Only 10% of Ukrainians support holding elections before a ceasefire – poll
23% of Ukrainians believe that elections in Ukraine should be held after a ceasefire (Photo: REUTERS/Gleb Garanich)
Most Ukrainians believe elections should be held only after a peace agreement is signed and the war ends, according to a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology published on Jan. 5.
According to the survey, 10% of respondents believe elections should be held before a ceasefire. Another 23% said voting should take place after a truce begins and security guarantees are obtained. That share has risen from 9% over the past year, the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) said.
By contrast, 59% are convinced that elections in Ukraine are possible only after the war ends. The share of respondents holding that view has declined from September 2025, when it stood at 63%.
KIIS conducted a nationwide Omnibus public opinion survey from Nov. 26 to Dec. 29, 2025. The poll surveyed 1,001 respondents. Under normal circumstances, the sampling error would not exceed 4.1 percentage points for indicators close to 50%, 3.5 points for those near 25%, 2.5 points for those up to 10%, and 1.8 points for those up to 5%.
On Dec. 22, Servant of the People parliamentary faction leader Davyd Arakhamia said the Verkhovna Rada was forming a working group to “quickly process the issue” of holding possible presidential elections under martial law.
On Dec. 23, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine could hold a referendum on a 20-point peace agreement simultaneously with elections.
On Dec. 26, the working group held its first meeting and began work on a bill outlining the procedure for holding elections during wartime. Arakhamia said the draft is to be completed by the end of February.
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