Government and politics in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine: official figures
Mykhailo Semikin is acting head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast State Administration, appointed by Presidential Decree No. 872/2026 of 4 September 2026.
How many seats are in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council?
The Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council (oblast rada) has 84 seats; 74 deputies were elected at the local elections of 25 October 2020, leaving 10 seats vacant.
Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copyMore figures
- By 23 October 2026 the current head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast had been in post for 0.1 years, the shortest of 24 among the heads of Ukraine's oblasts. Source: Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (Government portal) · saved copy
- Across all its councils Zaporizhzhia Oblast elected 1,791 local deputies on 25 October 2020 out of 1,960 mandates, 12th most of 25 regions. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- Of the deputies elected in Zaporizhzhia Oblast in 2020, 398 to city councils, 371 to settlement councils, 745 to village councils, 203 to district councils. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- With 84 seats, the Zaporizhzhia 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 Zaporizhzhia Oblast had combined revenue of 24.3 billion hryvnias in 2025, of which 42% came from the state budget. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
How Zaporizhzhia Oblast compares with other oblasts
Years in office of the current head of the oblast administration (2026)
Zaporizhzhia Oblast ranks 24 of 24, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Years in office of the current head of the oblast administration |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Poltava Oblast | 0.8 |
| 19 | Chernivtsi Oblast | 0.8 |
| 20 | Volyn Oblast | 0.8 |
| 21 | Ternopil Oblast | 0.8 |
| 22 | Mykolaiv Oblast | 0.3 |
| 23 | Kyiv Oblast | 0.2 |
| 24 | Zaporizhzhia Oblast | 0.1 |
Seats on the oblast council (Kyiv: city council), 2020 election (2020)
Zaporizhzhia Oblast ranks 5 of 23, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Seats on the oblast council (Kyiv: city council), 2020 election |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Kharkiv Oblast | 120 |
| 3 | Kyiv | 120 |
| 4 | Vinnytsia Oblast | 84 |
| 5 | Zaporizhzhia Oblast | 84 |
| 6 | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | 84 |
| 7 | Kyiv Oblast | 84 |
| 8 | Lviv Oblast | 84 |
Local deputies elected in all councils, 25 October 2020 (2020)
Zaporizhzhia Oblast ranks 12 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Local deputies elected in all councils, 25 October 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 14 | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 1,637 |
| 15 | Chernihiv Oblast | 1,614 |
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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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