At Stake in this Election:      

• The 450 seats in Ukraine’s Supreme Council (Verkhovna Rada)*
• Originally scheduled to be held at the end of October, these elections were brought forward after newly inaugurated President Volodymyr Zelensky dissolved parliament on 21 May 2019, during his inauguration[1].

*Only 424 seats will be filled as the remaining 26 are reserved for the contested region of Crimea, as well as a few other districts.

Government Structure:

• Chief of State: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman
• Assembly: Ukraine has a unicameral Supreme Council (Verkhovna Rada) with 450 seats.

Electoral System:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve up to two five-year terms.
• The Prime Minister is appointed by the president with the approval of the parliament.
• The Supreme Council (Verkhovna Rada) uses a parallel system where 225 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms, and 225 members are elected by majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms[2].*

* There is a 5% threshold for the nationwide, proportional representation contest. Before 2011, Ukraine elected all 450 members through closed list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency. As recently as August 2014, some MP’s introduced bills to revert back to the 2006-2007 election model. However, the bills were never brought to a vote.

Main Parties in this Election:

• Party: Servant of the People / Слуга народу
  • Leader: Dmitry RAZUMKOV
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Bloc: Opposition Platform – For Life / Опозиційна платформа — За життя
  • Leader: Yevheniy Volodymyrovych MURAYEV
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: European Solidarity / Європейська солідарність[3]
  • Leader: Petro POROSHENKO
  • Seats won in last election: 132
• Party: Batkivshchyna “Fatherland”/Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина"
  • Leader: Yulia TYMOSHENKO
  • Seats won in last election: 19
• Party: Civil Position / Громадянська позиція
  • Leader: Anatoliy HRYTSENKO
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Radical Party / Радикальна Партія
  • Leader: Oleh LYASHKO
  • Seats won in last election: 22
• Party: Voice /  Голос
  • Leader: Svyatoslav VAKARCHUK
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Strength and Honor / Сила і Честь
  • Leader: Igor Petrovich SMESHKO
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Self Reliance / Об'єднання «Самопоміч»
  • Leader: Andriy SADOVYI
  • Seats won in last election: 33
• Bloc: Opposition Bloc – Party for Peace and Development / Опозиційний блок — Партія миру та розвитку
  • Leader: Evgeny MURAYEV
  • Seats won in last election: 29

Population and Registered Voters:

• Population: 43,795,000 (2019 est.)
• Registered Voters: 29,622,527 (March 2019)

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 23,543,000 (2019 est.)
• Is Ukraine a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)
• Has Ukraine ratified CEDAW: Yes (12 March 1981)
• Gender Quota: Yes, 30% of women on the lists in the parliamentary and local elections (quotas are non-binding – failure to comply does not result in any sanctions)
• Female candidates in this election: Yes
• Number of Female Parliamentarians (pre-election): 49 (11.6%)
• Human Development Index Position: 88 (2018)
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low (2019)

Disability Data:

• Is Ukraine a signatory to CRPD: Yes (24 September 2008)
• Has Ukraine ratified CRPD: Yes (4 February 2010)
• Population with a disability: 2,635,600 (January 2018)