Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Верховна Рада України | |
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9th Ukrainian Parliament | |
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History | |
Founded | 1991[1] |
Preceded by | Supreme Soviet |
Leadership | |
1st Deputy Chairman | |
2nd Deputy Chairwoman | |
Structure | |
Seats | 450 |
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Political groups | Government (235)
Supported by (36)
Opposition (71)
Others (63)
Vacant (46)
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Elections | |
Parallel voting: First past the post (225 seats) Party-list proportional representation (225 seats) with 5% electoral threshold | |
Last election | 21 July 2019 |
Next election | Unknown (initially the election was scheduled to take place by 29 October 2023, but martial law was extended to 13 February 2024) |
Meeting place | |
Verkhovna Rada building, Kyiv, Ukraine[8] | |
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Website | |
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Constitution | |
Constitution of Ukraine: Chapter IV, Articles 75–101 | |
Footnotes | |
Due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present) and the annexation of Crimea, only 424 of the parliament's 450 seats were elected in the 2019 election, leaving 26 vacant. The number of vacant seats had grown to 27 as of June 2020.[9][10][11] |
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine[g] (often as Verkhovna Rada or simply Rada, VR) is the unicameral parliament of Ukraine.
The Verkhovna Rada has over 450 deputies, who are presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovna Rada building in Ukraine's capital Kyiv. The deputies elected on 21 July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election were inaugurated on 29 August 2019.[12]
The Verkhovna Rada developed out of the systems of the republican representative body known in the Soviet Union as Supreme Soviet (Supreme Council) that was first established on 26 June 1938 as a type of legislature of the Ukrainian SSR after the dissolution of the Congress of Soviets of the Ukrainian SSR.[13]
The 12th convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR (elected in 1990) issued the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine,[13] introduced elements of a market economy and political liberalization, and officially changed the numeration of its sessions,[13] proclaiming itself the first convocation of the "Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine".[13] The current parliament is the ninth convocation. Because of the war in Donbas and the unilateral annexation of Crimea by Russia, elections for the constituencies situated in Donbas and Crimea were not held in the 2014 and 2019 elections; hence the current composition of the Verkhovna Rada consists of 424 deputies.[9][10][11]
In the last elections to the Verkhovna Rada, a mixed voting system was used. 50% of seats were distributed under party lists with a 5% election threshold and 50% through first-past-the-post in single-member constituencies.[14][15] The method of 50/50 mixed elections was used in 2002, 2012, 2014 and 2019 elections; however, in 2006 and 2007, the elections were held under a proportional system only.[16] According to the election law that became valid on 1 January 2020, the next election to the Verkhovna Rada, set to be held after the Russian invasion of Ukraine ends, again will be held under a proportional scheme.[17]
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