Editing Member of parliament (section)

=== Ukraine ===
A people's deputy of [[Ukraine]] (''[[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]'': народний депутат України, narodnyi deputat Ukrayiny) is a member of parliament or [[legislator]] elected by a [[Direct election|popular vote]] to the [[Verkhovna Rada]] (the unicameral parliament of Ukraine). Often people's deputies of Ukraine are referred to simply as deputies.

The main statutes that define the order of elections, rights and duties of the people's deputies of Ukraine are outlined in Articles 76–81 of the [[Constitution of Ukraine]]. There are 450 people's deputies of Ukraine who are elected based on the general, equal and direct electoral right for five years. The deputies may be appointed to various parliamentary positions such as the [[Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada|chairperson (speaker)]] of parliament, a head of a committee or a parliamentary faction, etc. Upon its appointment, to the office, each people's deputy of Ukraine receives a ''deputy mandate''.

People's deputies that run for parliament as self-nominated candidates can join factions if they wish.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/yanukovych-signs-law-on-open-voting-to-elect-parliamentary-chairman-316360.html |title=Yanukovych signs law on open voting to elect parliamentary chairman |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629011604/http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/yanukovych-signs-law-on-open-voting-to-elect-parliamentary-chairman-316360.html |archive-date=29 June 2014 |url-status=dead |work=[[Kyiv Post]] |date=19 November 2012}}</ref>