List of by-elections to the 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada

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This is the list of all by-elections to the 9th convocation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, held until 24 February 2022. According to the law, by-elections are held twice a year: on the last Sunday of March and the last Sunday of October. If the last Sunday in March or the last Sunday in October on which a by-election is held falls on a holiday or a religious holiday designated as a non-working day under labor law, such by-election shall be held on the following Sunday.

During the fifth and last year of the Verkhovna Rada current convocation mandate no by-elections are held within the twelve months of the end of a parliamentary cycle. A total of 6 by-elections have been called since the inauguration of the 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada.

Overview[edit]

Electoral district Date vacted Reason Election day Outgoing deputy Party Deputy elected Party
179 3 December 2019 Dual mandate after being appointed as the Governor of Kharkiv Oblast 15 March 2020 Oleksiy Kucher SN Yulia Svitlychna Independent
208 23 May 2020 Death by a gunshot[1] 25 October 2020 Valeriy Davydenko Independent Anatolii Hunko SN
87 17 November 2020 Dual mandate after being elected the mayor of Nadvirna 28 March 2021 Zinovii Andriiovych SN Vasyl Virastyuk SN
50 16 December 2020 Dual mandate after being elected the mayor of Pokrovsk Ruslan Trebushkin OB Andrii Aksionov Poriadok
184 30 March 2021 Dual mandate after being appointed as the Governor of Cherkasy Oblast 31 October 2021 Oleksandr Skichko SN Vitaliy Voitsekhirskyi SN
197 Dual mandate after being elected the mayor of Kherson Ihor Kolykhaiev Independent Serhiy Kozyr SN

Planned by-elections[edit]

Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent imposition of martial law, holding elections during it is prohibited by Constitution in Ukraine.[2] Despite losing those mandates for different reasons, Central Electoral Commission couldn't call those elections due to the martial law, however, they would've been held, have the martial law had been lifted before the fifth and last year of the Verkhovna Rada current convocation mandate. A total of 10 by-elections have been planned since 24 February 2022 of the 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada.

Electoral district Date vacted Reason Election day Outgoing deputy Party
206 8 October 2021 Death by coronary heart disease[3] 27 March 2022 Anton Polyakov SN
60 1 July 2022 Dual mandate after being appointed Human Rights Ombudsman 30 October 2022
(presumably) 		Dmytro Lubinets Independent
57 8 July 2022 Resignation for personal reasons Vadym Novynskyi OB
186 28 August 2022 Death by a gunshot[4] Oleksii Kovalov SN
176 21 September 2022 Resignation for personal reasons Dmytro Shentsev OB
139 3 November 2022 Loss of Ukrainian citizenship 26 March 2023
(presumably) 		Ihor Vasylkovskyi SN
159 13 January 2023 Andrii Derkach Independent
50 Resignation for personal reasons Andrii Aksionov Poriadok
40 23 February 2023 29 October 2023
(presumably)[a] 		Oleksandr Trukhin SN
47 24 February 2023 Yuriy Solod OPZZh

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ However, the date is higely unlikely, as according to the Electoral Code, next parliamentary elections would've been held on 29 October 2023 as well.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ukrainian MP Valeriy Davydenko found dead in own office's restroom, UNIAN (23 May 2020)
  2. ^ Constitution of Ukraine per Council of Europe website as accessed on 22 May 2023
  3. ^ Свобода, Радіо (2021-10-08). "Прокуратура Києва назвала причину смерті Полякова". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  4. ^ "В Росії офіційно підтвердили смерть нардепа зрадника Ковальова". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
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