[5][6] In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Danilov returned to parliament; after being placed 16th on the electoral list of Batkivshchina.

[citation needed] On July 1, 2009, Danilov won the election and became the league president without 'temporary acting' prefix.

But in July 2009, five Premier League clubs: Arsenal (Kyiv), Dynamo (Kyiv), Dnipro (Dnipropetrovsk), Kryvbas (Kryvy Rih), and Metalist (Kharkiv) declared that the elections of the League's president were illegal due to procedure infraction.

To resolve this conflict Vitaliy Danilov initiated in September 2009 re-election of the League's president and on December 1, 2009, won the election again[10] with 11 clubs voted for his candidature, 3 (Arsenal, Dynamo, Metalist) – against, 1 (Kryvbas) abstain, and 1 (FC Dnipro) – absent.

This time most presidents of the Premier League of Ukraine acknowledged Vitaliy Danilov legality.