Kyievska Rus general election 2023

2023 Kievan Rus general election

23 July 2023
All 675 seats in the Supreme Parliament
Registered	667,217,661 1.3%
Turnout	542,352,445 (81.3%) 0.5%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Artem Doubek Martina Friderson Anastasia Stoical Party Democratic Liberal Union Party Conservative Party Leader since 4 September 2020 19 March 2015 26 June 2021 Leader's seat Prague Shakrastev Polis Last election 240 seats 117 seats 80 seats Seats won 320 seats 143 86 Seat change 80 26 6 Popular vote 216,940,978 113,894,013 100,250,228 Percentage 40% 21.1% 18.47%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Volodymir Kuznetsov Ambrus Bulatović Lina Lauzeningks Party Ліберально-Демократичний Союз Azgedal Shilaik Democra Party Baltijas Demokrātiskā savienība Leader since 6 May 2019 12 October 2019 12 March 2021 Leader's seat Kyiv Polis Riga Last election 98 seats 95 seats 45 seats Seats won 60 34 32 Seat change 38 61 13 Popular vote 45,220,356 38,225,365 27,821,505 Percentage 8,33% 7.0% 5.1%
Election results by oblast
President of the Supreme Parliament before election Lilja Frigurson Union Party President after election Artem Doubek Democratic Liberal

The 2023 Kievan Rus general election was held on Sunday, 23 July 2023, to elect the 314th convocation of the United Kingdom of Kyievska Rus. All 675 seats in the Supreme Parliament were up for election. The elections took place as a result of the creation of the Council of Lords and the dissolution of Parliament by King Jaroslav II on July 13, 2023.

The government of Lilja Frigurson formed after the September 2021 Spanish general election consisted of a left-wing coalition between the Union Party (UP) and Azgedal Shilaik Democra Party (ASDP). The parties had to form a coalition because none had a simple majority to be elected.

The early elections add to a moment of instability in the parties that led to the dissolution of the coalition and the rise of the Liberal and Conservative parties.

On July 26, in the extraordinary assembly of the Supreme Parliament, the elected deputies took office, and in less than 2 hours the president of the supreme parliament was elected in what is known as the fastest election since the year 1818.

Artem Doubek was elected as the President of Parliament by 438 votes in favor and 177 against, with 60 abstentions. Likewise, the liberal party is consolidated as the most important in the country, winning 4 of the 9 presidencies of the regions, being Ukraine, Czechoslovakia, Belarus, and Poland. In Azgedal the Union Party won; in Bardolan and Moldova the conservative party won; in Trikruw the regional Revent Parta party, affiliated with the Liberal party, won; and in the Baltic Union the Baltijas Demokrātiskā savienība party won.

Bohdan Mikolenko is expected to be re-elected to his 3rd term as president on September 5, 2023 at the extraordinary session of the council of ministers in the Zymovyy Palace.

Background

On July 13, 2023, King Jaroslav II signed decree number № 235-2023 modifying the parliamentary system of Kiyevska Rus to a bi-cameral form, creating the Council of Lords which is composed of Lords of the various Kyievska Rus regions. This as a consequence of request number 283 of the Supreme Parliament in conjunction with the Council of Ministers. The modification of the parliamentary system led to the early dissolution of the powers of parliamentarians, setting the elections for July 23, 2023. This has been the biggest change in the Kyievska Rus' system of government since the 1996 changes.

Electoral sistem

The Supreme Parliament of Kyievska Rus is made up of 675 deputies elected for a period of 5 years, unless their powers are terminated by the King. The deputies of the supreme parliament are elected individually through open lists.

Candidates had until 18 July to submit documents to the Central Election Commission of Kyievska Rus to register as candidates for the position of deputy of the Supreme Parliament. On 20 July 2023, the Central Election Commission ended its registration process. It registered 5,845 candidates for the elections. 3,171 candidates in the single-member constituencies and 2,674 candidates in the single nationwide constituency with 9 parties.

Contesting parties

• Liberal Party; Artem Doubek
• Union Party; Martina Friderson
• Conservative Party; Anastasia Stoical
• Ліберально-Демократичний Союз; Volodymir Kuznetsov
• Azgedal Shilaik Democra Party; Ambrus Bulatović
• Baltijas Demokrātiskā savienība; Lina Lauzeningks
• Advanced Solidarity Party; Olav Meyer
• Polish nationalist movement; Ewa Nowak
• Popular Party of Kyievska Rus; Frey Guðmundsson

Regional Parties

Trikruw

• Reven Parta
• Asmer Parta
• Frest Alerm
• Unios Parta

Bardolan

• Seika
• Fraika

Baltic

• Brīvības partija

Azgedal

• Threi narod

Opinion Polls

Pollster	Date	Sample	Doubek LP	Friderson UP	Stoical CP	Kuznetsov LDC	Ambrus Bulatović ASDP	Lauzeningks BDS	Others	None
General elections 2023	24 July 2023	—	40%	21.1%	18.47%	8.33%	7.0%	5.1%	0%	0.1%
Kyiv Center	21 jul. 2023	125,000,000	35.8%	30.3%	12.5%	11.15	4.2%	2.8%	0%	3.25%
Electoral studies	21 jul. 2023	98,225,222	39.8%	20.12%	19%	8.54%	6.3%	5.1%	0%	1.14%
FDR research	22 jul. 2023	57,220,453	35%	26.8%	15.2%	6.5%	5.8%	6.12%	0%	4.58%