At stake in this election:

• The office of the President of Ukraine

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Petro POROSHENKO
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Volodymyr GROYSMAN
• Assembly: Ukraine has a unicameral Supreme Council (Verkhovna Rada) with 450 seats. Twenty-seven seats remain vacant as no elections have been held in the non-government controlled areas of the Donestk and Lahansk regions and Russia-occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by an absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a five-year term. If no candidate receives an absolute majority of votes in the first round, the top two candidates go to a second round.

Main candidates in this presidential race:*

• Petro POROSHENKO
  • Party: Independent
• Yulia TYMOSHENKO
  • Party: Political Party “All-Ukrainian Union “Fatherland” / Політична партія “Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина"
• Volodymyr ZELENSKIY
  • Party: Political party “Servant of the People” / Політична партія “Слуга народу”
• Anatoly HRYTSENKO
  • Party: Political party “Civil Position” / Політична партія “Громадянська позиція”
• Yuriy BOYKO
  • Party: Independent
• Oleg LIASHKO
  • Party: Political Party “Oleh Liashko’s Radical Party” / Політична партія “Радикальна Партія Олега Ляшка”
• Oleksandr VILKUL
  • Party: Political Party “Opposition Bloc – the Party of Peace and Development” / політична партія “Опозиційний блок – партія миру та розвитку”
• Anridy SaADOVYI
  • Party: Political Party “Self Reliance Union” / Політична партія “Об'єднання “Самопоміч”
• Olexandr SHEVCHENKO
  • Party: Political Party “Ukrainian Association of Patriots - UKROP” / Політична партія “Українське об'єднання патріотів – УКРОП”
• Ruslan KOSHULYNSKY
  • Party: Political Party “All-Ukrainian Union “Svoboda” / Політична партія “Всеукраїнське об’єднання «Свобода»
• Yevgeniy MURAYEV
  • Party: Political party “Ours” / Політична партія “Наші”
• Serhiy TARUTA
  • Party: Political Party “Foundation” / Політична партія “Основа”

* There are 44 candidates registered for this election. A full list is available here.

Population and Voter Registration:

• Population: 43,795,000 (2019 est.)
• Registered Voters: 35,582,184 (January 31, 2019)

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 22,658,600 (January 2018)
• Is Ukraine a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)
• Has Ukraine ratified CEDAW: Yes (12 March 1981)
• Gender Quota: Yes, 30% of women on the lists in the parliamentary and local elections (quotas are non-binding – failure to comply does not result in any sanctions)
• Female candidates in this election: Yes (4 out of 44)
• Number of Female Parliamentarians: 47 (10.4%)
• Human Development Index Position: 88 (2018)
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low (2019)

Disability Data:

• Is Ukraine a signatory to CRPD: Yes (24 September 2008)
• Has Ukraine ratified CRPD: Yes (4 February 2010)
• Population with a disability: 2,635,600 (January 2018)