Next Ukrainian parliamentary election
According to the electoral Code of Ukraine the next Ukrainian parliamentary election will be held on the last Sunday of October of the fifth year of authority of the parliament, if snap elections are not held. The previous parliamentary election in Ukraine were held on 21 July 2019.Electoral system
According to Art. 76 of the Constitution of Ukraine the term of office of Ukraine's parliament is five years.[ Hence the powers of the 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada will formally expire in September 2024. So, the fifth, final year of the parliaments's powers will begin in September 2023.][ According to Art. 77 of the Constitution, regular elections to the Verkhovna Rada take place on the last Sunday of October of the fifth year of parliamentary powers.][ Thus, the next parliamentary elections are due to take place on 29 October 2023.][ , Civil movement "Chesno" ]
On 1 January 2020, the latest revision of the electoral code of Ukraine took effect. It states that all deputies are elected on a party list in one nationwide constituency with a 5% election threshold with open regional lists of candidates for deputies. The new election law abolish the single-member constituencies system used in the 2019 parliamentary election. In this election, the 450 members of the Verkhovna Rada were elected by two methods; 225 by closed list proportional representation in a nationwide constituency with a 5% threshold, and 225 in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting.
On 4 February 2020, parliament approved a Presidential bill to cut down the number of parliamentary deputies from 450 to 300. To do so, the Ukrainian Constitution needs to be altered, this will require at least 300 parliamentary votes.Opinion polls
