Government and politics in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine: official figures
Oleksandr Hanzha is head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast State Administration, appointed by Presidential Decree No. 36/2026 of 8 January 2026.
How many seats are in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council?
The Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council (oblast rada) has 120 seats; 115 deputies were elected at the local elections of 25 October 2020, leaving 5 seats vacant.
Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copyMore figures
- By 23 October 2026 the current head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast had been in post for 0.8 years, 8th shortest of 24 among the heads of Ukraine's oblasts. Source: Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (Government portal) · saved copy
- Across all its councils Dnipropetrovsk Oblast elected 2,799 local deputies on 25 October 2020 out of 2,902 mandates, the most of 25 regions. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- Of the deputies elected in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in 2020, 628 to city councils, 585 to settlement councils, 886 to village councils, 334 to district councils. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- With 120 seats, the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council is the joint largest of the 23 regional councils elected in 2020, the same size as 2 others. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- The local budgets of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast had combined revenue of 75.7 billion hryvnias in 2025, of which 18% came from the state budget. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
How Dnipropetrovsk Oblast compares with other oblasts
Years in office of the current head of the oblast administration (2026)
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ranks 17 of 24, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Years in office of the current head of the oblast administration |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Luhansk Oblast | 1.5 |
| 15 | Sumy Oblast | 1.5 |
| 16 | Vinnytsia Oblast | 0.8 |
| 17 | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | 0.8 |
| 18 | Poltava Oblast | 0.8 |
| 19 | Chernivtsi Oblast | 0.8 |
| 20 | Volyn Oblast | 0.8 |
Seats on the oblast council (Kyiv: city council), 2020 election (2020)
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ranks 1 of 23, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Seats on the oblast council (Kyiv: city council), 2020 election |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | 120 |
| 2 | Kharkiv Oblast | 120 |
| 3 | Kyiv | 120 |
| 4 | Vinnytsia Oblast | 84 |
| 5 | Zaporizhzhia Oblast | 84 |
| 6 | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | 84 |
| 7 | Kyiv Oblast | 84 |
Local deputies elected in all councils, 25 October 2020 (2020)
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ranks 1 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Local deputies elected in all councils, 25 October 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | 2,799 |
| 2 | Odesa Oblast | 2,577 |
| 3 | Lviv Oblast | 2,325 |
| 4 | Kyiv Oblast | 2,177 |
| 5 | Vinnytsia Oblast | 1,950 |
| 6 | Zakarpattia Oblast | 1,872 |
| 7 | Kharkiv Oblast | 1,872 |
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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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