Article 15. Types of Elections of the President
of Ukraine
1. The elections of the President of Ukraine
may be ordinary, extraordinary and repeat.
2. Ordinary elections of the President of
Ukraine shall be conducted in connection with
the termination of the constitutional term
of office of the President of Ukraine.
3. Extraordinary elections of the President
of Ukraine shall be conducted if the power
of the President of Ukraine are terminated
before term in cases envisaged by the Constitution
of Ukraine.
4. Repeat elections of the President of Ukraine
shall be conducted:
1) if no more than two candidates for the
post of the President of Ukraine were included
in the election ballot for voting and neither
of them has been elected; and
2) if all candidates for the post of President
of Ukraine, who were included in the election
ballot, have resigned prior to the day of
elections or prior to the day of repeat voting.
Article 16. Procedure for Calling Elections
1. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall call
the elections of the President of Ukraine.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall adopt
a resolution on calling the elections of the
President of Ukraine.
2. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall adopt
a resolution on calling ordinary or extraordinary
elections of the President of Ukraine on the
grounds specified by the Constitution of Ukraine
and this Law.
3. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall adopt
a resolution on calling repeat elections of
the President of Ukraine based on a submission
from the Central Election Commission.
Article 17. Terms for Calling and Conducting
Elections
1. Ordinary elections of the President of
Ukraine shall be conducted on the last Sunday
of October of the fifth year of the term of
the President of Ukraine.
2. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall take
a decision on calling ordinary elections of
the President of Ukraine no later than one
hundred and thirty days prior to the day of
elections. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall
ensure the publication of the decision to
call ordinary elections of the President of
Ukraine in the mass media.
3. The election process of ordinary elections
of the President of Ukraine shall begin no
later than one hundred and twenty days prior
to the day of elections.
4. Extraordinary elections of the President
of Ukraine shall take place on the last Sunday
of the ninety-day term from the day of:
1) a personal statement by the President of
Ukraine about his/her resignation at a session
of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine;
2) the publication of a decision of the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine confirming the inability of
the President of Ukraine to perform his/her
duties and power due tothe state of health;
3) the publication of a decision of the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine on removal of the President
of Ukraine from his/her post based on impeachment;
and
4) the adoption by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
of a resolution on calling extraordinary elections
in connection with the death of the President
of Ukraine.
5. The resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of
Ukraine on calling extraordinary elections
of the President of Ukraine in the cases envisaged
by clauses 1 to 3 of part four of this article
shall be adopted on the day when the President
of Ukraine makes the statement specified in
clause 1 of part four of this article, or
on the day of taking the decisions envisaged
in clauses 2 and 3 of part four of this article,
respectively.
6. The election process of extraordinary elections
of the President of Ukraine shall begin on
the day following the day specified in clauses
1 to 4 of part four of this article.
7. Repeat elections of the President of Ukraine
shall take place on the last Sunday of the
ninety-day term from the day the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine adopted the resolution on
calling the repeat elections.
8. The resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of
Ukraine on calling repeat elections shall
be adopted no later than on the fifteenth
day after the Central Election Commission
filed the respective submission to the Verkhovna
Rada.
9. The election process of repeat elections
of the President of Ukraine shall begin on
the day following the day when the Verkhovna
Rada officially publishes the resolution on
their calling.
Article 18. Procedure for Calculating the
Terms
1. All terms determined in this Law are calculated
on the basis of calendar days.
2. The first day of a term which, according
to the Law shall commence in connection with
the occurrence of a certain event, is considered
the day following the day of occurrence of
such event.
3. The last day of a term which, according
to the Law shall end in connection with the
occurrence of a certain event, is considered
the day preceding the day of occurrence of
such event.
