Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006
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The Ukrainian parliamentary election took place on March 26, 2006. Election campaigning officially began on July 7, 2005. Between November 26 and December 31, 2005 party lists of candidates were formed.
The election to the Ukrainian parliament, Verkhovna Rada
, was held according to the Party-list proportional election system
—that is, in a single nation-wide electoral district with votes being allocated to the political parties or election blocs rather than to individual candidates. In the previous parliamentary elections
half of parliamentary representatives (deputies) were elected on proportional basis, while the other half were elected in single-mandate constituencies.
The constitution was amended in 2005 following negotiations and agreements during the 2004 presidential elections
, abolishing single member-districts and replacing them with an increased multi-member proportional representation. The amended constitution, which took effect on January 1, 2006, also transferred some power from the President
to the parliament, making Ukraine a parliamentary-presidential democracy
.
According to the election law and the system adopted, the political parties or election blocs need to collect at least 3% of the national vote in order to gain seats in parliament.
67.13% of registered voters participated in the election.
On April 10 the Central Election Commission (CVK) announced the final results of vote counting; the results can be seen at the Commission's website. As a result of the election, out of 45 parties, only 5 passed the required 3% electoral threshold (see the table below).
Comparing the results with early polls, it was unexpected that President Viktor Yushchenko
's party "Our Ukraine" received less than 14% of the national vote, coming third after the Party of Regions
, and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc.
As per preliminary results, the Ukrainian Communist Party
was soundly trounced, getting less than 4% of the vote and 21 deputies as a result, as opposed to their 20% in the 2002 elections
.
The People's Opposition Bloc of Natalia Vitrenko
did not pass the electoral threshold collecting only 2.93% of total votes recorded, 0.07% short of the required 3% electoral threshold. According to the law the threshold is calculated based on the total number of the voted ballots, including the general non-confidence votes (i.e. ballots of those who voted against all parties listed) as well as invalid votes (e.g. votes for more than one party as such option is not provided by electoral law). If such votes were excluded from the total, then Vitrenko party would have received over 3% of the formal vote. Commenting the preliminary results the leader of the Opposition Bloc, Natalia Vitrenko expressed: "Based on what grounds CVK shows the total number of actual voters as 25,250 thousands? According to CVK data, 2% of votes are invalid, and 1.8% are "against all", therefore these numbers should be excluded. The base for calculations should not be more than 24,500 thousand; and that is 3% out of the votes that CVK counted for out Bloc."http://www.vitrenko.org/start.php?lang=1&part_id=1&article_id=1994 Nonetheless, according to the Law on Election, Article 1.4 "The mandates are distributed to the parties (blocs) that obtained no less than three percents of votes of voters that participated in the election"
A set of parties which did not pass the electoral threshold, notably People's Opposition Bloc of Natalia Vitrenko
and the Opposition Bloc "Ne Tak" have made claims of the elections being highly falsified and asked for vote recount. Recent reports in the media have indicated that Ukraine's President has also suggested that if necessary a partial recount of the March 26 ballot should be made. If significant mistakes were made in the tally of votes there is a chance for Opposition Block of Natalia Vitrenko to exceed the 3% threshold required by law.
Over 22% of voters who supported minor candidates (with less than the 3%) will not be represented by the parties elected due to the electoral method used (party list proportional representation with an election threshold
).
Following the first meeting of the parliament on May 25, 2006 negations took place on the formation of the ruling coalition. An proposed agreement between Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko, Bloc "Our Ukraine", and the Socialist Party of Ukraine to form the government was reached on June 22. The coalition deal was signed after President
Yuschenko
relented his previous opposition to Yulia Timoshenko becoming Prime Minister
.
Having failed to remove Yulia Tymoshenko from seeking the position of Prime-Minister, Our Ukraine then sought to replace Olexandr Moroz with Petro Porshenko as their nominee for the position of parliamentary speaker, whilst still negotiating with Party of regions in the formation of a wide coalition.
The initial agreement fell apart following Our Ukraine's refusal to support the nomination of Olezandr Moroz, leader of the Socialist Party, to the position of Parliamentary speaker. The Socialist Party concerned about the constitutional time constraints in the formation of a government later resolved to support the a governing coalition with the Party of Regions and the Communist Party of Ukraine (the so-called Alliance of National Unity
). The leader of the Socialists, Oleksander Moroz, was elected Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
on July 6. Viktor Yanukovych
was appointed Prime Minister
on August 4, with the backing of "Our Ukraine" Bloc, after the parties agreed on the principals of state policy expressed in the Universal of National Unity
.
Russian newspaper Izvestia
predicts that Ukraine can expect more political instability and worsening economic situation. http://izvestia.ru/world/article3091429/
According to Russian Gazeta.ru, Tymoshenko, Yushchenko and the Socialists can form a coalition. Yulia Tymoshenko
was sure she will become a new PM. Yushchenko and Georgian President Saakishvili already congratulated her with victory. http://gazeta.ru/2006/03/27/last193554.shtml,http://gazeta.ru/2006/03/27/last193551.shtml,http://gazeta.ru/2006/03/27/last193555.shtml
According to Russian RIAN, Tymoshenko promised to reconsider the Russian-Ukrainian gas deal. http://www.rian.ru/economy/economic_crimes/20060327/44821283.html
Washington Post informed that Yushchenko
's party was beaten into a humiliating third place in parliamentary elections as the pro-Russian party of the man he defeated for the presidency 16 months ago appeared headed for a clear victory, according to exit polls. The Party of Regions, led by Viktor Yanukovych
, who was defeated by Yushchenko in 2004 following massive street protests known as the Orange Revolution
, secured a commanding 33.3 percent of the vote, according to one poll. A second exit poll gave his party 27.5 percent. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/26/AR2006032600624.html
On March 27, Arabic Aljazeera reported that Yulia Tymoshenko
, the former PM, had scored a triumph in parliamentary elections with her own bloc coming second and placing her in a position to form a coalition government. Viktor Yanukovich's pro-Russian Regions party won the most seats, but Tymoshenko emerged as a rejuvenated political figure, saying that "Orange Revolution
" liberals could close ranks to keep the pro-Russian party in opposition. The outcome was a double humiliation for Viktor Yushchenko
, the president, who defeated Yanukovich in a presidential poll re-run after December's 2004 street protests, and later fell out with Tymoshenko, his former Orange Revolution comrade. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/70155A2E-DC29-4235-940F-1499986B8C3B.htm
According to Forbes.com, Tymoshenko urged her estranged Orange Revolution allies to form a united front against their old pro-Russian nemesis, who was leading in early results from a weekend parliamentary election. Proposed coalition talks, which were supposed to get under way Monday, were delayed indefinitely.http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/03/27/ap2624506.html
Russian online media Lenta.ru reported that activists of Vitrenko's party erected tents and started boycotting the premises of Ukrainian Central Election Commission in protest of alleged violations. http://lenta.ru/news/2006/04/01/opposition/. According to Interfax-Ukraine
http://www.interfax.com.ua, the tents are mostly empty. http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2006/4/1/40517.htm
are allocated among those parties securing the 3% quota according to the largest remainder method
of seat allocation, using the Hare quota
. Each Party meeting the 3% quota is entitled to appoint one representative for every 1/450 (approximately 0.22%) of the total vote allocated to all parties exceeding the 3% threshold, with remaining seats being awarded to the parties with the largest remaining fractions of 1/450 of the total vote allocated to all parties meeting the 3% threshold.
Name of the party or electoral bloc (number of candidates):
(Parties or blocs which have obtained at least 3% of the vote are in bold)
Source: Korrespondent.net
on 34%, Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc on 24%, as well as President Yushchenko's
People's Union Our Ukraine
.
Two other political forces that are virtually assured to pass a 3% barrier are the Socialist Party of Ukraine
headed by Oleksander Moroz and the bloc of the current Speaker
of Verkhovna Rada, Volodymyr Lytvyn
(based on his former Agrarian Party of Ukraine renamed to the People's Party
).
The Communist Party of Ukraine
, which has progressively received less and less votes with each election (25% in 1998, 20% in 2002), is expected to continue their decline in voter support.
Whilst some parties have nominated over 400 candidates, it is unlikely that any single Party will elect over 200 members. In order to form a Government, under Ukraine's constitution, parties will need to form a coalition with two or more voting blocks within the first month following the declaration of the polls.
held a representative national survey.
Table 1 shows the results for the parties likely to pass the three percent threshold.
The latest Razumkov poll shows a consolidation of voter opinion and if the results of the poll are a true indication of voter intention the voter participation rate will be above 90% of registered voters. Voting in Ukraine is not compulsory. Votes below the 3% threshold are discarded which increases the proportional share of seats allocated to the remaining party/blocs. There is still 10.5% of voters undecided.
Kyiv International Institute of Sociology
Kyiv International Institute of Sociology presented the latest poll on February 9 based on a survey during 20-27 of January.
Table 2 shows the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) poll results for the parties likely to pass the three percent threshold.
The map to the right shows the non administrative regional division used by KIIS: The Western region (orange) comprises the eight oblasts of the west - Volyn, Rivne, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Transcarpathia, and Chernivtsi oblasts; the Central region (yellow) is made up by Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv and Kiev oblasts as well as the city of Kiev; the Southern region (light blue) consists of Dnipropetrovsk, Odessa, Mykolayiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia oblasts, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol; the Eastern region (dark blue) includes Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts
The election to the Ukrainian parliament, Verkhovna Rada
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is Ukraine's parliament. The Verkhovna Rada is a unicameral parliament composed of 450 deputies, which is presided over by a chairman...
, was held according to the Party-list proportional election system
Party-list proportional representation
Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems emphasizing proportional representation in elections in which multiple candidates are elected...
—that is, in a single nation-wide electoral district with votes being allocated to the political parties or election blocs rather than to individual candidates. In the previous parliamentary elections
Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002
Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2002 took place on March 31. Half of the deputies to Verkhovna Rada were elected on proportional basis, while the other half were elected by popular vote in single-mandate constituencies...
half of parliamentary representatives (deputies) were elected on proportional basis, while the other half were elected in single-mandate constituencies.
The constitution was amended in 2005 following negotiations and agreements during the 2004 presidential elections
Ukrainian presidential election, 2004
The Ukrainian presidential election, 2004 was held on October 31, November 21 and December 26, 2004. The election was the fourth presidential election to take place in Ukraine following independence from the Soviet Union...
, abolishing single member-districts and replacing them with an increased multi-member proportional representation. The amended constitution, which took effect on January 1, 2006, also transferred some power from the President
President of Ukraine
Prior to the formation of the modern Ukrainian presidency, the previous Ukrainian head of state office was officially established in exile by Andriy Livytskyi. At first the de facto leader of nation was the president of the Central Rada at early years of the Ukrainian People's Republic, while the...
to the parliament, making Ukraine a parliamentary-presidential democracy
Semi-presidential system
The semi-presidential system is a system of government in which a president and a prime minister are both active participants in the day-to-day administration of the state...
.
According to the election law and the system adopted, the political parties or election blocs need to collect at least 3% of the national vote in order to gain seats in parliament.
Results
According to the Central Election Commission of UkraineCentral Election Commission of Ukraine
The Central Election Commission of Ukraine ; sometimes referred to as the Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine) is a permanent and independent collegiate body of the Ukrainian government.- Mission and Authority :...
67.13% of registered voters participated in the election.
On April 10 the Central Election Commission (CVK) announced the final results of vote counting; the results can be seen at the Commission's website. As a result of the election, out of 45 parties, only 5 passed the required 3% electoral threshold (see the table below).
Comparing the results with early polls, it was unexpected that President Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko is a former President of Ukraine. He took office on January 23, 2005, following a period of popular unrest known as the Orange Revolution...
's party "Our Ukraine" received less than 14% of the national vote, coming third after the Party of Regions
Party of Regions
The Party of Regions is an Ukrainian political party created on October 26, 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. It was reformed later in 2001 when the party united with several others...
, and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc.
As per preliminary results, the Ukrainian Communist Party
Communist Party of Ukraine
The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine, currently led by Petro Symonenko.The party fights the Ukrainian national self-determination by identifying any Ukrainian national parties as the National-Fascist ones The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine,...
was soundly trounced, getting less than 4% of the vote and 21 deputies as a result, as opposed to their 20% in the 2002 elections
Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002
Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2002 took place on March 31. Half of the deputies to Verkhovna Rada were elected on proportional basis, while the other half were elected by popular vote in single-mandate constituencies...
.
The People's Opposition Bloc of Natalia Vitrenko
People's Opposition Bloc of Natalia Vitrenko
The People's Opposition Bloc of Natalia Vitrenko, was a political alliance in Ukraine led by Natalia Vitrenko.It consisted of*Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine...
did not pass the electoral threshold collecting only 2.93% of total votes recorded, 0.07% short of the required 3% electoral threshold. According to the law the threshold is calculated based on the total number of the voted ballots, including the general non-confidence votes (i.e. ballots of those who voted against all parties listed) as well as invalid votes (e.g. votes for more than one party as such option is not provided by electoral law). If such votes were excluded from the total, then Vitrenko party would have received over 3% of the formal vote. Commenting the preliminary results the leader of the Opposition Bloc, Natalia Vitrenko expressed: "Based on what grounds CVK shows the total number of actual voters as 25,250 thousands? According to CVK data, 2% of votes are invalid, and 1.8% are "against all", therefore these numbers should be excluded. The base for calculations should not be more than 24,500 thousand; and that is 3% out of the votes that CVK counted for out Bloc."http://www.vitrenko.org/start.php?lang=1&part_id=1&article_id=1994 Nonetheless, according to the Law on Election, Article 1.4 "The mandates are distributed to the parties (blocs) that obtained no less than three percents of votes of voters that participated in the election"
A set of parties which did not pass the electoral threshold, notably People's Opposition Bloc of Natalia Vitrenko
People's Opposition Bloc of Natalia Vitrenko
The People's Opposition Bloc of Natalia Vitrenko, was a political alliance in Ukraine led by Natalia Vitrenko.It consisted of*Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine...
and the Opposition Bloc "Ne Tak" have made claims of the elections being highly falsified and asked for vote recount. Recent reports in the media have indicated that Ukraine's President has also suggested that if necessary a partial recount of the March 26 ballot should be made. If significant mistakes were made in the tally of votes there is a chance for Opposition Block of Natalia Vitrenko to exceed the 3% threshold required by law.
Over 22% of voters who supported minor candidates (with less than the 3%) will not be represented by the parties elected due to the electoral method used (party list proportional representation with an election threshold
Election threshold
In party-list proportional representation systems, an election threshold is a clause that stipulates that a party must receive a minimum percentage of votes, either nationally or within a particular district, to obtain any seats in the parliament...
).
Following the first meeting of the parliament on May 25, 2006 negations took place on the formation of the ruling coalition. An proposed agreement between Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko, Bloc "Our Ukraine", and the Socialist Party of Ukraine to form the government was reached on June 22. The coalition deal was signed after President
President of Ukraine
Prior to the formation of the modern Ukrainian presidency, the previous Ukrainian head of state office was officially established in exile by Andriy Livytskyi. At first the de facto leader of nation was the president of the Central Rada at early years of the Ukrainian People's Republic, while the...
Yuschenko
Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko is a former President of Ukraine. He took office on January 23, 2005, following a period of popular unrest known as the Orange Revolution...
relented his previous opposition to Yulia Timoshenko becoming Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Ukraine
The Prime Minister of Ukraine is Ukraine's head of government presiding over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which is the highest body of the executive branch of the Ukrainian government....
.
Having failed to remove Yulia Tymoshenko from seeking the position of Prime-Minister, Our Ukraine then sought to replace Olexandr Moroz with Petro Porshenko as their nominee for the position of parliamentary speaker, whilst still negotiating with Party of regions in the formation of a wide coalition.
The initial agreement fell apart following Our Ukraine's refusal to support the nomination of Olezandr Moroz, leader of the Socialist Party, to the position of Parliamentary speaker. The Socialist Party concerned about the constitutional time constraints in the formation of a government later resolved to support the a governing coalition with the Party of Regions and the Communist Party of Ukraine (the so-called Alliance of National Unity
Alliance of National Unity
Alliance of National Unity was the name of the governing coalition of the Party of Regions, the Communist Party and the Socialist Party in Ukraine after the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006 and the 2006 Ukrainian political crisis...
). The leader of the Socialists, Oleksander Moroz, was elected Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is Ukraine's parliament. The Verkhovna Rada is a unicameral parliament composed of 450 deputies, which is presided over by a chairman...
on July 6. Viktor Yanukovych
Viktor Yanukovych
Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych is a Ukrainian politician who has been the President of Ukraine since February 2010.Yanukovych served as the Governor of Donetsk Oblast from 1997 to 2002...
was appointed Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Ukraine
The Prime Minister of Ukraine is Ukraine's head of government presiding over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which is the highest body of the executive branch of the Ukrainian government....
on August 4, with the backing of "Our Ukraine" Bloc, after the parties agreed on the principals of state policy expressed in the Universal of National Unity
Universal of National Unity
The Universal of National Unity, also known as the Declaration of National Unity, is a declaration that was signed on August 3, 2006 by the President of Ukraine Viktor Yuschenko and leaders of the Ukrainian political parties represented in the parliament. It marked the resolution of the 2006...
.
World reaction
According to Arabic newsmedia Aljazeera, Party of the regions had alleged that the general elections had been marred by irregularities and poor organisation as the first exit polls were published. But while acknowledging some organisational problems, most other parties and Western observers have given the vote a largely clean bill of health. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E183CA1E-0E78-4572-A47B-664542C06E56.htmRussian newspaper Izvestia
Izvestia
Izvestia is a long-running high-circulation daily newspaper in Russia. The word "izvestiya" in Russian means "delivered messages", derived from the verb izveshchat . In the context of newspapers it is usually translated as "news" or "reports".-Origin:The newspaper began as the News of the...
predicts that Ukraine can expect more political instability and worsening economic situation. http://izvestia.ru/world/article3091429/
According to Russian Gazeta.ru, Tymoshenko, Yushchenko and the Socialists can form a coalition. Yulia Tymoshenko
Yulia Tymoshenko
Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko , née Grigyan , born 27 November 1960, is a Ukrainian politician. She was the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 24 January to 8 September 2005, and again from 18 December 2007 to 4 March 2010. She placed third in Forbes Magazine's List of The World's 100 Most Powerful...
was sure she will become a new PM. Yushchenko and Georgian President Saakishvili already congratulated her with victory. http://gazeta.ru/2006/03/27/last193554.shtml,http://gazeta.ru/2006/03/27/last193551.shtml,http://gazeta.ru/2006/03/27/last193555.shtml
According to Russian RIAN, Tymoshenko promised to reconsider the Russian-Ukrainian gas deal. http://www.rian.ru/economy/economic_crimes/20060327/44821283.html
Washington Post informed that Yushchenko
Yushchenko
Yushchenko is a Ukrainian surname.*Viktor Yushchenko, is the third President of Ukraine*Kateryna Yushchenko, the wife of Viktor Yushchenko...
's party was beaten into a humiliating third place in parliamentary elections as the pro-Russian party of the man he defeated for the presidency 16 months ago appeared headed for a clear victory, according to exit polls. The Party of Regions, led by Viktor Yanukovych
Viktor Yanukovych
Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych is a Ukrainian politician who has been the President of Ukraine since February 2010.Yanukovych served as the Governor of Donetsk Oblast from 1997 to 2002...
, who was defeated by Yushchenko in 2004 following massive street protests known as the Orange Revolution
Orange Revolution
The Orange Revolution was a series of protests and political events that took place in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005, in the immediate aftermath of the run-off vote of the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election which was claimed to be marred by massive corruption, voter...
, secured a commanding 33.3 percent of the vote, according to one poll. A second exit poll gave his party 27.5 percent. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/26/AR2006032600624.html
On March 27, Arabic Aljazeera reported that Yulia Tymoshenko
Yulia Tymoshenko
Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko , née Grigyan , born 27 November 1960, is a Ukrainian politician. She was the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 24 January to 8 September 2005, and again from 18 December 2007 to 4 March 2010. She placed third in Forbes Magazine's List of The World's 100 Most Powerful...
, the former PM, had scored a triumph in parliamentary elections with her own bloc coming second and placing her in a position to form a coalition government. Viktor Yanukovich's pro-Russian Regions party won the most seats, but Tymoshenko emerged as a rejuvenated political figure, saying that "Orange Revolution
Orange Revolution
The Orange Revolution was a series of protests and political events that took place in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005, in the immediate aftermath of the run-off vote of the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election which was claimed to be marred by massive corruption, voter...
" liberals could close ranks to keep the pro-Russian party in opposition. The outcome was a double humiliation for Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko is a former President of Ukraine. He took office on January 23, 2005, following a period of popular unrest known as the Orange Revolution...
, the president, who defeated Yanukovich in a presidential poll re-run after December's 2004 street protests, and later fell out with Tymoshenko, his former Orange Revolution comrade. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/70155A2E-DC29-4235-940F-1499986B8C3B.htm
According to Forbes.com, Tymoshenko urged her estranged Orange Revolution allies to form a united front against their old pro-Russian nemesis, who was leading in early results from a weekend parliamentary election. Proposed coalition talks, which were supposed to get under way Monday, were delayed indefinitely.http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/03/27/ap2624506.html
Russian online media Lenta.ru reported that activists of Vitrenko's party erected tents and started boycotting the premises of Ukrainian Central Election Commission in protest of alleged violations. http://lenta.ru/news/2006/04/01/opposition/. According to Interfax-Ukraine
Interfax-Ukraine
The Interfax-Ukraine News Agency is a Kiev-based Ukrainian news agency founded in 1992, the company belonging to the international group Interfax Information Services. The company publishes in Ukrainian, Russian and English....
http://www.interfax.com.ua, the tents are mostly empty. http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2006/4/1/40517.htm
Parties and electoral blocs registered
A record number of forty five parties registered for the election, with only five securing the minimum 3% quota required to elect representatives to the Ukrainian parliament. Seats in the Verkhovna RadaVerkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is Ukraine's parliament. The Verkhovna Rada is a unicameral parliament composed of 450 deputies, which is presided over by a chairman...
are allocated among those parties securing the 3% quota according to the largest remainder method
Largest remainder method
The largest remainder method is one way of allocating seats proportionally for representative assemblies with party list voting systems...
of seat allocation, using the Hare quota
Hare quota
The Hare quota is a formula used under some forms of the Single Transferable Vote system and the largest remainder method of party-list proportional representation...
. Each Party meeting the 3% quota is entitled to appoint one representative for every 1/450 (approximately 0.22%) of the total vote allocated to all parties exceeding the 3% threshold, with remaining seats being awarded to the parties with the largest remaining fractions of 1/450 of the total vote allocated to all parties meeting the 3% threshold.
Name of the party or electoral bloc (number of candidates):
(Parties or blocs which have obtained at least 3% of the vote are in bold)
- Communist Party of UkraineCommunist Party of UkraineThe Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine, currently led by Petro Symonenko.The party fights the Ukrainian national self-determination by identifying any Ukrainian national parties as the National-Fascist ones The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine,...
(449) - Party of RegionsParty of RegionsThe Party of Regions is an Ukrainian political party created on October 26, 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. It was reformed later in 2001 when the party united with several others...
(446) - People's Movement of Ukraine for Unity (42)
- Party of Social Protection (20)
- Political Party "European Capital" (35)
- Nataliya VitrenkoNataliya VitrenkoNataliya Mikhailivna Vitrenko is a Ukrainian politician and scientist. She has a Ph.D in Statistics and Dr. of Social Sciences. She is a mother of three children.-Presidential candidacy:...
Bloc "People's Opposition" (390)- Party "Rus'-Ukrainian Union"
- Progressive Socialist Party of UkraineProgressive Socialist Party of Ukraine-Ideology:The party favoures Ukraine's full-scale entry in the Eurasian Economic Community ; the protection of the non-aligned status of Ukraine; abolition of NATO exercises in Ukraine; giving the Russian language status as official language along with Ukrainian; annulment of former President...
- All-Ukrainian Party of People's Trust (41)
- Lazarenko Bloc (130)
- Party "Social Democratic Union"Social Democratic Union (Ukraine)The Social Democratic Union is a political party in Ukraine registered in March 1999.-History:At the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002 the party was part of the Unity alliance...
- Political Party All-Ukrainian Union "Hromada"Hromada (political party)All-Ukrainian Association "Hromada" is a Ukrainian political party registered in March 1994 and reregistered in March 2005. The party is led by former Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko....
- Social Democratic Party of Ukraine
- Party "Social Democratic Union"
- Bloc "Our Ukraine" (393)
- Congress of Ukrainian NationalistsCongress of Ukrainian NationalistsThe Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists is a right-wing political party in Ukraine. It was founded on October 18, 1992 and registered with the Ministry of Justice on January 26, 1993. The party leader from its formation and until her death in 2003 was Yaroslava Stetsko .-History:During the 1998...
- People's Movement of UkrainePeople's Movement of UkraineThe People's Movement of Ukraine is a Ukrainian center-right political party...
- Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of UkraineParty of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of UkraineThe Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine registered in April 2000. Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Anatoliy Kinakh is one of its most noticeable members.-History:...
- Party of Christian Democratic Union
- Political Party People's Union Our UkrainePeople's Union Our UkraineThe Our Ukraine is a centre-right political party of Ukraine formed in 2005. The party supports former president President Viktor Yushchenko...
- Ukrainian Republican Party "Assembly"
- Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists
- LytvynVolodymyr LytvynVolodymyr Mykhailovych Lytvyn is a Ukrainian politician and the current Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament. Having previously served in that position from 2002 until 2006, he was re-elected in December 2008 after his party agreed to join the former coalition of Yulia...
's People's Bloc (444)- People's PartyPeople's Party (Ukraine)The People's Party is a political party in Ukraine. It was previously named as the Agrarian Party of Ukraine . The party is led by Volodymyr Lytvyn...
- Party of All-Ukrainian Union of the Left "Justice"
- Ukrainian Peasant Democratic PartyUkrainian Peasant Democratic PartyThe Ukrainian Peasant Democratic Party is a political party in Ukraine. It was registered with the Ministry of Justice on 15 January 1991.-History:...
- People's Party
- Party of National Economic Development of Ukraine (24)
- Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc (409)
- All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"All-Ukrainian Union FatherlandThe All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" is a political party in Ukraine, led by Yulia Tymoshenko. The party is the core of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and is the Verkhovna Rada resident since the 2002 parliamentary elections...
- Ukrainian Social-Democratic Party
- All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"
- Socialist Party of UkraineSocialist Party of UkraineThe Socialist Party of Ukraine is a Socialist political party in Ukraine and part of the Verkhovna Rada from 1994 to 2007.It is one of the oldest parties and was created by the former members of the Communist Party of Ukraine in late 1991 when the Communist Party was banned...
(390) - Electoral Bloc "Yevhen MarchukYevhen MarchukYevhen K. Marchuk , born on January 28, 1941, is a Ukrainian statesman and politician. During his career, Marchuk was prime minister of Ukraine, presidential candidate, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, and Defense Minister of Ukraine. Marchuk is affiliated with the Ukrainian...
- "Unity" (82)- Party of Freedom
- Party "Solidarity of Women of Ukraine"
- Ukrainian Party "Unity"
- Electoral Bloc of Political Parties of Borys Olijnyk and Myhailo Syrota (99)
- Political Party "Informational Ukraine"
- Political Party "Party of Health"
- Labor Party of Ukraine
- "Oppositional bloc NE TAK!" (NOT YES!) (441)
- Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united)
- Republican Party of Ukraine
- "Women for the FutureWomen for the Future"All-Ukrainian Political Union Women for the Future" is a political party in Ukraine registered on March 30, 2001. At the legislative elections of 30 March 2002, the party won 2.1 % of the popular vote and no seats; although final poll results had predicted 5% till 6% of the total votes for the...
" All-Ukrainian Political Union - Political Party "All-Ukrainian Union "Center"
- Ukrainian People's Bloc of Kostenko and PlyuschIvan PlyushchIvan Stepanovych Plyushch is a Ukrainian politician. He thrice served as the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada , from July 9, through July 23, 1990 , from December 5, 1991 through May 11, 1994 and from February 1, 2000 through May 14, 2002.-Biography:Ivan Plyushch was born on September 11, 1941 in...
(216)- Party of Free Peasants and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine
- Political Party "Collected Ukraine"
- Ukrainian People's Party
- Party of Greens of UkraineParty of Greens of UkraineThe Party of Greens of Ukraine is a Ukrainian political green party founded in 1990 and registered in May 1991.The party is a successor of the Green World Association and under that name participated in the Ukrainian parliamentary elections of 1990 as part of the Democratic Bloc...
(87)
- Block of People's Democratic PartiesBlock of People's Democratic PartiesBlock of People's Democratic Parties was a political alliance that took part in the parliamentary elections 2006. It did not overcome the 3% threshold and therefore won no seats in the Ukrainian Parliament....
(376)- Democratic Party of UkraineDemocratic Party of UkraineThe Democratic Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine registered in 1991.-History:The Democratic Party of Ukraine is one of the oldest political institutions of Ukraine. DemPU was founded in 1990 by a group of famous Ukrainian dissidents....
- People's Democratic PartyPeople's Democratic Party (Ukraine)-History:The party had a flying start, at the parliamentary elections 1998 the party gained 5% of the votes and 28 seats in Parliament. At the time of the election the party's leader, Valeriy Pustovoitenko, was prime minister....
- Christian Democratic Party of Ukraine
- Christian Liberal Party of Ukraine
- Democratic Party of Ukraine
- Party "VicheVicheViche is a political party in Ukraine registered in May 1993. Before September 2005 the party was known as Constitutional Democratic Party .-History:...
" (58) - Social Christian PartySocial-Christian PartyThe Social-Christian Party was a political party in Ukraine registered in July 2004 that merged with United Centre in October 2008.The party participated independently in the 2006 parliamentary elections winning 0,09% of the votes and no seats....
(36) - Ukrainian Conservative Party (31)
- Party of Pensioners of Ukraine (93)
- Political party "Forwards, Ukraine!" (77)
- "Electoral bloc "State - Labor Union" (263)
- All-Ukrainian Party of Laborious
- Political Party "State"
- Electoral bloc of political parties "FOR UNION" (83)
- Party "Socialist Ukraine"
- Party "Union"
- Political Party "Homeland"
- Slavic Party
- Party "Renassainse" (86)
- Political Party "Working Ukraine" (20)
- Ukrainian Party "Green Planet" (28)
- Electoral Bloc "Power to the People" (173)
- All-Ukrainian Party of Spirituality and Patriotism
- All-Ukrainian Chernobyl People's Party "For Welfare and Social Protection of the People"
- Party of Protection of Pensioners of Ukraine
- All-Ukrainian Party "New Force" (185)
- "Civil Bloc PORA-PRP" (244)
- Civil Party "PoraPoraPORA! , meaning IT'S TIME! in Ukrainian, is a civic youth organization and political party in Ukraine espousing nonviolent resistance and advocating increased national democracy...
" - Party "Reforms and Order"
- Civil Party "Pora
- Liberal Party of UkraineLiberal Party of UkraineThe Liberal Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine, led by Volodymyr Shcherban. It was established in September 1991 and was officially registered the next month. It is based mainly on Donets Basin area...
(43) - Political Party of Ukraine "Party of PUTINVladimir PutinVladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...
's Politics" (162) - Social Ecological Party "Union. ChernobylChernobylChernobyl or Chornobyl is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, in Kiev Oblast, near the border with Belarus. The city had been the administrative centre of the Chernobyl Raion since 1932....
. Ukraine." (54) - Bloc "Patriots of Ukraine" (99)
- Patriotic Party of Ukraine
- Ukrainian National Conservative Party
- "Yuriy Karmazin BlocYuriy Karmazin BlocThe Yuriy Karmazin Bloc was an electoral alliance in Ukraine created in December 2005.At the 2006 parliamentary elections the alliance won 0,65% of the popular vote and no seats.The alliance had the following members:...
" (59)- All-Ukrainian Party of Peace and UnityAll-Ukrainian Party of Peace and UnityThe All-Ukrainian Party of Peace and Unity is a political party in Ukraine registered in May 2000.-History:The party was not allowed to participate in the electoral alliance "Rainbow" in the Ukrainian 2002 parliamentary elections....
- Party of Defenders of Homeland
- Party "National Democratic Union "Ukraine"
- All-Ukrainian Party of Peace and Unity
- Party of Patriotic Forces of Ukraine (103)
- Political Party "Party of Ecological Rescue "EKO+25%" (140)
- Political Party Third Force (208)
- Ukrainian People's Assembly (22)
- All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom" (109)
- Peasant Party of Ukraine (65)
- Bloc of Partyless "Sun" (129)
- Ukrainian Party of Honor, Combating Corruption, and Organized Crime (44)
Exit-polls
| National exit poll 2006 | Exit-poll Ukrainian sociology service | Exit-poll "FOM-Ukraine" |
|---|---|---|
|
Party of Regions The Party of Regions is an Ukrainian political party created on October 26, 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. It was reformed later in 2001 when the party united with several others... - 27.5% Socialist Party of Ukraine The Socialist Party of Ukraine is a Socialist political party in Ukraine and part of the Verkhovna Rada from 1994 to 2007.It is one of the oldest parties and was created by the former members of the Communist Party of Ukraine in late 1991 when the Communist Party was banned... - 5.5% Volodymyr Lytvyn Volodymyr Mykhailovych Lytvyn is a Ukrainian politician and the current Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament. Having previously served in that position from 2002 until 2006, he was re-elected in December 2008 after his party agreed to join the former coalition of Yulia... Bloc - 5.1% Communist Party of Ukraine The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine, currently led by Petro Symonenko.The party fights the Ukrainian national self-determination by identifying any Ukrainian national parties as the National-Fascist ones The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine,... - 4.7% Nataliya Vitrenko Nataliya Mikhailivna Vitrenko is a Ukrainian politician and scientist. She has a Ph.D in Statistics and Dr. of Social Sciences. She is a mother of three children.-Presidential candidacy:... Bloc - 3.2% Viche Viche is a political party in Ukraine registered in May 1993. Before September 2005 the party was known as Constitutional Democratic Party .-History:... " - 1.9% |
Party of Regions The Party of Regions is an Ukrainian political party created on October 26, 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. It was reformed later in 2001 when the party united with several others... - 31.4% Socialist Party of Ukraine The Socialist Party of Ukraine is a Socialist political party in Ukraine and part of the Verkhovna Rada from 1994 to 2007.It is one of the oldest parties and was created by the former members of the Communist Party of Ukraine in late 1991 when the Communist Party was banned... - 6.9% Communist Party of Ukraine The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine, currently led by Petro Symonenko.The party fights the Ukrainian national self-determination by identifying any Ukrainian national parties as the National-Fascist ones The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine,... - 3.9% Nataliya Vitrenko Nataliya Mikhailivna Vitrenko is a Ukrainian politician and scientist. She has a Ph.D in Statistics and Dr. of Social Sciences. She is a mother of three children.-Presidential candidacy:... Bloc - 2.9% Volodymyr Lytvyn Volodymyr Mykhailovych Lytvyn is a Ukrainian politician and the current Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament. Having previously served in that position from 2002 until 2006, he was re-elected in December 2008 after his party agreed to join the former coalition of Yulia... Bloc - 2.5% Viche Viche is a political party in Ukraine registered in May 1993. Before September 2005 the party was known as Constitutional Democratic Party .-History:... " 1.4% |
Source: Korrespondent.net
Polls before the election day
According to earlier polls, front-runners are Party of RegionsParty of Regions
The Party of Regions is an Ukrainian political party created on October 26, 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. It was reformed later in 2001 when the party united with several others...
on 34%, Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc on 24%, as well as President Yushchenko's
Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko is a former President of Ukraine. He took office on January 23, 2005, following a period of popular unrest known as the Orange Revolution...
People's Union Our Ukraine
People's Union Our Ukraine
The Our Ukraine is a centre-right political party of Ukraine formed in 2005. The party supports former president President Viktor Yushchenko...
.
Two other political forces that are virtually assured to pass a 3% barrier are the Socialist Party of Ukraine
Socialist Party of Ukraine
The Socialist Party of Ukraine is a Socialist political party in Ukraine and part of the Verkhovna Rada from 1994 to 2007.It is one of the oldest parties and was created by the former members of the Communist Party of Ukraine in late 1991 when the Communist Party was banned...
headed by Oleksander Moroz and the bloc of the current Speaker
Speaker (politics)
The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...
of Verkhovna Rada, Volodymyr Lytvyn
Volodymyr Lytvyn
Volodymyr Mykhailovych Lytvyn is a Ukrainian politician and the current Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament. Having previously served in that position from 2002 until 2006, he was re-elected in December 2008 after his party agreed to join the former coalition of Yulia...
(based on his former Agrarian Party of Ukraine renamed to the People's Party
People's Party (Ukraine)
The People's Party is a political party in Ukraine. It was previously named as the Agrarian Party of Ukraine . The party is led by Volodymyr Lytvyn...
).
The Communist Party of Ukraine
Communist Party of Ukraine
The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine, currently led by Petro Symonenko.The party fights the Ukrainian national self-determination by identifying any Ukrainian national parties as the National-Fascist ones The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine,...
, which has progressively received less and less votes with each election (25% in 1998, 20% in 2002), is expected to continue their decline in voter support.
Whilst some parties have nominated over 400 candidates, it is unlikely that any single Party will elect over 200 members. In order to form a Government, under Ukraine's constitution, parties will need to form a coalition with two or more voting blocks within the first month following the declaration of the polls.
Razumkov Centre Poll
Each 2 weeks Razumkov CentreRazumkov Centre
Razumkov Centre , or fully the Ukrainian Centre for Economic and Political Studies named after Olexander Razumkov , is a Ukrainian non-governmental public policy think tank....
held a representative national survey.
Table 1 shows the results for the parties likely to pass the three percent threshold.
| Party or electoral bloc | | Nov. 2005 | | Jan. 2006 (1) | | Jan. 2006 (2) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Party of Regions Party of Regions The Party of Regions is an Ukrainian political party created on October 26, 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. It was reformed later in 2001 when the party united with several others... |
17.5% | 24.7% | 27.4% |
| Bloc "Our Ukraine" | 13.5% | 15.4% | 16.9% |
| Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc | 12.4% | 12.0% | 12.7% |
| Socialist Party of Ukraine Socialist Party of Ukraine The Socialist Party of Ukraine is a Socialist political party in Ukraine and part of the Verkhovna Rada from 1994 to 2007.It is one of the oldest parties and was created by the former members of the Communist Party of Ukraine in late 1991 when the Communist Party was banned... |
5.6% | 4.6% | 6.3% |
| Communist Party of Ukraine Communist Party of Ukraine The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine, currently led by Petro Symonenko.The party fights the Ukrainian national self-determination by identifying any Ukrainian national parties as the National-Fascist ones The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine,... |
5.8% | 4.6% | 6.2% |
| Lytvyn Volodymyr Lytvyn Volodymyr Mykhailovych Lytvyn is a Ukrainian politician and the current Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament. Having previously served in that position from 2002 until 2006, he was re-elected in December 2008 after his party agreed to join the former coalition of Yulia... 's People's Bloc |
3.3% | 3.0% | 3.4% |
| Nataliya Vitrenko Nataliya Vitrenko Nataliya Mikhailivna Vitrenko is a Ukrainian politician and scientist. She has a Ph.D in Statistics and Dr. of Social Sciences. She is a mother of three children.-Presidential candidacy:... Bloc "People's Opposition" |
2.6% | 2.5% | 1.8% |
| Other | 5.3% | 7.7% | 7.4% |
| Against all | 6.7% | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| Will not vote | 6.4% | 2.5% | 3.1% |
| Does not know/no opinion | 20.9% | 19.1% | 10.5% |
| Not answered | - | - | 0.2% |
| Total | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| number of respondents | 1993 | 2290 | 2016 |
| precision (p-value) | 2.3% | 2.1% | 2.3% |
The latest Razumkov poll shows a consolidation of voter opinion and if the results of the poll are a true indication of voter intention the voter participation rate will be above 90% of registered voters. Voting in Ukraine is not compulsory. Votes below the 3% threshold are discarded which increases the proportional share of seats allocated to the remaining party/blocs. There is still 10.5% of voters undecided.
Kyiv International Institute of SociologyKyiv International Institute of SociologyKyiv International Institute of Sociology is a Ukrainian organization conducting sociological research in the following fields:* social and socioeconomic research* marketing research* political research* health studies...
Kyiv International Institute of Sociology presented the latest poll on February 9 based on a survey during 20-27 of January.Table 2 shows the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) poll results for the parties likely to pass the three percent threshold.
| Party or electoral bloc | | Ukraine | | West | | Center | | South | | East |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party of Regions Party of Regions The Party of Regions is an Ukrainian political party created on October 26, 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. It was reformed later in 2001 when the party united with several others... |
29.9% | 5.0% | 8.5% | 43.5% | 68.1% |
| Bloc "Our Ukraine" | 18.5% | 38.4% | 23.4% | 9.6% | 2.3% |
| Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc | 10.4% | 16.6% | 16.6% | 5.3% | 2.0% |
| Socialist Party of Ukraine Socialist Party of Ukraine The Socialist Party of Ukraine is a Socialist political party in Ukraine and part of the Verkhovna Rada from 1994 to 2007.It is one of the oldest parties and was created by the former members of the Communist Party of Ukraine in late 1991 when the Communist Party was banned... |
4.0% | 2.1% | 8.9% | 2.0% | 1.5% |
| Communist Party of Ukraine Communist Party of Ukraine The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine, currently led by Petro Symonenko.The party fights the Ukrainian national self-determination by identifying any Ukrainian national parties as the National-Fascist ones The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine,... |
4.5% | 0.9% | 4.3% | 6.5% | 6.0% |
| Lytvyn Volodymyr Lytvyn Volodymyr Mykhailovych Lytvyn is a Ukrainian politician and the current Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament. Having previously served in that position from 2002 until 2006, he was re-elected in December 2008 after his party agreed to join the former coalition of Yulia... 's People's Bloc |
2.6% | 1.8% | 3.8% | 3.7% | 0.4% |
| Nataliya Vitrenko Nataliya Vitrenko Nataliya Mikhailivna Vitrenko is a Ukrainian politician and scientist. She has a Ph.D in Statistics and Dr. of Social Sciences. She is a mother of three children.-Presidential candidacy:... Bloc "People's Opposition" |
1.3% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 2.5% | 1.8% |
| Civic Bloc "Pora Pora PORA! , meaning IT'S TIME! in Ukrainian, is a civic youth organization and political party in Ukraine espousing nonviolent resistance and advocating increased national democracy... " |
0.7% | 1.9% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.2% |
| Greens Party | 0.6% | 0.3% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.2% |
| Ukrainian People's Bloc of Kostenko and Plyusch | 0.5% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Opposition Bloc "Ne Tak" | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.7% |
| Other (less than 0.4% each) | 3.0% | 1.6% | 4.1% | 3.6% | 1.9% |
| Undecided | 13.5% | 20.5% | 13.7% | 12.6% | 7.3% |
| Against all | 5.7% | 4.2% | 10.2% | 3.3% | 4.0% |
| Does not vote | 4.3% | 4.3% | 4.0% | 5.2% | 3.6% |
| Total | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
The map to the right shows the non administrative regional division used by KIIS: The Western region (orange) comprises the eight oblasts of the west - Volyn, Rivne, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Transcarpathia, and Chernivtsi oblasts; the Central region (yellow) is made up by Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv and Kiev oblasts as well as the city of Kiev; the Southern region (light blue) consists of Dnipropetrovsk, Odessa, Mykolayiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia oblasts, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol; the Eastern region (dark blue) includes Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts
See also
- List of political parties in Ukraine
- Voting systems
- Proportional representationProportional representationProportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...
- Alternative vote
- Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2002 took place on March 31. Half of the deputies to Verkhovna Rada were elected on proportional basis, while the other half were elected by popular vote in single-mandate constituencies...
- Ukrainian presidential election, 2004Ukrainian presidential election, 2004The Ukrainian presidential election, 2004 was held on October 31, November 21 and December 26, 2004. The election was the fourth presidential election to take place in Ukraine following independence from the Soviet Union...
- Orange RevolutionOrange RevolutionThe Orange Revolution was a series of protests and political events that took place in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005, in the immediate aftermath of the run-off vote of the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election which was claimed to be marred by massive corruption, voter...