According to the Electoral Code of

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, if snap elections are not held.Electoral Code becomes effective in Ukraine
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(26 July 2019)
Results of the extraordinary elections of the People's Deputies of Ukraine 2019

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Background

According to Article 76 of the

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, the term of office of Ukraine's parliament is five years. Hence the powers of the

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will formally expire in September 2024. So, the fifth and final year of the parliament's powers will begin in September 2023. According to Article 77 of the Constitution, regular elections to the Verkhovna Rada take place on the last Sunday of October of the fifth year of parliamentary powers. Thus, the next parliamentary elections are due to take place on 29 October 2023.Too early to rejoice? Regular parliamentary elections may take place under Yanukovych's law

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(11 July 2019) Because of legislative gridlock, there were rumors that President

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would call for snap elections in 2021, but also that he could use a provision to "collide" parliament's term with the

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Electoral system

On 1 January 2020, the latest revision of the electoral code of Ukraine took effect. It states that all deputies are elected on a party list in one nationwide constituency with a 5%

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with

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regional lists of candidates for deputies. The new election law abolishes the single-member constituency system used in the 2019 parliamentary election. In that election, the 450 members of the

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were elected by two methods; 225 by closed list

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in a nationwide constituency with a 5% threshold, and 225 in single-member constituencies by

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. On 4 February 2020, parliament approved (with 236 votes) a presidential bill to reduce the number of parliamentary deputies from 450 to 300. To do so, the

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needs to be altered, and this will require at least 300 parliamentary votes.The Verkhovna Rada has previously approved the reduction of the number of people's deputies to 300 and the transition to a proportional electoral system
Interfax-Ukraine (4 February 2020)

Parties

The table below lists parties currently represented in the

Former party

Suspended parties

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was declared on 24 February 2022. On 15 March 2022 the Parliament deprived Opposition MP

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of his mandate. On 20 March 2022, several political parties were suspended by the

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for the period of martial law: *

Opposition Platform — For Life The Opposition Platform – For Life ( uk, Опозиційна платформа – За життя; russian: Оппозиционная платформа – За жизнь, OPZZh) was a parliamentary and now banned pro-Russian and Euros ...

* Derzhava *

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* Nashi * Opposition Bloc * Party of Shariy *

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Socialist Party of Ukraine The Socialist Party of Ukraine ( uk, Соціалістична Партія України, translit=Sotsialistychna Partiia Ukrayiny, SPU) was a social democratic and democratic socialist political party in Ukraine. It was one of the oldest par ...

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* Union of Left Forces *

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Opinion polls

Notes

References

External links

Central Election Commission of Ukraine
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