Government and politics in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine: official figures
Vitalii Diakivnych is head of the Poltava Oblast State Administration, appointed by Presidential Decree No. 37/2026 of 8 January 2026.
How many seats are in the Poltava Oblast Council?
The Poltava Oblast Council (oblast rada) has 84 seats; 84 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 Poltava Oblast had been in post for 0.8 years, 7th shortest of 24 among the heads of Ukraine's oblasts. Source: Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (Government portal) · saved copy
- Across all its councils Poltava Oblast elected 1,845 local deputies on 25 October 2020 out of 1,870 mandates, 9th most of 25 regions. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- Of the deputies elected in Poltava Oblast in 2020, 467 to city councils, 465 to settlement councils, 527 to village councils, 192 to district councils. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- With 84 seats, the Poltava Oblast Council is smaller than 3 of the 23 regional councils elected in 2020, the same size as 6 others. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- The local budgets of Poltava Oblast had combined revenue of 29.8 billion hryvnias in 2025, of which 20% came from the state budget. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
How Poltava Oblast compares with other oblasts
Years in office of the current head of the oblast administration (2026)
Poltava Oblast ranks 18 of 24, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Years in office of the current head of the oblast administration |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 21 | Ternopil Oblast | 0.8 |
Seats on the oblast council (Kyiv: city council), 2020 election (2020)
Poltava Oblast ranks 10 of 23, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Seats on the oblast council (Kyiv: city council), 2020 election |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Kyiv Oblast | 84 |
| 8 | Lviv Oblast | 84 |
| 9 | Odesa Oblast | 84 |
| 10 | Poltava Oblast | 84 |
| 11 | Volyn Oblast | 64 |
| 12 | Zhytomyr Oblast | 64 |
| 13 | Zakarpattia Oblast | 64 |
Local deputies elected in all councils, 25 October 2020 (2020)
Poltava Oblast ranks 9 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Local deputies elected in all councils, 25 October 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 11 | Zhytomyr Oblast | 1,794 |
| 12 | Zaporizhzhia Oblast | 1,791 |
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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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