The observation of the 2013Repeat Elections of the People’s Deputies of Ukraine in Five Single Mandate Constituencies represented ENEMO’s seventh election observation mission to Ukraine. Previously, the Network monitored the 2004 and 2010 presidential elections, the 2006, 2007 and 2012 parliamentary elections and the 2006 mayoral elections.
ENEMO’s Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Ukraine 2013 began its work on November 10, with the arrival of the three-member Core Team. Seven long-term observers arrived in Kyiv on November 20. ENEMO’s long-term observer teams covered all five districts in which repeat elections were taking place. On December 11, ENEMO issued an interim report covering the pre-election period. ENEMO’s long-term observers focused on the conduct of the election campaign, the formation and work of election commissions, and official election complaints. Prior to election day, ENEMO observers, including Core Team members, held 243 meetings with election commission members, administrative officials, candidates, candidate representatives, representatives of political parties, representatives of NGOs, journalists and many other domestic and international interlocutors. They observed 18 rallies and protest gatherings as well as 15 DEC sessions and 14 CEC sessions, and visited 114 PECs.