Kherson City Council () is the municipal council governing the Ukrainian city of Kherson.
History 2020 local elections On October 25, 2020, the 2020 Ukrainian local elections were held in Kherson. The results were as follows: +Kherson City Council election, 2020PartyPercentage of voteSeatsWe Have to Live Here!23.1%17 seatsOpposition Platform – For Life14.5%11 seatsServant of the People13.0%10 seatsVolodymyr Saldo Bloc11.8%9 seatsEuropean Solidarity8.6%
In the election, the parties that were more pro-Russian and Euroskeptic, including Opposition Platform, Volodymyr Saldo Bloc, and Party of Shariy (3.9%) had a combined vote share just over 30%, and won 20 out of 54 seats.
Russian invasion of Ukraine Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the council has not held meetings. Additionally, 19 of the 54 total representatives in the council have either resigned, or have their position terminated due to wartime collaboration. This includes Volodymyr Saldo, leader of the Volodymyr Saldo Bloc, who later became head of the Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast.
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