2010 Zakarpattia Oblast local election

Local elections in the Zakarpattia Oblast were held on 31 October 2010 as a part of nationwide local elections in Ukraine the same day. Newly founded United Centre of the former Head of the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine Viktor Baloha has won the election, receiving 25,7% of the vote and 46 seats in the 108-seats Oblast Council.^[1]

2010 Zakarpattia Oblast local election

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All 108 seats to the Zakarpattia Oblast Council 55 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	55.05% (6.43pp)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Viktor Baloha Oleksandr Ledyda Oleksandr Kemeniash Party United Centre Party of Regions Batkivshchyna Last election Did not exist 11.54%, 15 seats 19.22%, 25 seats Seats won 46 37 8 Seat change New 22 17 Popular vote 125,956 96,193 45,400 Percentage 25.66% 19.59% 9.25% Swing New 8.05pp 9.97pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   FZ SU Leader Robert Brovdi Mykola Kovach Mykhailo Popovych Party Front for Change KMKSZ Strong Ukraine Last election Did not exist 3.40%, 5 seats Did not exist Seats won 5 3 4 Seat change New 2 New Popular vote 32,215 20,456 16,477 Percentage 6.56% 4.17% 3.36% Swing New 0.77pp New   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   NU SPU Leader Ishtvan Haydosh Ivan Mishko Ivan Svystak Party UMDP Our Ukraine SPU Last election 3.11%, 4 seats 23.08%, 30 seats 3.12%, 4 seats Seats won 4 0 1 Seat change 0 30 3 Popular vote 15,351 13,778 3,478 Percentage 3.13% 2.81% 0.71% Swing 0.02pp 20.27pp 2.41pp
Head of Council before election Mykhailo Kichkovskyi Our Ukraine Elected Head of Council Ivan Baloha United Centre

Main article: 2010 Ukrainian local elections

In Uzhhorod, despite coming second in the party-list election, United Centre won the election, with 18 seats in the City Council, followed by Party of Regions and Batkivshchyna.^[2][3] While the mayoral election was won by the former (2002–2006) Mayor Viktor Pohorelov, who received 33,7% of the vote, 9 points ahead of the incumbent Serhiy Ratushniak.^[4]

Results

Oblast Council election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	United Centre	125,956	25.66	46	New
	Party of Regions	96,193	19.59	37	+22
	Batkivshchyna	45,400	9.25	8	–17
	Front for Change	32,215	6.56	5	New
	Party of Hungarians of Ukraine	20,456	4.17	3	–2
	Strong Ukraine	16,477	3.36	4	New
	Democratic Party of Hungarians of Ukraine	15,351	3.13	4	0
	Our Ukraine	13,778	2.81	0	–30
	Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform	12,309	2.51	0	New
	People's Party	7,819	1.59	0	–7
	Svoboda	7,529	1.53	0	0
	Greens	7,291	1.49	0	New
	Communist Party of Ukraine	5,803	1.18	0	0
	ECO+25%	3,647	0.74	0	0
	Socialist Party of Ukraine	3,478	0.71	1	–3
	Party of Greens of Ukraine	3,340	0.68	0	0
	People's Labor Union of Ukraine	2,982	0.61	0	New
	Christian Movement	2,862	0.58	0	0
	Ukrainian People's Party	2,740	0.56	0	0
	Ukrainian Party	2,691	0.55	0	0
	PORA!	2,419	0.49	0	0
	Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united)	2,025	0.41	0	0
	Agrarian Party of Ukraine	1,813	0.37	0	0
	Motherland Defenders Party	1,723	0.35	0	0
	Justice Party	1,603	0.33	0	0
	Green Planet	1,340	0.27	0	0
	Cossack Ukrainian Party	1,170	0.24	0	New
	People's Power	980	0.20	0	New
	New Power	882	0.18	0	0
	New Politics	788	0.16	0	0
	Truth	664	0.14	0	New
None of the above		47,222	9.62	–	–
Total		490,946	100.00	108	+18
Valid votes		490,946	94.10
Invalid/blank votes		30,787	5.90
Total votes		521,733	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		947,727	55.05
Source: ZOTEC[1]

Uzhhorod City Council

Party		Proportional			Constituency			Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Batkivshchyna	7,339	14.89	7			2	9	–10
	United Centre	6,510	13.21	6			12	18	New
	Party of Regions	6,006	12.19	6			9	15	+9
	Front for Change	2,693	5.46	3			1	4	New
	Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform	2,460	4.99	2			0	2	New
	ECO+25%	1,955	3.97	2			0	2	New
	Party of Hungarians of Ukraine	1,736	3.52	2			0	2	+2
	Strong Ukraine	1,657	3.36	2			1	3	New
	People's Party			0			2	2	–6
	Youth Party of Ukraine			0			1	1	0
	Greens			0			1	1	–6
	Ukrainian Party			0			1	1	0
Others and invalid		14,944	30.32	–			0	0	0
None of the above		3,984	8.08	–				–	–
Total		49,284	100.00	30			30	60	0
Registered voters/turnout		94,169	54.32
Source: UZTEC[5][6]

Uzhhorod mayoral election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Viktor Pohorelov	ECO+25%	16,265	33.00
	Serhiy Ratushniak	Independent	11,956	24.26
	Volodymyr Prykhodko	Party of Regions	6,655	13.50
	Mykola Zholtani	Youth Party of Ukraine	4,211	8.54
Others and invalid			5,298	10.75
None of the above			4,899	9.94
Total			49,284	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			94,169	54.32
Source: UZTEC[7]