Government and politics in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine: official figures
Ihor Taburets is head of the Cherkasy Oblast State Administration, appointed by Presidential Decree No. 88/2022 of 1 March 2022.
How many seats are in the Cherkasy Oblast Council?
The Cherkasy Oblast Council (oblast rada) has 64 seats; 64 deputies were elected at the local elections of 25 October 2020, filling every seat.
Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copyMore figures
- By 23 October 2026 the current head of Cherkasy Oblast had been in post for 4.6 years, 6th longest of 24 among the heads of Ukraine's oblasts. Source: Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (Government portal) · saved copy
- Across all its councils Cherkasy Oblast elected 1,811 local deputies on 25 October 2020 out of 1,836 mandates, 10th most of 25 regions. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- Of the deputies elected in Cherkasy Oblast in 2020, 447 to city councils, 239 to settlement councils, 890 to village councils, 171 to district councils. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- With 64 seats, the Cherkasy Oblast Council is smaller than 10 of the 23 regional councils elected in 2020, the same size as 12 others. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- The local budgets of Cherkasy Oblast had combined revenue of 22.3 billion hryvnias in 2025, of which 24% came from the state budget. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
How Cherkasy Oblast compares with other oblasts
Years in office of the current head of the oblast administration (2026)
Cherkasy Oblast ranks 6 of 24, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Years in office of the current head of the oblast administration |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | 5.3 |
| 4 | Chernihiv Oblast | 5.2 |
| 5 | Kharkiv Oblast | 4.8 |
| 6 | Cherkasy Oblast | 4.6 |
| 7 | Kirovohrad Oblast | 4.6 |
| 8 | Kherson Oblast | 3.7 |
| 9 | Odesa Oblast | 3.4 |
Seats on the oblast council (Kyiv: city council), 2020 election (2020)
Cherkasy Oblast ranks 21 of 23, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Seats on the oblast council (Kyiv: city council), 2020 election |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | Sumy Oblast | 64 |
| 18 | Ternopil Oblast | 64 |
| 19 | Kherson Oblast | 64 |
| 20 | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 64 |
| 21 | Cherkasy Oblast | 64 |
| 22 | Chernivtsi Oblast | 64 |
| 23 | Chernihiv Oblast | 64 |
Local deputies elected in all councils, 25 October 2020 (2020)
Cherkasy Oblast ranks 10 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Local deputies elected in all councils, 25 October 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Kharkiv Oblast | 1,872 |
| 8 | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | 1,870 |
| 9 | Poltava Oblast | 1,845 |
| 10 | Cherkasy Oblast | 1,811 |
| 11 | Zhytomyr Oblast | 1,794 |
| 12 | Zaporizhzhia Oblast | 1,791 |
| 13 | Rivne Oblast | 1,736 |
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Sources
- Central Election Commission of Ukraine: Local elections of 25 October 2020: elected deputies of local councils by region and type of council (summary), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 9880a12a9e2c…)
- Ministry of Finance of Ukraine: Open Budget public API (localBudgetData): revenue of the consolidated budgets of each oblast, Kyiv and the largest city communities in 2024 and 2025, and their 2025 spending plans by function (saved API responses, one CSV per budget and query), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 8a856cffe239…)
- Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (Government portal): Heads of the oblast and Kyiv city state administrations, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 9595360920e7…)
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