Government and politics in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine: official figures
Oleksandr Prokudin is head of the Kherson Oblast State Administration, appointed by Presidential Decree No. 67/2023 of 7 February 2023.
How many seats are in the Kherson Oblast Council?
The Kherson 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 Kherson Oblast had been in post for 3.7 years, 8th longest of 24 among the heads of Ukraine's oblasts. Source: Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (Government portal) · saved copy
- Across all its councils Kherson Oblast elected 1,487 local deputies on 25 October 2020 out of 1,598 mandates, 7th fewest of 25 regions. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- Of the deputies elected in Kherson Oblast in 2020, 230 to city councils, 381 to settlement councils, 495 to village councils, 203 to district councils. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- With 64 seats, the Kherson 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 Kherson Oblast had combined revenue of 9.0 billion hryvnias in 2025, of which 68% came from the state budget. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
How Kherson Oblast compares with other oblasts
Years in office of the current head of the oblast administration (2026)
Kherson Oblast ranks 8 of 24, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Years in office of the current head of the oblast administration |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 10 | Donetsk Oblast | 2.8 |
| 11 | Rivne Oblast | 2.8 |
Seats on the oblast council (Kyiv: city council), 2020 election (2020)
Kherson Oblast ranks 19 of 23, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Seats on the oblast council (Kyiv: city council), 2020 election |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | Rivne Oblast | 64 |
| 17 | Sumy Oblast | 64 |
| 18 | Ternopil Oblast | 64 |
| 19 | Kherson Oblast | 64 |
| 20 | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 64 |
| 21 | Cherkasy Oblast | 64 |
| 22 | Chernivtsi Oblast | 64 |
Local deputies elected in all councils, 25 October 2020 (2020)
Kherson Oblast ranks 19 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Local deputies elected in all councils, 25 October 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | Ternopil Oblast | 1,536 |
| 17 | Volyn Oblast | 1,500 |
| 18 | Kirovohrad Oblast | 1,493 |
| 19 | Kherson Oblast | 1,487 |
| 20 | Mykolaiv Oblast | 1,484 |
| 21 | Sumy Oblast | 1,482 |
| 22 | Chernivtsi Oblast | 1,409 |
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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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