[6] On 2 April 2013, the Verkhovna Rada failed to set any date for the elections because the Party of Regions faction wanted to wait for a ruling from the Constitutional Court of Ukraine on "whether regular elections to local government agencies could be held at different time intervals, rather than simultaneously".

[10] As of 7 March 2013, possible candidates for the post of the Mayor of Kyiv were Vitali Klitschko (UDAR),[6] Andriy Illyenko (Svoboda),[11] Petro Poroshenko (independent candidate)[12] and Oleh Liashko (Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko).

[13] Oleksandr Popov of Party of Regions and former Head of Kyiv City Administration[14][15][16] stated in February 2013 that he was a candidate.

[17] On 14 December 2013 President Viktor Yanukovych suspended him as Head of the Kyiv City State Administration.

[18] The same day the General Prosecutor of Ukraine's Office handed "a notification on suspicion of abuse of power when ordering the Euromaidan police actions of 30 November 2013" to Popov.

[45] A poll conducted from 22 to 28 March 2014, by "RATING", showed that out of the potential candidates at the time, Mykola Katerynchuk was the most popular among voters: 12% of those who intended to vote would cast their ballots for him.

According to a poll conducted by Razumkov Center from 11 to 17 April 2014 (of the voters who had already determined their choice), 42.1% would vote for UDAR, 15.4% for Fatherland, 9.7% for Svoboda, 8.2% for Solidarity, 6.4% for European Party of Ukraine, 3.8% for Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko, 3.1% for Civil Position; Right Sector was close to the 3% barrier, since it had the support of 2.8% of those polled.