The Sumy Oblast Council (Ukrainian: Сумська обласна рада) is the regional oblast council (parliament) of the Sumy Oblast (province) located in central Ukraine.
Sumy Oblast Council | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Houses | 1 |
| Leadership | |
Viktor Fedorchenko | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 64 |
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Political groups | |
| Elections | |
Last election | 25 October 2020[1] |
| Meeting place | |
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| Sumy, Sumy Oblast | |
| Website | |
| https://sorada.gov.ua/ | |
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]
As of August 2025, the coalition includes "Servant of the People" (16 deputies), "Batkivshchyna" (10 deputies), "European Solidarity" (9 deputies). The opposition includes 29 deputies: 14 non-factional deputies, "Our Land" (8 deputies), "For the Future" (7 deputies).
Recent elections
edit2020
edit2015
editDistribution of seats after the 2015 Ukrainian local elections
- 14 Solidarity
- 14 Fatherland
- 8 Revival
- 7 Radical Party
- 6 People's Will
- 5 UKROP
- 5 Opposition Bloc
- 5 Svoboda
Election date was 25 October 2015[4]
Chairmen
editRegional executive committee
edit- Iosif Gorlov (1939–1941, 1943–1944)
- Alexander Abramov (1944–1948)
- Vasily Shadrin (1948–1950)
- Ivan Martynenko (1950–1953)
- Andrei Kondratenko (1953–1959)
- Trofim Poplevkin (1959–1962)
- Boris Voltovsky (1962–1963)
- Ivan Eremenko (1963–1964; agrarian)
- Mikhail Lushpa (1963–1964; industrial)
- Andrey Naumenko (1964–1973)
- Dmitry Kozenyashev (1973–1982)
- Vladimir Shevchenko (1982–1988)
- Anatoly Bondarenko (1988–1991)
- Volodymyr Shevchenko (1991)
Regional council
edit- Volodymyr Shevchenko (1990–1991)
- Anatoliy Bondarenko (1991–1994)
- Anatoliy Epifanov (1994–1999)
- Mark Berfman (1999–2006)
- Vyacheslav Shaposhnyk (2006–2009)
- Volodymyr Tokar (2009–2010)
- Hennadiy Mykhailenko (2010–2014)
- Mykola Klochko (2014)
- Vera Lavryk (acting, 2014–2015)
- Semen Salatenko (2015–2016)
- Volodymyr Tokar (2016–2020)
- Viktor Fedorchenko (since 2020)
References
edit- ↑ Results of the 2020 elections of the Sumy 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. - ↑ Results of the 2020 elections of the Sumy Oblast Council, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
- ↑ Results. Central Electorate Commission
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