How common is it for democracies to postpone elections during wartime?

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Over 130 Ukrainian NGOs say elections 'impossible' during war

Over 130 Ukrainian civil society organizations said that Russia's war of aggression makes it impossible for Ukraine to hold presidential and parliamentary elections while martial law is in effect in a joint statement published on Feb. 20."The legitimacy of the Ukrainian government is the exclusive prerogative of the Ukrainian people," the statement of the Ukrainian NGOs read.The news comes after U.S. President Donald Trump denounced Ukraine's Pr…

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Ukrainians are proudly democratic but resoundingly reject wartime elections

Ukraine's fight for democracy has been at the heart of the country's struggle against the past two decades of escalating Russian aggression, but Ukrainians overwhelmingly reject the idea of staging dangerous wartime elections before peace is secured, writes Peter Dickinson.

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How common is it for democracies to postpone elections during wartime?

US president Donald Trump’s claim yesterday that his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a “dictator without elections” has been widely rejected by…

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An opinion poll conducted in Ukraine in February 2025 shows that 63% of Ukrainians are against holding any elections before the end of the war.

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The latest poll conducted in Ukraine shows that 63% of Ukrainians oppose holding any kind of elections as long as the war that Russia is waging against them continues, reports Ukrainska Pravda. The data comes from the sociological center Sotsis