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Viktor Yanukovych

UkraineHead of governmentPrime Minister of Ukraine, 2002–2005; President of Ukraine, 2010–2014

Incumbent prime minister and presidential candidate in 2004. The Central Election Commission declared him the winner of the November run-off; the Supreme Court annulled that declaration, finding the determination unlawful, and he lost the repeat vote. Observers documented that his campaign benefited from abuse of state resources and overwhelming state media bias.

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Electoral record

Each entry is dated, categorised by what it did to the conduct of an election, and cited.

  1. 2004RecordedCandidacy

    Finished second in the first round with 39.26 per cent, and was declared the winner of the 21 November run-off by the Central Election Commission on 24 November with 49.46 per cent.

    Ukraine, Presidential Election, 31 October, 21 November and 26 December 2004 — ODIHR final report — OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
  2. 2004Subject of a findingRuling

    The Supreme Court annulled the resolutions declaring him elected, holding that the commission had acted unlawfully and that the violations made it impossible to establish the genuine will of the voters.

    Supreme Court of Ukraine, decision of 3 December 2004 — Supreme Court of Ukraine
  3. 2004Subject of a findingAction

    Observers recorded substantiated reports that his campaign abused state resources, that state employees and students were coerced or intimidated into supporting him, and that state media showed overwhelming bias in his favour, guided by official instructions known as temnyky.

    Ukraine, Presidential Election, 31 October, 21 November and 26 December 2004 — ODIHR final report — OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
  4. 2004Disputed resultAction

    Lost the repeat run-off of 26 December with 44.20 per cent and filed almost 100 complaints afterwards. The commission examined his challenge to the result and found the evidence unconvincing; the Supreme Court rejected his appeals, mostly on procedural grounds.

    Ukraine, Presidential Election, 31 October, 21 November and 26 December 2004 — ODIHR final report — OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

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