Ternopil Oblast Council

Ternopil Oblast Council Тернопільська обласна рада
Type
Type	Unicameral
Houses	1
Leadership
Speaker	Oleksiy Kaida[1], Svoboda[1] Since 26 March 2009
Seats	120
Elections
Last election	March 15, 2009
Meeting place
Ternopil, Ternopil Oblast
Website
http://www.obl-rada.te.ua/

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 120 members and is situated in the oblast's administrative center Ternopil.

Council members are elected for five year terms. The latest elections were contested on March 15, 2009. In order to gain representation in the council, a party must gain more than 3 percent of the total vote. In the latest election, seven parties passed the threshold.

Composition

Composition of the Ternopil Oblast Council

Parties and blocs	Seats
All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda" (Всеукраїнське об'єднання «Свобода»)	50 (+50)
United Centre (Єдиний Центр)	20 (+20)
Party of Regions (Партія регіонів)	14 (+14)
Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (Блок Юлії Тимошенко) All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" Ukrainian Social Democratic Party	12 (-31)
Ukrainian People's Party (Українська народна партія)	11 (-2)
People's Union Our Ukraine (Народний союз «Наша Україна»)	8 (-40)
Lytvyn Bloc (блок Литвина)	5 (+5)
Total	120
Source: Official website Ternopil Oblast Council

The 2009 election of the current composition was the electoral breakthrough of All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda".^[2] Their win of 34.69% of the votes and 50 seats was the best result for a far-right party in Ukraine’s history.^[2]

Former parties

• Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (Блок Юлії Тимошенко) bloc surrendered all its mandates following the 2009 elections^[3]
  • All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"
  • Ukrainian Social Democratic Party
• Socialist Party of Ukraine (Соціалістична партія України) lost all 5 mandates in 2009
• Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch (Український Народний Блок Костенка і Плюща) bloc fell apart in 2009 continuing as Ukrainian People's Party
  • Party of Free Peasants and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine
  • Political Party Cathedral Ukraine
• Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (Блок Наша Україна - Народна Самооборона) bloc fell apart in 2009 continuing as People's Union Our Ukraine
  • Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine
  • People's Movement of Ukraine
  • Christian Democratic Union (Ukraine)
  • Ukrainian Republican Party Assembly
  • Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists

Special events

During the night of 29 to 30 August 2003 the leader of the Our Ukraine's faction in the Ternopil Oblast Council, Ivan Havdyda, was assassinated in Kiev.^[4]

References

1. Svoboda member heads Ternopil regional council, Interfax-Ukraine (26 March 2009)
2. Shekhovtsov, Anton (2011)."The Creeping Resurgence of the Ukrainian Radical Right? The Case of the Freedom Party". Europe-Asia Studies Volume 63, Issue 2. pp. 203-228. doi:10.1080/09668136.2011.547696 (source also available here)
3. BYT MPs give up seats in Ternopil regional council, Interfax-Ukraine (May 11, 2009)
4. Our Ukraine's deputy in Ternopil slain in Kyiv, Ukrayinska Pravda (September 2, 2003)

External links

• Ternopil Oblast Council (official site) (Ukrainian)