Lviv Oblast Council | |
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Type | |
Type | Unicameral |
Leadership | |
Speaker | Yevhenii Hirnyk (acting) |
Structure | |
Seats | 84 |
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Political groups | Government (44)
Opposition (34)
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Elections | |
Last election | 25 October 2020 |
Meeting place | |
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Government House, Lviv, Lviv Oblast | |
Website | |
https://lvivoblrada.gov.ua/ |
The Lviv Oblast Council or Lviv Regional Council (Ukrainian: Львівська обласна рада) is the regional council (parliament) of the Lviv Oblast (region) located in western Ukraine.
The Regional Council is a local self-government body representing the common interests of territorial communities of villages, towns and cities within the powers defined by the Constitution of Ukraine and Ukrainian Law On Local Self-Government in Ukraine.
The Lviv Regional Council consists of 84 members who are elected by Lviv Region residents on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage. Council members are elected for a five year term. In order to gain representation in the Council, a party must gain more than 5 percent of the total vote.
The Council meets in regular and extraordinary sessions. The session is plenipotentiary if more than a half of its members (at least 43) participate in the meeting.
Distribution of seats after the 2020 Ukrainian local elections
Election date was 25 October 2020
Distribution of seats after the 2015 Ukrainian local elections
Election date was 25 October 2015
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Cities with special status | |
Autonomous republic | |
1Occupied by Russia and administered as the Republic of Crimea and the Federal City of Sevastopol; 2Due to the war in Donbass, regular functions of regional councils in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts were suspended until the end of hostilities. |