IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Ukraine

Name	Official Name	Type
Ukrainian Supreme Council	Verkhovna Rada	Assembly
Ukrainian Presidency	None	Head of State

The President is directly elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system. The President may serve up to two 5-year terms.
The Prime Minister is nominated by the Supreme Council and appointed by the president.
In the Supreme Council (Verkhovna Rada), 225 members are directly elected through a party-list proportional representation system in a single, nationwide constituency. Parties must win at least 5% of the national vote to receive a seat. The remaining 225 members are directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote. All members serve 5-year terms.

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Ukrainian Supreme Council	1998-03-29	26,571,273	37,540,092	70.78%
Ukrainian Presidency	1999-10-31	26,305,198	37,498,630	70.15%
Ukrainian Presidency	1999-11-14	28,212,484	37,680,581	74.87%
Referendum	2000-04-16	29,698,047	38,361,935	77.42%
Ukrainian Supreme Council	2002-03-31	25,909,407	37,277,697	69.5%
Ukrainian Presidency	2004-10-31	29,068,309	37,613,022	77.28%
Ukrainian Presidency	2004-11-21	30,511,289	37,613,022	81.12%
Ukrainian Presidency	2004-12-26	29,068,309	37,613,022	77.28%
Ukrainian Supreme Council	2006-03-26	25,002,988	37,173,544	67.26%
Ukrainian Supreme Council	2007-09-30	22,500,000	37,500,000	60.0%
Ukrainian Presidency	2010-01-17	24,614,827	36,826,251	66.84%
Ukrainian Presidency	2010-02-07	25,493,529	36,826,251	69.23%
Ukrainian Supreme Council	2012-10-28	20,388,019	36,687,114	55.57%
Ukrainian Presidency	2014-05-25	18,019,477	35,500,913	50.76%
Ukrainian Supreme Council	2014-10-26	18,174,440	34,670,814	52.42%
Ukrainian Presidency	2019-03-31	18,893,861	29,622,527	63.78%
Ukrainian Presidency	2019-04-21	18,442,542	29,622,527	62.26%
Ukrainian Supreme Council	2019-07-21	17,490,811	35,550,428	49.2%