Poltava Oblast Council

Poltava Oblast Council
Poltava Oblast Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
Houses	1
Leadership
Speaker	Oleksandr Bilenky
Structure
Seats	84
Political groups	Government (51); Trust (16); Servant of the People (14); Fatherland (12); European Solidarity (9); Opposition (34); For the Future (13); Opposition Platform — For Life (11); Native City (9);
Elections
Last election	25 October 2020
Meeting place
	Poltava, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine
Website
	http://www.oblrada.pl.ua/

The Poltava Oblast Council (Ukrainian: Полтавська обласна рада) is the regional oblast council (parliament) of the Poltava Oblast (province) located in central Ukraine.

Council members are elected for five year terms. In order to gain representation in the council, a party must gain more than 5 percent of the total vote.

Recent elections

2020

Distribution of seats after the 2020 Ukrainian local elections

Political party		Seats
	Trust	16
	Servant of the People	14
	For the Future	13
	Batkvishchyna	12
	Opposition Platform — For Life	11
	Native City	9
	European Solidarity	9

Election date was 25 October 2020

2015

Distribution of seats after the 2015 Ukrainian local elections:

Political party		Seats
	Solidarity	15
	Fatherland	13
	Radical Party	8
	UKROP	8
	Social-Democratic Party	8
	Svoboda	7
	Agrarian Party	7
	Native City	6
	Opposition Bloc	6
	Revival	6

Election date was 25 October 2015

Chairmen

Regional executive committee

Panteleymon Zhuchenko (1937–1938)
Ivan Martynenko (1938–1941, 1943–1950)
Alexei Koval (1950–1953)
Nikolai Rozhanchuk (1953–1955)
Andrei Cherchenko (1955–1959)
Alexander Muzhitsky (1959–1962)
Nikolai Kirichenko (1962–1963)
Maxim Onipko (1963–1964, industrial)
Stepan Boyko (1963–1964, agrarian)
Stepan Boyko (1964–1974)
Grigory Pudenko (1974–1978)
Grigory Ustimenko (1978–1984)
Alexei Myakota (1984–1988)
Ivan Gopey (1988–1992)

Regional council

Alexei Myakota (1990–1991)
Ivan Gopey (1991–1994)
Mykola Zaludyak (1994–1998)
Oleksandr Poliievets (1998–2002)
Yevhen Tomin (2002)
Volodymyr Hryshko (2002–2006)
Volodymyr Marchenko (acting, 2006)
Oleksandr Udovichenko (2006–2010)
Volodymyr Marchenko (2010)
Ivan Momot (2010–2014)
Petro Vorona (2014–2015)
Oleksandr Bilenkyi (since 2015)

References

↑ [Results of the 2020 elections of the Poltava Oblast Council], Central Election Commission of Ukraine
↑ "Elections in Kharkiv Region: Kernes' Son in the Regional Council and Local Success "Servants of the People"". The Ukrainian Week (in Ukrainian). 10 November 2020.
"How to win elections under the new Electoral Code". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 19 July 2020.
↑ (in Ukrainian) The Dovira party won the most votes in the Poltava regional council elections, Ukrinform (6 November 2020)
↑ Ukrainian local elections: Zelenskyy fairytale is over by Anders Åslund, Atlantic Council (26 October 2020)
↑ Results. Central Electorate Commission

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[1] [Results of the 2020 elections of the Poltava Oblast Council], Central Election Commission of Ukraine

[2] "Elections in Kharkiv Region: Kernes' Son in the Regional Council and Local Success "Servants of the People"". The Ukrainian Week (in Ukrainian). 10 November 2020.
"How to win elections under the new Electoral Code". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 19 July 2020.

[3] (in Ukrainian) The Dovira party won the most votes in the Poltava regional council elections, Ukrinform (6 November 2020)

[4] Ukrainian local elections: Zelenskyy fairytale is over by Anders Åslund, Atlantic Council (26 October 2020)

[5] Results. Central Electorate Commission

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Oblasts	Cherkasy Chernihiv Chernivtsi Dnipropetrovsk Donetsk² Ivano-Frankivsk Kharkiv Kherson Khmelnytskyi Kyiv Kirovohrad Luhansk² Lviv Mykolaiv Odesa Poltava Rivne Sumy Ternopil Vinnytsia Volyn Zakarpattia Zaporizhzhia Zhytomyr
Cities with special status	Kyiv Sevastopol¹
Autonomous republic	Crimea¹
¹Occupied by Russia and administered as the Republic of Crimea and the Federal City of Sevastopol; ²Due to the war in Donbass, regular functions of regional councils in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts were suspended until the end of hostilities.