437	🌍
900051	Embassy of Ukraine to Northern Macedonia	Skopje	North Macedonia	81	🌍
900052	Embassy of Ukraine to Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia  Timor-Leste  Philippines	103	🌍
900053	Embassy of Ukraine to Morocco	Rabat	Morocco  Mauritania  Senegal  Guinea	608	🌍
900054	Embassy of Ukraine to Mexico	Mexico City	Mexico  Panama  Guatemala  Costa Rica	257	🌍
900055	Embassy of Ukraine to Moldova	Chișinău	Moldova (southern part)	51293	🌍
900056	Consulate of Ukraine in Bălți, Moldova	Bălți	Moldova (northern part)	12994	🌍
900058	Embassy of Ukraine to the Netherlands	The Hague	Netherlands	1892	🌍
900059	Embassy of Ukraine to Germany	Berlin	Germany (northeast part)	16953	🌍
900061	Consulate General of Ukraine in Hamburg, Germany	Hamburg	Germany (northwest part)	14147	🌍
900062	Consulate General of Ukraine in Munich, Germany	Munich	Germany (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg)	25768	🌍
900063	Consulate General of Ukraine in Frankfurt, Germany	Frankfurt	Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Hesse)	13275	🌍
900064	Embassy of Ukraine to Norway	Oslo	Norway	583	🌍
900065	Embassy of Ukraine to the UAE	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates (emirate of Abu Dhabi)  Bahrain	335	🌍
900067	Embassy of Ukraine to Peru	Lima	Peru  Ecuador  Colombia	212	🌍
900068	Embassy of Ukraine to South Africa	Pretoria	South Africa  Botswana  Zambia  Zimbabwe  Mauritius  Madagascar  Mozambique  Namibia  Lesotho  Eswatini  Kenya  Burundi  Malawi  Rwanda  Tanzania  Angola	345	🌍
900069	Embassy of Ukraine to Poland	Warsaw	Poland (central and western parts)	19523	🌍
900070	Consulate of Ukraine in Gdańsk, Poland	Gdańsk	Poland (northwest and northern parts)	5306	🌍
900071	Consulate General of Ukraine in Krakow, Poland	Krakow	Poland (southwest and southern parts)	12033	🌍
900072	Consulate General of Ukraine in Lublin, Poland	Lublin	Poland (eastern part)	4505	🌍
900073	Embassy of Ukraine to Portugal	Lisbon	Portugal (southern part)	2855	🌍
900074	Consulate of Ukraine in Porto, Portugal	Porto	Portugal (northern part)	883	🌍
900080	Embassy of Ukraine to Romania	Bucharest	Romania	338	🌍
900082	Embassy of Ukraine to Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia  Yemen	102	🌍
900083	Embassy of Ukraine to Serbia	Belgrade	Serbia	360	🌍
900085	Embassy of Ukraine to Singapore	Singapore	Singapore  Brunei  Indonesia	262	🌍
900086	Embassy of Ukraine to Slovakia	Bratislava	Slovakia	4185	🌍
900088	Embassy of Ukraine to Slovenia	Ljubljana	Slovenia	720	🌍
900089	Embassy of Ukraine to the USA	Washington, D.C.	United States (southeast and southern parts)  Antigua and Barbuda	7313	🌍
900090	Consulate General of Ukraine in New York City, USA	New York City	United States (northeast part)	12080	🌍
900091	Consulate General of Ukraine in San Francisco, USA	San Francisco	United States (western part)	23730	🌍
900092	Consulate General of Ukraine in Chicago, USA	Chicago	United States (northern part)	5908	🌍
900093	Embassy of Ukraine to Thailand	Bangkok	Thailand  Myanmar  Laos	192	🌍
900094	Embassy of Ukraine to Tunisia	Tunis	Tunisia  Libya	360	🌍
900095	Embassy of Ukraine to Turkey	Ankara	Turkey (except Istanbul, Antalya and their neighboring provinces)	219	🌍
900096	Consulate General of Ukraine in Istanbul, Turkey	Istanbul	Turkey (Istanbul and its neighboring provinces)	366	🌍
900097	Embassy of Ukraine to Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Turkmenistan  Afghanistan	206	🌍
900098	Embassy of Ukraine to Hungary	Budapest	Hungary (central and western parts)	2521	🌍
900099	Consulate of Ukraine in Nyíregyháza, Hungary	Nyíregyháza	Hungary (eastern part)	4152	🌍
900100	Embassy of Ukraine to Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Uzbekistan  Tajikistan	1233	🌍
900101	Embassy of Ukraine to Finland	Helsinki	Finland  Russia (European part except Caucasus)	20484	🌍
900102	Cultural and Information Center of the Embassy of Ukraine to France	Paris	France  Monaco	3705	🌍
900104	Embassy of Ukraine to Croatia	Zagreb	Croatia  Bosnia and Herzegovina	326	🌍
900105	Embassy of Ukraine to the Czech Republic	Prague	Czech Republic (western part)	24113	🌍
900106	Consulate of Ukraine in Brno, Czech Republic	Brno	Czech Republic (eastern part)	5451	🌍
900107	Embassy of Ukraine to Montenegro	Podgorica	Montenegro	338	🌍
900108	Embassy of Ukraine to Switzerland	Bern	Switzerland  Liechtenstein	1388	🌍
900109	Embassy of Ukraine to Sweden	Stockholm	Sweden	920	🌍
900110	Embassy of Ukraine to Japan	Tokyo	Japan	533	🌍
900111	Military base in Goma, DR Congo	Goma	military base	268	🌍
900114	Military base in Novo Selo, Serbia	Novo Selo	military base	40
900116	Consulate of Ukraine in Dubai, UAE	Dubai	United Arab Emirates (except emirate of Abu Dhabi)  Pakistan  Oman	1225	🌍
900120	Embassy of Ukraine to Qatar	Doha	Qatar	175	🌍
900121	Consulate General of Ukraine in Milan, Italy	Milan	Italy (northeast part)	4539	🌍
900122	Consulate General of Ukraine in Düsseldorf, Germany	Düsseldorf	Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)	21288	🌍
900123	Division of the Embassy of Ukraine to Argentina in Chile	Santiago	Chile	106	🌍
900124	Consulate of Ukraine in Antalya, Turkey	Antalya	Turkey (Antalya and its neighboring provinces)	324	🌍
900125	Consulate General of Ukraine in Edmonton, Canada	Edmonton	Canada (western part)	1044	🌍
900126	Consulate General of Ukraine in Guangzhou, PRC	Guangzhou	China (Guangdong and its neighboring provinces)	62	🌍

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  Territories of electoral precincts of Ukraine in Germany
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  Territories of electoral precincts of Ukraine in Poland
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  Territories of electoral precincts of Ukraine in the USA
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  Territories of electoral precincts of Ukraine in Canada
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  Territories of electoral precincts of Ukraine in Italy
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  Territories of electoral precincts of Ukraine in Spain
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  Territories of electoral precincts of Ukraine in Turkey
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  Territories of electoral precincts of Ukraine in China

Map

Polling stations at:

     Embassies

     Consulates

     Divisions of embassies

     Military bases

See also

• Electoral districts of Ukraine
• Ukrainian diaspora
• Central Election Commission (Ukraine)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ukraine)
• List of diplomatic missions of Ukraine
• Elections in Ukraine
• Election commission

References

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13. Tutorial for members of precinct election commission, article 95 — Vyborkom
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State documents

1. CEC Resolution «On the establishment in the electoral district #129, as a special case, of special polling stations on vessels that will be sailing under the State Flag of Ukraine on 25 May 2014, and of the respective polling station commissions» — website of Verkhovna Rada (archive)
2. Kyiv — electoral district #223 — website of State voters register
3. Decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine on the constitutionality of the provisions of the second part of Article 22 of the Law of Ukraine «On Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine» — website of Verkhovna Rada (archive)
4. CEC Resolution «On the formation of single-mandate electoral districts on a permanent basis within the territories of Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblasts, cities of Kyiv and Sevastopol» — website of Verkhovna Rada (archive)
5. CEC Resolution «On clarification about preparation and clarification of voter lists for preparing and holding the election of the President of Ukraine»: VII. Assembling and clarifying the voters lists at polling stations abroad — website of Verkhovna Rada (archive)
6. CEC Protocol on the transferring of voting ballots for the Elections of the People's Deputies of Ukraine to electoral commissions of the Foreign electoral district — website of the Central Election Commission (archive)

Voting results

1. 2019 Ukrainian presidential election: Results of voting in the Foreign electoral district (re-vote on 21.04.2019) — website of the Central Election Commission (archive)
2. 2019 Ukrainian presidential election: Results of voting in polling stations abroad (re-vote on 21.04.2019) — website of the Central Election Commission (archive)
3. 2019 Ukrainian presidential election: Results of voting in the Foreign electoral district (vote on 31.03.2019) — website of the Central Election Commission (archive)
4. 2019 Ukrainian presidential election: Results of voting in polling stations abroad (vote on 31.03.2019) — website of the Central Election Commission (archive)
5. 2014 Ukrainian extraordinary presidential election: Results of voting within the Foreign electoral district — website of the Central Election Commission (archive)
6. 2014 Ukrainian extraordinary presidential election: CEC protocol on the results of voting within the Foreign electoral district — website of the Central Election Commission
7. 2010 Ukrainian presidential election: Results of voting in the Foreign electoral district (second round) — website of the Central Election Commission
8. 2010 Ukrainian presidential election: Results of voting in the Foreign electoral district (first round) — website of the Central Election Commission (archive)
9. 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election: Results of votes counting in the nationwide multi-member constituency — website of the Central Election Commission
10. 2012 Ukrainian extraordinary parliamentary election: Results of votes counting in the nationwide multi-member constituency in each electoral district — website of the Central Election Commission
11. 2019 Ukrainian extraordinary parliamentary election: Information about the results of counting of votes in foreign polling stations — website of the Central Election Commission (archive)
12. 2019 Ukrainian extraordinary parliamentary election: Results of voting in foreign polling station in nationwide constituency — website of the Central Election Commission (archive)
13. 2014 Ukrainian extraordinary parliamentary election: Information about the results of counting of votes in foreign polling stations — website of the Central Election Commission (archive)
14. 2014 Ukrainian extraordinary parliamentary election: CEC protocol on the results of voting in the nationwide multi-member constituency within the Foreign electoral district of the elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine — website of the Central Election Commission
15. 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election: Information about the results of counting of votes in foreign polling stations — website of the Central Election Commission
16. 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election: CEC protocol on the results of voting in the nationwide multi-member constituency in foreign polling stations — website of the Central Election Commission
17. 2007 Ukrainian extraordinary parliamentary election: Information about the results of counting of votes in foreign polling stations — website of the Central Election Commission
18. 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election: Information about the results of counting of votes in foreign polling stations — website of the Central Election Commission

Laws

1. Law of Ukraine «On elections of the President of Ukraine» — Article 24. Formation of precincts election commissions, paragraph 10
2. Law of Ukraine «On amendments to some legislative acts of Ukraine to improve laws concerning organization of elections» — website of Verkhovna Rada
3. Law of Ukraine «On elections of the President of Ukraine» — Article 21. System of election commissions, paragraph 3
4. Law of Ukraine «On elections of the President of Ukraine» — Article 24. Formation of precincts election commissions, paragraph 4
5. Law of Ukraine «On elections of the President of Ukraine» — Article 73. The procedure for sending election ballots to election commissions, paragraph 6
6. Law of Ukraine «On elections of the President of Ukraine» — Article 75. Preparation for voting on the Election Day (Re-vote Day), paragraph 1
7. Law of Ukraine «On elections of the President of Ukraine» — Article 77. The procedure for organizing voting at the place of residence, paragraph 18

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External links

• Law of Ukraine «On elections of the President of Ukraine» — website of Verkhovna Rada (archive)
• Law of Ukraine «On Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine» — website of Verkhovna Rada (archive)
• Foreign electoral precincts — website of State voters register
• Foreign electoral precincts established on a permanent basis — website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (archive)
• Elections results by polling stations — dekoder
• For the notice of Ukrainian citizens! 2019 elections. Voting abroad. — сwebsite of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine