More than half of Ukrainians support elections immediately after martial law ends

More than 60% of Ukrainians believe elections should be held immediately if hostilities are temporarily suspended and martial law in Ukraine ends, while more than 25% believe the vote should be postponed.

Source: results of a survey by the SOCIS Centre for Social and Marketing Research

Details: Asked whether elections should be held in Ukraine if negotiations on the Russia-Ukraine war end with a temporary suspension of hostilities and the lifting of martial law, 61.7% of respondents said yes, 25.7% said no and that elections should be postponed for some time, 6% said only local elections should be held and 6.7% refused to answer or did not know.

The statistics were published in the section of the survey titled "Attitudes towards holding elections. Electoral sentiment". The survey was conducted from 28 July to 2 August and involved 2,000 respondents.

The survey was not conducted in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Luhansk Oblast, temporarily occupied territories or areas where active hostilities are taking place, including large parts of Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv oblasts.

The statistical margin of error is +/- 2.6%.

Background: A survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS), conducted from 20 July to 3 August, showed that a total of 38% of Ukrainians support elections being held before the war fully ends: 15% believe voting should take place even before hostilities cease, while 23% say it should be held after a ceasefire and security guarantees are in place, but before a final peace agreement is signed.

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