Government and politics in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine: official figures
Oleh Syniehubov is head of the Kharkiv Oblast State Administration, appointed by Presidential Decree No. 676/2021 of 24 December 2021.
How many seats are in the Kharkiv Oblast Council?
The Kharkiv Oblast Council (oblast rada) has 120 seats; 113 deputies were elected at the local elections of 25 October 2020, leaving 7 seats vacant.
Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copyMore figures
- By 23 October 2026 the current head of Kharkiv Oblast had been in post for 4.8 years, 5th longest of 24 among the heads of Ukraine's oblasts. Source: Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (Government portal) · saved copy
- Across all its councils Kharkiv Oblast elected 1,872 local deputies on 25 October 2020 out of 1,936 mandates, 7th most of 25 regions. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- Of the deputies elected in Kharkiv Oblast in 2020, 556 to city councils, 612 to settlement councils, 280 to village councils, 311 to district councils. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- With 120 seats, the Kharkiv 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 Kharkiv Oblast had combined revenue of 47.6 billion hryvnias in 2025, of which 33% came from the state budget. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
How Kharkiv Oblast compares with other oblasts
Years in office of the current head of the oblast administration (2026)
Kharkiv Oblast ranks 5 of 24, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Years in office of the current head of the oblast administration |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Lviv Oblast | 6.7 |
| 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 |
Seats on the oblast council (Kyiv: city council), 2020 election (2020)
Kharkiv Oblast ranks 2 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)
Kharkiv Oblast ranks 7 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Local deputies elected in all councils, 25 October 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Kyiv Oblast | 2,177 |
| 5 | Vinnytsia Oblast | 1,950 |
| 6 | Zakarpattia Oblast | 1,872 |
| 7 | Kharkiv Oblast | 1,872 |
| 8 | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | 1,870 |
| 9 | Poltava Oblast | 1,845 |
| 10 | Cherkasy Oblast | 1,811 |
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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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