Poltava Oblast Council Explained
| Poltava Oblast Council |
| Coa Pic: | Coat of Arms of Poltava Oblast.svg |
| House Type: | Unicameral |
| Houses: | 1 |
| Leader1 Type: | Speaker |
| Leader1: | Oleksandr Bilenky |
| Members: | 84 |
| Structure1: | ПОДА 8 скликання.svg |
| Structure1 Res: | 250px |
| Last Election1: | 25 October 2020[1] |
| Meeting Place: | Poltava, Poltava Oblast |
| Website: | http://www.oblrada.pl.ua/ |
The Poltava Oblast Council (uk|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.[2]
Recent elections
2020
Distribution of seats after the 2020 Ukrainian local elections[3] Election date was 25 October 2020[4]
2015
Distribution of seats after the 2015 Ukrainian local electionsElection date was 25 October 2015[5]
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)
Notes and References
- Results of the 2020 elections of the Poltava Oblast Council
- News: Elections in Kharkiv Region: Kernes' Son in the Regional Council and Local Success "Servants of the People" . . 10 November 2020. Ukrainian.
News: How to win elections under the new Electoral Code. . 19 July 2020. Ukrainian.
- The Dovira party won the most votes in the Poltava regional council elections, Ukrinform (6 November 2020)
- https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukrainian-local-elections-zelenskyy-fairytale-is-over/ Ukrainian local elections: Zelenskyy fairytale is over
- http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vm2015/PVM057?PID112=12&PID102=10963&PF7691=10963&PT001F01=100&rej=0&pt00_t001f01=100 Results
