Volyn Oblast Council

Volyn Oblast Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
Houses	1
Leadership
Speaker	Hryhoriy Nedopad
Structure
Seats	64
Political groups	22 For the Future 9 European Solidarity 9 Fatherland 8 Servant of the People 7 Svoboda 5 Agrarian Party 4 Strength and Honor
Elections
Last election	25 October 2020[1]
Meeting place
Lutsk, Volyn Oblast
Website
http://volynrada.gov.ua/

The Volyn Oblast Council (Ukrainian: Волинська обласна рада) is the regional oblast council (parliament) of the Volyn Oblast (province) located in western 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

• 22 For the Future
• 9 European Solidarity
• 9 Fatherland
• 8 Servant of the People
• 7 Svoboda
• 5 Agrarian Party
• 4 Strength and Honor

Election date was 25 October 2020[3]

2015

Distribution of seats after the 2015 Ukrainian local elections

• 17 UKROP
• 13 Solidarity
• 12 Fatherland
• 7 Svoboda
• 6 Radical Party
• 5 Self Reliance
• 4 Our Land

Election date was 25 October 2015[4]

Chairmen

Regional executive committee

• Grigory Grishko (1939–1941)
• Filipp Reshetnyak (1944–1949)
• Andrei Mizyuk (1949–1952)
• Mark Tkachuk (1952–1956)
• Efim Yaroshchuk (1956–1972)
• Ivan Tserkovny (1972–1975)
• Boris Sventsitsky (1975–1985)
• Vladimir Fedorov (1985–1988)
• Mikhail Parasunko (1988–1991)

Regional council

• Volodymyr Blazhenchuk (1990–1992)
• Borys Klimchuk (1992–1998)
• Vasyl Dmytruk (1998–2006)
• Anatoliy Hrytsiuk (2006–2010)
• Volodymyr Voitovych (2010–2014)
• Valentyn Viter (2014–2015)
• Ihor Palytsia (2015–2019)
• Iryna Vakhovych (2019–2020)
• Hryhoriy Nedopad (since 2020)

References

1. Results of the 2020 elections of the Volyn 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 Volyn Oblast Council, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
4. Results. Central Electorate Commission