МЕСТНЫЕ ВЫБОРЫ 2020 Г. В УКРАИНЕ: ОТ КОНЦА ЭЛЕКТОРАЛЬНОГО ЦИКЛА К НОВОЙ ПОЛИТИЧЕСКОЙ РЕАЛЬНОСТИ

Abstract

2019 became, according to many researchers, the year of the elec- toral revolution in Ukraine. The presidential and parliamentary elections in 2019 led to unexpected results – the victory of Vladimir Zelensky, the counter- system politician of the new wave, as well as the formation in the Verkhovna Rada of a mono-majority of members of the Servant of the People faction. However, in fact, the presidential and parliamentary elections were the first two rounds of the electoral cycle, which ended only in October 2020 with local elections, no less important for Ukraine than the national elections. Ukraine is in a state of transformation, in search of an adequate socio-political model. In this regard, the local elections that conclude the electoral cycle are an import- ant indicator of what processes are taking place in the Ukrainian society and establishment. Their progress and results indicate what changes are emerging in the Ukrainian elites today, what agenda is most relevant, what political forc- es can, based on the results of local elections, claim to increase their influence. The article analyzes those processes, draws conclusions regarding the trends in the public sentiment of citizens that emerged during the 2020 local elections and what impact the local elections will have on the development of the domes- tic political situation in Ukraine.