[1][4][6][7] On February 16, 2010 the Verkhovna Rada (the parliament of Ukraine) cancelled all Ukrainian local election dates original set for May 30, 2010.

[13][14] On April 2, 2010 the Verkhovna Rada set early local elections in a number of cities, towns and villages for June 20, 2010.

[15] In late April 2010, President Viktor Yanukovych expected local elections in Ukraine to take place in 2011.

[17] Yanukovych also called for these elections to be based on the majority representation system and stressed the need to adopt the relevant laws.

[21] The party is planning to challenge the law on local elections under a majority-proportional system at the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.

[23] Besides Front of Changes and Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Tigipko's Strong Ukraine party also stated the law violates the Constitution.

[30] Similar bills submitted by lawmakers Lev Biriuk (Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko) and Arseniy Yatsenyuk (Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense) had failed to collect the necessary number of votes to pass.

[19] Half of the total number of local council deputies were to be elected from the lists of political parties in a multi-mandate constituency.

[7][38][39] Batkivshchyna-leader Yulia Tymoshenko claimed that "fraudulent Batkivshchyna party organizations were registered on orders from Viktor Yanukovych".

[19] The elections in rural councils are held under a simple plurality voting system based on single-member constituencies; the elections of mayors of cities, towns and villages are held under a plurality voting system in single-member constituencies that lie within the boundaries of the relevant city, town or village.

[48] The European Parliament repeated the criticisms of the Council of Europe and stated the election "did not set a new, positive standard".