Upcoming Elections
- Subnational - Legislative (Tentative)
October 31, 2010 - Parliamentary
2012
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Viktor YANUKOVYCH
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Mykola AZAROV
- Assembly: Ukraine has a unicameral Supreme Council (Verkhovna Rada) with 450 seats.
Description of electoral system:
- The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
- In the Supreme Council (Verkhovna Rada)
450 members are
elected
through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms.***
Population:
- Population: 45,700,395 (July 2009 est.)
Future elections
- Parliamentary - 2012
- Subnational - Legislative - October 31, 2010
Past elections
- Presidential
Second Round - February 7, 2010 - Presidential
First Round - January 17, 2010 - Parliamentary - September 30, 2007
- Parliamentary - March 26, 2006
- Presidential
Third Round - December 26, 2004 - Presidential
Second Round - November 21, 2004 - Presidential
First Round - October 31, 2004 - Parliamentary - March 31, 2002
- Referendum - April 16, 2000
- Presidential
Second Round - November 14, 1999 - Presidential
First Round - October 31, 1999 - Parliamentary - March 29, 1998
Last Updated on 06/21/2010