Ternopil Oblast Council

Ternopil Oblast Council
Тернопільська обласна рада
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Houses1
Leadership
Structure
Seats64
Political groups
Elections
Last election
25 October 2020[1]
Meeting place
Ternopil, Ternopil Oblast
Website
http://te-rada.org/

The Ternopil Oblast Council (Ukrainian: Тернопільська обласна рада) is the regional oblast council (parliament) of the Ternopil Oblast (province) located in western Ukraine. The council is composed of 64[1] members and is situated in the oblast's administrative center Ternopil.

During the night of 29 to 30 August 2003 the leader of the Our Ukraine faction in the Ternopil Oblast Council, Ivan Havdyda, was assassinated in Kyiv.[2]

Council members are elected for five year terms. A party must gain more than 5 percent of the total vote.[3]

  1. ^ a b Results of the 2020 elections of the Ternopil Oblast Council, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  2. ^ Our Ukraine's deputy in Ternopil slain in Kyiv Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrayinska Pravda (September 2, 2003)
  3. ^ "Elections in Kharkiv Region: Kernes' Son in the Regional Council and Local Success "Servants of the People"". The Ukrainian Week (in Ukrainian). 10 November 2020.
    "How to win elections under the new Electoral Code". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 19 July 2020.