Deputies' groups formed on a non-party basis unite deputies who share the same or similar views of national, social and economic development.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 448.

Altogether 450 deputies are elected. 225 of them are elected at single-mandate constituencies on the basis of relative majority, and another 225 are elected proportionally at multi-mandate national constituency from the lists of candidates coming from political parties and their election blocks.

The only legislative body of Ukraine is the Parliament – the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. People's deputies of Ukraine are elected by the citizens of Ukraine on the basis of equal and direct universal suffrage through secret vote. The election system is mixed – majority and proportional.

The Constitution of Ukraine designates the President as the Head of State, acting on its behalf. The President is the guarantor of national sovereignty and territorial integrity, of adherence to the Constitution and of human and civil rights and freedoms. The President is elected by all citizens of voting age on the basis of equal and direct universal suffrage through secret ballot. The term of the presidency is five years. Only a citizen of Ukraine aged 35 or more who has resided in Ukraine for 10 years prior to the election has the right to vote and speaks the state language may be elected President. A given individual may hold the post of president no longer than two consecutive terms.

The powers of people's deputies of Ukraine are established by the Constitution and laws of Ukraine. People's deputies of Ukraine may voluntarily unite themselves into deputies' groups called factions with no less than 25 members. Deputies' groups are formed both on a party and non-party basis. Deputies' groups formed on party basis are called ‘factions'. Non-party deputies may join a faction if they support the program of relevant party.