Cherkasy Oblast Council

Cherkasy Oblast Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
Houses	1
Leadership
Speaker	Anatoliy Pidhornyy
Structure
Seats	64
Political groups	Government (40)   All-Ukrainian Union "Cherkashchany" (18)   European Solidarity (9)   Fatherland (7)   Opposition Platform — For Life (6) Opposition (24)   Servant of the People (12)   For the Future (12)
Elections
Last election	25 October 2020[1]
Meeting place
Cherkasy, Cherkasy Oblast
Website
http://oblradack.gov.ua/

The Cherkasy Oblast Council (Ukrainian: Черкаська обласна рада) is the regional oblast council (parliament) of the Cherkasy 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

• 18 All-Ukrainian Union "Cherkashchany"
• 12 Servant of the People
• 12 For the Future
• 9 European Solidarity
• 7 Fatherland
• 6 Opposition Platform — For Life

Election date was 25 October 2020[3]

2015

Distribution of seats after the 2015 Ukrainian local elections

• 18 Solidarity
• 16 Cherkashchany
• 13 Fatherland
• 10 Radical Party
• 8 Revival
• 7 Freedom
• 7 UKROP
• 5 Veterans of Afghanistan

Election date was 25 October 2015[4]

Chairmen

Regional executive committee

• 1954–1961 Ivan Lutak
• 1961–1962 Igor Stepanenko
• 1963 Stepan Stetsenko
• 1963–1964 Stepan Stetsenko (agrarian)
• 1963–1964 Grigoriy Konotop (industrial)
• 1964–1967 Stepan Stetsenko
• 1967–1973 Nikolay Korzh
• 1973–1976 Mikhail Lipko
• 1976–1979 Alexander Gritsay
• 1979–1991 Volodymyr Shapoval
• after independence:
• 1991–1992 Kostiantyn Yastrub

Regional council

• 1990–1991 Oleksandr Ruzhytskyi
• 1991 Volodymyr Shapoval
• 1991–1992 Kostiantyn Yastrub
• 1992–1994 Hennadiy Kapralov
• 1994–1998 Vasyl Tsybenko[5]
• 1998–2001 Volodymyr Lukianets
• 2001–2005 Hennadiy Kapralov
• 2005–2006 Viktor Pavlichenko
• 2006–2010 Volodymyr Hres
• 2010–2014 Valeriy Chernyak
• 2014–2015 Valentyna Kovalenko
• 2015–2018 Oleksandr Velbivets[6]
• 2018–2019 Valentyn Tarasenko (Acting)
• 2019–present Anatoliy Pidhornyy

Subdivisions

Raion councils Horodyshche Raion council Drabiv Raion council Zhashkiv Raion council Zvenyhorodka Raion council Zolotonosha Raion council Kamianka Raion council Kaniv Raion council Katerynopil Raion council Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi Raion council Lysianka Raion council Mankivka Raion council Monastyryshche Raion council Smila Raion council Talne Raion council Uman Raion council Khrystynivka Raion council Cherkasy Raion council Chyhyryn Raion council Chornobai Raion council Shpola Raion council

City councils Cherkasy city council Prydniprovskyi Urban District council Sosnivskyi Urban District council Vatutine city council Zolotonosha city council Kaniv city council Smila city council Uman city council

See also

• Governor of Cherkasy Oblast

References

1. Results of the 2020 elections of the Cherkasy 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. Results of the 2020 elections of the Cherkasy Oblast Council, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
4. Results Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. Central Electoral Commission.
5. Vasyl Tsybenko
6. Poroshenko appoints new governor in Cherkasy region, UNIAN (20 November 2018)