Council members are elected for five year terms. In order to gain representation in the council, a party must gain more than 5 percent of the total vote.[2]
1Occupied by Russia and administered as the Republic of Crimea and the Federal City of Sevastopol; 2Due to the war in Donbass, regular functions of regional councils in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts were suspended until the end of hostilities.