Ukrainian  presidental election (first round) is scheduled to be held on January 17, 2010.

This election will be Ukraine's fifth presidential election since declaring independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

The President of Ukraine is elected by the citizens of Ukraine for a five-year term, on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage, by secret ballot. One and the same person shall not be the President of Ukraine for more than two consecutive terms.

A candidate seeking election must be a citizen of Ukraine who has attained the age of thirty-five, has the right to vote, has resided in Ukraine for the past ten years prior to the day of elections, and has command of the state language as required by Article 103 of Ukraine's Constitution.