Lviv Oblast Council

The Lviv Oblast Council or Lviv Regional Council (Ukrainian: Львівська обласна рада) is the regional council (parliament) of the Lviv Oblast (region) located in western Ukraine.

Lviv Oblast Council
Type
Type
Houses1
Leadership
Oleksandr Hanushchyn
Structure
Seats84
Political groups
Elections
Last election
25 October 2015[1]
Meeting place
Government House, Lviv, Lviv Oblast
Website
https://lvivoblrada.gov.ua/

Legislative framework

The Regional Council is a local self-government body representing the common interests of territorial communities of villages, towns and cities within the powers defined by the Constitution of Ukraine and Ukrainian Law On Local Self-Government in Ukraine.[2]


Composition and work procedure

The Lviv Regional Council consists of 84 members who are elected by Lviv Region residents on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage. Council members are elected for a five year term. In order to gain representation in the Council, a party must gain more than 5 percent of the total vote.

The Council meets in regular and extraordinary sessions. The session is plenipotentiary if more than a half of its members (at least 43) participate in the meeting.

There are 9 political factions and 11 permanent commissions in the Council currently.[3]

References
  1. Results. Central Electorate Commission
  2. https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/280/97-%D0%B2%D1%80
  3. https://lvivoblrada.gov.ua/


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