Central Election Commission (Ukraine)

The Central Election Commission of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Центральна виборча комісія України, romanized: Tsentralna vyborcha komisiia Ukrainy, commonly abbreviated in Ukrainian as Ukrainian: ЦВК, romanized: TsVK (Tse-Ve-Ka); sometimes referred to as the Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine) is a permanent and independent collegiate body of the Ukrainian state that acts on the basis of the Constitution of Ukraine, the laws of Ukraine and is responsible for organizing the arrangements and the conduct of the presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine as well as the local elections at all levels, managing the all-Ukrainian and local referendums according to the procedure and within the legal framework defined by the laws of Ukraine.