Next Ukrainian parliamentary election

According to the Electoral Code of Ukraine, the next Ukrainian parliamentary election will be held on the last Sunday of October of the fifth year of authority of the parliament, if snap elections are not held.[2] The previous parliamentary election in Ukraine was held on 21 July 2019.[3]

Next Ukrainian parliamentary election
No later than 29 October 2023
All 450 (possibly 300)[1] seats in the Verkhovna Rada
226 (possibly 151)[1] seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader Current seats
SN Olena Shuliak 240
OPZZh Yuriy Boyko 34
YeS Petro Poroshenko 27
Batkivshchyna Yulia Tymoshenko 24
ZM Ihor Palytsia 21
Holos Kira Rudyk 20
Dovira Oleh Kulinich 20
Independents – 35
Vacant – 29
Incumbent Prime Minister
Denys Shmyhal
Independent

Because of legislative gridlock, there were rumours that President Zelenskyy would call for snap elections in 2021, but also that he could use a provision to "collide" the Rada legislature's term with the end of his, in Spring 2024.[4]

Electoral system

According to Article 76 of the Constitution of Ukraine, the term of office of Ukraine's parliament is five years.[5] Hence the powers of the 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada will formally expire in September 2024. So, the fifth and final year of the parliament's powers will begin in September 2023.[5] 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.[5] Thus, the next parliamentary elections are due to take place on 29 October 2023.[5]

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% election threshold with open regional lists of candidates for deputies.[2] The new election law abolishes the single-member constituency system used in the 2019 parliamentary election.[lower-alpha 1] In that election, the 450 members of the Verkhovna Rada were elected by two methods; 225 by closed list proportional representation in a nationwide constituency with a 5% threshold, and 225 in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting.[7]

On 4 February 2020, parliament approved (with 236 votes) a presidential bill to reduce the number of parliamentary deputies from 450 to 300.[1] To do so, the Ukrainian Constitution needs to be altered, and this will require at least 300 parliamentary votes.[1]

Parties

The table below lists parties currently represented in the Verkhovna Rada.

Name Ideologies Leader(s) Parliamentary
leader(s)		 2019 result Current
seats
Votes (%) Seats
Servant of the People Centrism
Big tent
Pro-Europeanism		 Olena Shuliak Davyd Arakhamia 43.16%
254 / 450
240 / 450
Opposition Platform — For Life Russophilia
Euroscepticism		 Yuriy Boyko
Vadim Rabinovich		 Yuriy Boyko
Vadim Rabinovich		 13.05%
43 / 450
34 / 450
Batkivshchyna Christian democracy
Social democracy
Pro-Europeanism		 Yulia Tymoshenko Yulia Tymoshenko 8.18%
26 / 450
24 / 450
European Solidarity Christian democracy
Pro-Europeanism		 Petro Poroshenko Iryna Herashchenko
Artur Herasymov		 8.10%
25 / 450
27 / 450
Holos Liberalism
Pro-Europeanism		 Kira Rudyk Oleksandra Ustinova 5.82%
20 / 450
20 / 450
For the Future Big tent Ihor Palytsia Viktor Bondar
Taras Batenko		 Parliamentary
group
0 / 450
21 / 450
Dovira Big tent Oleh Kulinich Oleh Kulinich Parliamentary
group
0 / 450
20 / 450
Independents
56 / 450
35 / 450
Vacant
26 / 450
29 / 450

Suspended parties

Martial law in Ukraine was declared on 24 February 2022. On 15 March 2022 the Parliament deprived Opposition MP Illia Kyva of his mandate.[8]

On 20 March 2022, several political parties were suspended by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine for the period of martial law:[9][10]

Opinion polls
Main article: Opinion polling for the next Ukrainian parliamentary election

See also

Notes
  1. Previous electoral reform passed in July 2019 also made all 450 members only elected by open list proportional representation; but it would not come into force until 1 December 2023.[6]

References
  1. (in Ukrainian) 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)
  2. Electoral Code becomes effective in Ukraine, Interfax-Ukraine (1 January 2010)
  3. CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections, Ukrinform (26 July 2019)
    (in Russian) Results of the extraordinary elections of the People's Deputies of Ukraine 2019, Ukrayinska Pravda (21 July 2019)
  4. "Перевибори цієї осені чи проблема-2023? До чого готується Зеленський та опозиція". Hromadske.TV (in Ukrainian). 2 Aug 2021.
  5. (in Ukrainian) Too early to rejoice? Regular parliamentary elections may take place under Yanukovych's law, Civil movement "Chesno" (11 July 2019)
  6. Ukraine finally gets a new Election Code. It’s the first step to an effective political system Euromaidan Press, 12 July 2019
  7. Ukraine IFES
  8. "Kyva is no longer a People's Deputy". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  9. "NSDC bans pro-Russian parties in Ukraine". Ukrinform. March 20, 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  10. "As it happened: Ukraine war latest: Resilience making Russia assess reality, negotiator says".
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