8th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada

The 8th Verkhovna Rada’s composition was based upon the results of the October 26, 2014 parliamentary election,^[2] which was contested eight months after the 2014 Ukrainian revolution which saw the overthrow of the Yanukovych regime. Ukraine’s head of state during the parliament’s term is President Petro Poroshenko. Eleven parties were represented in the Verkhovna Rada, although only six of them surpassed the mandatory five percent election threshold to gain representation based upon the proportional representation system.