Holovanivsk Raion is a raion (district) of Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine.

The administrative center of the raion is the rural settlement of Holovanivsk.

[3] On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kirovohrad Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Holovanivsk Raion was significantly expanded.

[4][5] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 29,452 (2020 est.).

[6] After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 10 hromadas:[5] Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of three hromadas:[11]