The subject matter is the third in a series presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which took place on 30 December 2018 with the violation of constitutional terms in two years. The questions of internal political struggle are considering in a pre-electoral period in the background of unstable sociopolitical situation, permanent armed conflicts and extremely low living standard of the population. Focusing on that fact that 21 candidates took part in the presidential marathon, among whom the most important political figures – F.Tshisekedi, M. Fayulu and R.Shadari. Some strong players dropped out of the political process. The government succeeded in isolating and preventing from the elections such candidates as J.-P.Bemba, M. Katumbi and also a veteran of the Congolese political movement, P. Lumumba’s ally – A.Gisenga. The election campaign was clearly marked, there was a constant regrouping of political forces both in the presidential entourage and in the opposition camp. The election Commission did not announce the election results for a long time, citing to a large amount of work. Following the results of the elections, which were announced on the twenty-first of January, the opposition leader F.Chisekeli received the most votes. However, many people were not agree with this. According to religious figures, another oppositionist M.Fayulu scored a larger number of votes. The expectations of the president’s establishment that its promotee R.Shadary would win didn’t live up. What is more, his personality triggered electorate’s irritation. The aim of the research is to evaluate this significant event, which is planned to be «fair and transparent elections» from the international experts’ viewpoint. The methods of empirical political science, as well as event analysis let the problems of political and electoral processes in DRC be defined in general. It was concluded that despite the long way to the elections, they finally took place, thereby being considered an evidence of positive shift in terms of democracy establishment in DRC.