Three female candidates have won the Parliamentary elections in single-member districts in Lviv oblast. It is 25% of the number of candidates in the district, which is the second in Ukraine with high number of women candidates. Only the Autonomous Republic of Crimea has the higher - four women of 10 newly-elected members of parliament.
Iryna Farion (ED #116) and Iryna Sekh (ED #119) has won the parliamentary race in Lviv oblast. Both – are the members of All-Ukrainian Union Svoboda. Another winner is Lidiia Koteliak, which has won in district #123 (All-Ukrainian Union Fatherland).
However, citizens of adjacent districts preferred men to be their representatives in the Parliament. So, in Rivne, Volyn, Ternopil, and Zakarpattia oblasts only men managed to win the elections. Ivano-Frankivsk oblast will be represented by only one female deputy – Olha Sikora, who was nominated in district #85 by the Fatherland party.
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