Vasylkivka Raion ( uk, Васильківський район) was a

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...

(district) of

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ( uk, Дніпропетро́вська о́бласть, translit=Dnipropetrovska oblast), also referred to as Dnipropetrovshchyna ( uk, Дніпропетро́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, obla ...

, southeastern-central

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. Its administrative centre was located at the

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

of Vasylkivka. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven. The area of Vasylkivka Raion was merged into Synelnykove Raion. The last estimate of the raion population was . In the 26 October

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as a

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candidate won a parliament seat (the only one for Right Sector) by winning

single-member districts A single-member district is an electoral district represented by a single officeholder. It contrasts with a multi-member district, which is represented by multiple officeholders. Single-member districts are also sometimes called single-winner vot ...

number 39 ("Vasylkivka") located in Vasylkivka Raion and neighbouring raions with 29.76% of the votes.Candidates and winner for the seat in constituency 39 in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election
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Data on vote counting at percincts within single-mandate districts Extraordinary parliamentary election on 26.10.2014
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At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two

hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

s: * Mykolaivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Mykolaivka; * Vasylkivka settlement hromada with the administration in Vasylkivka. In August 2020, Mykolaivka rural hromada was renamed Dubovyky rural hromada, and its administration was moved to the selo of Dubovyky.

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{{Authority control Former raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 1923 establishments in Ukraine Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform