This is the list of all by-elections to the 9th convocation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, held until 24 February 2022. According to the law, by-elections are held twice a year: on the last Sunday of March and the last Sunday of October. If the last Sunday in March or the last Sunday in October on which a by-election is held falls on a holiday or a religious holiday designated as a non-working day under labor law, such by-election shall be held on the following Sunday.
During the fifth and last year of the Verkhovna Rada current convocation mandate no by-elections are held within the twelve months of the end of a parliamentary cycle. A total of 6 by-elections have been called since the inauguration of the 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada.
Overview Electoral districtDate vacatedReasonElection dayOutgoing deputyPartyDeputy electedParty1793 December 2019Dual mandate after being appointed as the Governor of Kharkiv Oblast15 March 2020Oleksiy KucherSNYulia SvitlychnaIndependent20823 May 2020Death by a gunshotUkrainian MP Valeriy Davydenko found dead in own office's restroom, UNIAN (23 May 2020)25 October 2020Valeriy DavydenkoIndependentAnatolii HunkoSN8717 November 2020Dual mandate after being elected the mayor of Nadvirna28 March 2021Zinovii AndriiovychSNVasyl VirastyukSN5016 December 2020Dual mandate after being elected the mayor of PokrovskRuslan TrebushkinOBAndrii AksionovPoriadok18430 March 2021Dual mandate after being appointed as the Governor of Cherkasy Oblast31 October 2021Oleksandr SkichkoSNVitaliy VoitsekhirskyiSN197Dual mandate after being elected the mayor of KhersonIhor KolykhaievIndependentSerhiy KozyrSN
Planned by-elections Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent imposition of martial law, holding elections during it is prohibited by Constitution in Ukraine.Constitution of Ukraine per Council of Europe website as accessed on 22 May 2023 Despite losing those mandates for different reasons, Central Electoral Commission couldn't call those elections due to the martial law, however, they would've been held, if the martial law had been lifted before the fifth and last year of the Verkhovna Rada current convocation mandate. A total of 10 by-elections have been planned since 24 February 2022 of the 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada. Electoral districtDate vacatedReasonElection dayOutgoing deputyParty2068 October 2021Death by coronary heart disease27 March 2022Anton PolyakovSN601 July 2022Dual mandate after being appointed Human Rights Ombudsman30 October 2022(presumably)Dmytro LubinetsIndependent578 July 2022Resignation for personal reasonsVadym NovynskyiOB18628 August 2022Death by a gunshotOleksii KovalovSN17621 September 2022Resignation for personal reasonsDmytro ShentsevOB1393 November 2022Loss of Ukrainian citizenship26 March 2023(presumably)Ihor VasylkovskyiSN15913 January 2023Andrii DerkachIndependent50Resignation for personal reasonsAndrii AksionovPoriadok4023 February 202329 October 2023(presumably)Oleksandr TrukhinSN4724 February 2023Yuriy SolodOPZZh
See also
9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada List of members of the parliament of Ukraine, 2019–
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