2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election

none Ukraine parliamentary no 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election 2006 30 September 2007 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election 2012 All 450 seats in the Verkhovna Rada 226 62.03% ( 5.52 pp) List of members of the parliament of Ukraine, 2006–07 List of members of the parliament of Ukraine, 2007–2012 150x150px Viktor Yanukovych Party of Regions 19 April 2003 186 seats, 32.78% 175 11 8,013,895 34.94% 2.16pp 150x150px Yulia Tymoshenko Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc 9 February 2001 129 seats, 22.75% 156 27 7,162,193 31.23% 8.48pp 150x150px Yuriy Lutsenko Our Ukraine – People's Self-Defense Bloc 15 April 2007 81 seats, 14.24% 72 9 3,301,282 14.39% 0.15pp 150x150px Petro Symonenko Communist Party of Ukraine 19 June 1993 21 seats, 3.74% 27 6 1,257,291 5.48% 1.78pp 150x150px Volodymyr Lytvyn Lytvyn Bloc 22 October 2005https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/669861 Именное оружие 0 seats, 2.49% 20 20 924,538 4.03% 1.54pp 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election.svg Results by electoral district Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych Party of Regions Yulia Tymoshenko BYuT (Batkivshchyna) Early parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 30 September 2007. The election date was determined following agreement between the President Viktor Yushchenko, the Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) Oleksandr Moroz on 27 May 2007, in an attempt to resolve the political crisis in Ukraine triggered by the 2 April 2007 presidential decree on dissolution of Ukraine's parliament.http://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/data/1_16140.html Ukraine leaders agree on poll date Secretariat of President of Ukraine 2007-05-27 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070906124644/http://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/data/1_16140.html 2007-09-06http://en.for-ua.com/news/2007/05/29/101029.html Ukraine leaders sign joint statement 2007-05-27 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130219181612/http://en.for-ua.com/news/2007/05/29/101029.html 2013-02-19 The 450 seats were divided among all parties that achieved a minimum 3% nationwide vote tally.Against All Odds: Aiding Political Parties in Georgia and Ukraine (UvA Proefschriften) by Max Bader, Vossiuspers UvA, 2010, 90-5629-631-0 (page 93) The number of seats that are allocated to each party, above the 3% participation rate quota, is calculated using the Hamilton method of apportionment.Law 1665-IV 1665-15 On elections of People's deputies of Ukraine 2004-03-25. Article 96. An alliance of two electoral blocs associated with the Orange Revolution, Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) and Our Ukraine-Peoples Self Defence (OU-PSD) obtained a narrow majority of seats,Orange bloc edges to poll victory https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7025382.stm BBC News 2007-10-03 2007-10-03 leaving their main rival, the Party of Regions (PoR) in opposition. Background 2007 Ukrainian political crisis Following the 2006 parliamentary elections, there was an ongoing power struggle between the president and the parliamentary majority, which resulted in the dissolution of parliament.http://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/data/1_14702.html President dissolves parliament Press office of President Victor Yushchenko 2007-04-02 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070901163210/http://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/data/1_14702.html 2007-09-01 The majority in the parliament, known as Coalition of National Unity, was formed by Party of Regions, Communist Party, and Socialist Party. It was opposed by Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and Our Ukraine. Early in 2007, several members of the opposition indicated their support to the ruling coalition. If sufficient numbers of members of parliament supported the government, the Coalition of National Unity could have secured a two-thirds majority, empowering the parliament to override the president's right of veto and enabling the parliament to initiate limited constitutional changes. On 2 April 2007, Yushchenko decreed the dissolution of the Verkhovna Rada.http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8975348 Tragedy and farce The Economist 2007-04-04 The authority of the president to dismiss the parliament was challenged in the Constitutional Court,http://www.minjust.gov.ua/files/The_Legal_Opinion_of_the_Ministry_of_Justice.rtf Legal Opinion with regard to the results of legal examination of Decree of the President of Ukraine dated April, 2 the year 2007 N 264 "On pre-term abatement of authority of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine" Ministry of Justice Ukraine DOC 2008-02-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20070927225907/http://www.minjust.gov.ua/files/The_Legal_Opinion_of_the_Ministry_of_Justice.rtf 2007-09-27 deadhttp://assembly.coe.int/Mainf.asp?link=/Documents/AdoptedText/ta07/ERES1549.htm Functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine PACE PACE 2007-04-19 Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071116103456/http://assembly.coe.int/Mainf.asp?link=%2FDocuments%2FAdoptedText%2Fta07%2FERES1549.htm 2007-11-16 however following the president's intervention in the operation of the Constitutional Court the court has not ruled on the constitutionality of the president's decree.http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/56286.html Constitutional Court Judge Havrysh Doubts Constitutional Court Will Consider Petition On Constitutionality Of September 30 Rada Elections Ukrainian News agency 2007-07-24 dead https://archive.today/20130105065756/http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/56286.html 2013-01-05http://en.for-ua.com/news/2007/08/03/161518.html Lavrynovych: Early elections should have been already recognized invalid today Inter-Media, ForUm 2007-08-03 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070929102952/http://en.for-ua.com/news/2007/08/03/161518.html 2007-09-29http://www.pravda.com.ua/en/news/2007/7/20/8377.htm Stanik Back Into the CC 2006-07-20 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070930222936/http://www.pravda.com.ua/en/news/2007/7/20/8377.htm 2007-09-30http://www.eng.for-ua.com/news/2007/05/03/103007.html Yushchenko dismissed CCU judges 2006-05-17 for-ua dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103211/http://www.eng.for-ua.com/news/2007/05/03/103007.html September 29, 2007 http://www.korrespondent.net/main/190075 Stanik and Pshenychnyy returned to CC 2007-05-17 Korrespondenthttp://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/112528.html Supreme Court Restores Stanik As Constitutional Court Judge Ukrainian News agency 2008-03-27 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080509123552/http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/112528.html 2008-05-09 The election was originally scheduled to be held on 27 May 2007 and later postponed to 24 June 2007. On 27 May 2007 an agreement was signed by President Viktor Yushchenko, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, and Parliamentary Speaker Oleksandr Moroz, scheduling the elections to be held on 30 September 2007. http://en.for-ua.com/news/2007/05/29/101029.html Ukraine leaders sign joint statement ForUm 2007-05-29 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130219181612/http://en.for-ua.com/news/2007/05/29/101029.html 2013-02-19 The President's previous decrees were revoked and a new decree based on the provisions of Article 82 and Article 90 of Ukraine's Constitution was issued in its place in August 2007 following the resignation of over 150 members of the opposition parties. Timetable August 2 - Commencement of Official Campaign August 3 - The Central Election Commission of Ukraine (CEC) is to make decision about giving an airtime for blocs and parties at the budget expense August 4 - The CEC must hold a draw to establish broadcast priorities; Deadline for setting of the ballot’s form and text August 14 - The CEC has to prepare information placards of election participants and send them to district election commissions August 22 - Ballots papers to be submitted for printing August 24 - Close of Registration by Foreign Observers August 25 - Close of Party List nominations; State television and radio broadcasters should submit a schedule of parties and bloc’s commercial August 28 - CEC verification of nominations finalized August 30 - Party and Block registration documentation deadline; Close of registration for civil organizations to petition for participation of official observers September 2 - Official publication of Election List September 26 - Border Services to submit list of Ukrainian Citizens who have left the country and have not returned September 30 - Parliamentary Elections October 15 - Preliminary announcement of election results October 20 - Official final announcement of election results Registered parties and blocs Number in parentheses is the number of candidates included on the party list. Parties or blocs that obtained 3% or more of the vote are in bold. 30em Communist Party of Ukraine (444) Party of Regions (450) Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine (403) Our Ukraine – People's Self-Defense Bloc (401) All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom" (351) Lytvyn's Bloc (260) Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (447) Socialist Party of Ukraine (282) All-Ukrainian Party of People's Trust (86) Party of National Economic Development of Ukraine (136) Bloc "All-Ukrainian Community" (103) Electoral bloc of Liudmyla Suprun – Ukrainian Regional Asset (387) Party of Free Democrats (85) Communist Party of Ukraine (renewed) (41) Peasant's Bloc "Agricultural Ukraine" (136) Party of Greens of Ukraine (147) Ukrainian People's Bloc (213) Electoral bloc of political parties "KUCHMA" (168) Bloc of Party of Pensioners of Ukraine (92) Christian's Bloc (225) Conduct 3354 international observers were officially registered to monitor the conduct of the election.http://www.cvk.gov.ua/vnd2007/w6p041pt001f01=600.html International observers Central Election Commission of Ukraine 2007-10-17 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071003121744/http://www.cvk.gov.ua/vnd2007/w6p041pt001f01=600.html 2007-10-03 Representatives of the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Fair Election organization registered officials with the Central Elections Committee. The OSCE closely worked with Ukrainian officials in the design, administration, and conduct of the election. Observers declared that elections generally met international standards for democratic elections. However they noted:http://www.csce.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=UserGroups.Home&ContentRecord_id=131&ContentType=G Ukraine's Pre-Term Parliamentary Elections and Demonstrable Commitment to Democratic Standards focus of Commission Initiatives Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe 2007-12-06 2008-02-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20110524161312/http://www.csce.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=UserGroups.Home&ContentRecord_id=131&ContentType=G 2011-05-24 deadhttp://www.osce.org/documents/odihr/2007/12/29054_en.pdf OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission Report Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe 2007-12-20 2008-02-07 2008-02-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20080216060130/http://www.osce.org/documents/odihr/2007/12/29054_en.pdf deadhttp://enemo.eu/press/Ukraine2007_final_report_ENG.pdf Final report on 2007 parliamentary elections in Ukraine European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations delays in the formation of district and precinct election commissions the inadequate quality of voter lists possible disenfranchisement of voters due to law amendments on: abolishment of absentee ballots removing from lists voters who have crossed the state border after 1 August 2007. modalities for voting at home extensive campaigning by state and local officials from all sides in violation of law. Exit polls thumb|Voting process overview. thumb|Voting ballot. thumb|Election process. thumb|Vote counting. Party National Exit Poll Sotsiovymir Ukrainian Exit Poll Public Strategies Party of Regions 35.3 33.9 34.9 34.5 Yulia Tymoshenko Electoral Bloc 31.5 32.5 32.4 30.4 Our Ukraine – People's Self-Defense Bloc 13.5 14.7 14.1 14.4 Communist Party of Ukraine 5.1 4.4 4.5 5.2 Lytvyn's Bloc 3.8 4.0 3.8 4.0 Socialist Party of Ukraine 2.5 2.4 2.1 - Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine 1.5 - - - Other parties and blocs 3.9 - - - Against all 2.9 2.8 4.3 - Results The first polling places to open were at the Ukrainian embassies in Australia and Japan. Election districts were open from 7:00AM until 10:00PM local time. According to the Central Election Commission of Ukraine 63.22% of registered voters cast ballots.2007-10-01 First CEC result http://pravda.com.ua/news/2007/10/1/64710.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071205115432/http://pravda.com.ua/news/2007/10/1/64710.htm 2007-12-05 2007-10-01 Pravda uk This easily exceeded the 50% participation required by Ukrainian law to make the election valid. Five parties received the required election threshold of 3% of the total vote and entered the Verkhovna Rada: Party of Regions (PoR), Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT), Our Ukraine-Peoples Self Defence (OU-PSD), the Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU) and the Bloc Lytvyn (BL). The Socialist Party of Ukraine (SPU) secured only 2.86% of the vote and as such did not win any seats in the new parliament. Had the Socialist Party received an additional 0.14% of the vote the overall results would have been more or less the same as the previous Ukrainian parliamentary election in 2006 with the addition of Bloc Lytvyn representatives. Party of Regions 8013895 175 –11 Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc 7162193 156 +27 Our Ukraine — People's Self-Defense 3301282 72 –9 Communist Party of Ukraine 1257291 27 +6 Lytvyn Bloc 924538 20 +20 Socialist Party of Ukraine 668234 0 –33 Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine 309008 0 0 Svoboda 178660 0 0 Party of Greens of Ukraine 94505 0 0 Ukrainian Regional Asset (Hurray!) 80944 0 0 Communist Party of Ukraine (renewed) 68602 0 0 Party of Free Democrats 50852 0 New Bloc of the Party of Pensioners of Ukraine 34845 0 0 Party of National Economic Development of Ukraine 33489 0 0 Ukrainian People's Bloc 28414 0 New Peasants' Bloc "Agrarian Ukraine" 25675 0 New Christian Bloc 24597 0 0 KUCHMA Bloc 23676 0 New All-Ukrainian Community 12327 0 New Party of People's Trust 5342 0 0 Against all 637185 379658 0 37588040 Central Electoral Commission Support of leading parties and blocs by administrative regions thumb|Party of Regions results (34.37%) thumb|Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc results (30.71%) thumb|Our Ukraine People's Self-Defence results (14.15%) thumb|Communist Party of Ukraine results (5.39%) thumb|Bloc Lytvyn Party results (3.96%) thumb|Socialist Party of Ukraine results (2.86%) RegionVoter registrationVoter turnoutPoRBYuTOU-PSDCPUBLSPUAutonomous Republic of Crimea1,568,07055.861.06.98.27.63.91.9Cherkasy Oblast1,095,05860.115.547.015.34.94.94.3Chernihiv Oblast939,07261.820.741.914.96.74.22.9Chernivtsi Oblast705,27258.216.846.220.32.32.53.8Dnipropetrovsk Oblast2,810,16858.948.720.86.27.65.01.3Donetsk Oblast3,620,88866.076.04.52.06.81.01.3Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast1,080,29672.63.050.736.80.81.00.8Kharkiv Oblast2,282,99358.349.616.48.18.34.62.6Kherson Oblast893,44255.543.223.19.19.13.72.5Khmelnytskyi Oblast1,083,96866.314.148.218.44.06.61.7Kirovohrad Oblast614,83257.927.037.611.76.45.52.8Kyiv2,151,57663.515.046.215.84.66.61.6Kyiv Oblast1,679,19761.913.053.415.13.05.12.2Luhansk Oblast1,898,63766.373.55.11.78.52.41.3Lviv Oblast2,002,37273.94.250.436.01.01.10.6Mykolaiv Oblast971,03857.654.416.65.87.24.51.9Odesa Oblast1,851,86854.552.213.76.56.25.17.2Poltava Oblast1250,95261.924.837.914.56.54.93.0Rivne Oblast865,09268.710.451.020.82.46.12.1Sevastopol308,92859.764.55.02.310.32.52.7Sumy Oblast990,57562.015.744.520.85.83.32.0Ternopil Oblast870,21476.53.051.635.20.71.61.1Vinnytsia Oblast1,342,60864.512.650.018.65.03.12.5Volyn Oblast801,55771.06.757.620.02.74.61.9Zakarpattia Oblast946,52552.119.828.931.11.86.03.5Zhytomyr Oblast1,044,85262.522.437.015.15.88.32.5Zaporizhzhia Oblast1,515,83261.455.514.74.78.35.52.3Foreign Embassies431,1426.026.533.125.51.62.31.2Ukraine37,185,88262.034.430.714.25.44.02.9 Maps + Maps showing the top six parties support - percentage of total national vote 250px|center|Party of Regions results (34.37%) 250px|center|Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc results (30.71% 250px|center|Our Ukraine People's Self-Defence results (14.15%) 250px|center|Communist Party of Ukraine results (5.39%) 250px|center|Bloc Lytvyn Party results (3.96%) 250px|center|Socialist Party of Ukraine results (2.86%) Comparison with previous elections In 2006, minor parties that received less than the 3% statutory representation threshold, accounted for 17% of all registered votes. In 2007, this number had fallen to 5.5%. This 11.5% difference shows a voter consolidation towards major political parties. The most prominent winners of the 2007 election were the Tymoshenko- and the Lytvyn Bloc, who gained 27 and 20 parliamentary seats respectively, while the Socialist Party lost all of its 33 seats. The Our Ukraine bloc merged with the newly formed People's Self-Defence. Despite a marginal 0.15% gain of votes, they lost 9 of their 81 previously held seats. Voter turnout fell 5.5%, from 67.5% in 2006 to 62% in 2007. Charts + Results of the parliamentary elections: 264px|center|Political alignment 2007 264px|center|Vote percentage 2006 to 2007 (Top Six parties) 264px|Swing 2006 to 2007 (Top Six parties) Charts 2006 + Results of the parliamentary elections: 264px|center|Political alignment 2006 264px|center|Vote percentage 2006(Top seven parties) Regional results (in %) of the six parliamentary political parties or blocs in the 2006 and 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary elections |- !rowspan=2 | Region ! colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | PR ! colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | BYuT ! colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | OU / UO-PSD ! colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | SPU ! colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | CPU |- !2006 !2007 !2006 !2007 !2006 !2007 !2006 !2007 !2006 !2007 |- !|Ukraine !32.1 !34.4 !22.3 !30.7 !14.0 !14.2 !5.7 !2.9 !3.7 !5.4 |- |Autonomous Republic Crimea |58.0 |61.0 |6.5 |6.9 |7.6 |8.2 |1.2 |1.9 |4.5 |7.6 |- |Vinnytsia Oblast |8.2 |12.6 |33.3 |50.0 |20.0 |18.6 |14.7 |2.5 |3.4 |5.0 |- |Volyn Oblast |4.5 |6.7 |43.9 |57.6 |20.7 |20.0 |4.1 |1.9 |2.2 |2.7 |- |Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |45.0 |48.2 |15.0 |20.9 |5.3 |6.3 |3.8 |1.4 |5.7 |7.6 |- |Donetsk Oblast |73.6 |72.1 |2.5 |3.9 |1.4 |1.6 |3.7 |8.0 |3.1 |6.0 |- |Zhytomyr Oblast |18.0 |22.4 |24.9 |37.0 |17.5 |15.1 |8.9 |2.5 |5.4 |5.8 |- |Zakarpattia Oblast |18.7 |19.8 |20.3 |28.9 |25.8 |31.1 |3.6 |3.5 |1.3 |1.8 |- |Zaporizhzhia Oblast |51.2 |55.5 |10.9 |14.7 |5.3 |4.7 |2.9 |2.3 |5.3 |8.3 |- |Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |1.9 |3.0 |30.4 |50.7 |45.1 |36.8 |2.3 |0.8 |0.6 |0.8 |- |Kyiv Oblast |9.9 |13.0 |44.5 |53.4 |11.6 |15.1 |10.2 |2.1 |2.3 |2.9 |- |Kirovohrad Oblast |20.1 |27.0 |30.1 |37.6 |8.7 |11.7 |9.7 |2.8 |6.1 |6.4 |- |Luhansk Oblast |74.3 |73.5 |3.7 |5.0 |2.0 |1.7 |1.2 |1.2 |4.4 |8.4 |- |Lviv Oblast |3.0 |4.2 |33.0 |50.4 |38.0 |36.0 |2.2 |0.6 |0.7 |1.0 |- |Mykolaiv Oblast |50.3 |54.4 |11.9 |16.6 |5.6 |5.8 |4.3 |1.9 |5.3 |7.2 |- |Odesa Oblast |47.5 |52.2 |9.9 |13.7 |6.4 |6.5 |6.3 |7.2 |3.2 |6.2 |- |Poltava Oblast |20.4 |24.8 |26.8 |37.9 |13.2 |14.5 |12.7 |3.8 |5.4 |6.5 |- |Rivne Oblast |7.2 |10.4 |31.3 |51.0 |25.5 |20.8 |6.5 |2.1 |1.9 |2.4 |- |Sumy Oblast |10.9 |15.7 |33.3 |44.5 |19.4 |20.7 |10.6 |2.0 |5.4 |5.8 |- |Ternopil Oblast |2.0 |3.0 |34.5 |51.6 |34.2 |35.2 |3.7 |1.1 |0.4 |0.7 |- |Kharkiv Oblast |51.7 |49.6 |12.7 |16.4 |5.9 |8.1 |2.8 |2.6 |4.6 |8.3 |- |Kherson Oblast |39.1 |43.2 |17.4 |23.0 |9.8 |9.0 |4.8 |2.5 |6.8 |9.1 |- |Khmelnytskyi Oblast |10.0 |14.1 |35.6 |48.2 |18.3 |18.4 |9.2 |1.7 |3.1 |4.0 |- |Cherkasy Oblast |10.7 |15.5 |38.3 |47.0 |12.2 |15.3 |13.4 |4.3 |4.4 |4.9 |- |Chernihiv Oblast |15.6 |20.7 |33.9 |41.9 |10.3 |14.9 |12.9 |2.9 |5.5 |6.7 |- |Chernivtsi Oblast |12.7 |16.8 |30.3 |46.2 |27.0 |20.3 |4.5 |3.8 |1.7 |2.3 |- |Kyiv |11.8 |15.0 |39.2 |46.2 |15.8 |15.8 |5.5 |1.6 |3.0 |4.6 |- |Sevastopol |64.3 |64.5 |4.5 |5.0 |2.4 |2.3 |0.8 |2.7 |4.8 |10.3 |- | colspan=11 style="text-align:left;" |Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine (Ukrainian) |} Major Urban centre results (in %) of the six parliamentary political parties or blocs in the 2006 and 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary elections |- !rowspan=2 | Major cities ! colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | PR ! colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | BYuT ! colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | OU / UO-PSD ! colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | SPU ! colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | CPU |- !2006 !2007 !2006 !2007 !2006 !2007 !2006 !2007 !2006 !2007 |- !|Ukraine !32.1 !34.4 !22.3 !30.7 !14.0 !14.2 !5.7 !2.9 !3.7 !5.4 |- |Vinnytsia |10.2 |13.5 |40.5 |54.2 |17.2 |14.3 |8.3 |2.0 |3.2 |4.7 |- |Dnipropetrovsk |41.1 |43.7 |16.3 |22.8 |6.2 |6.8 |3.4 |1.6 |4.2 |7.2 |- |Donetsk |72.6 |76.0 |2.7 |4.5 |1.8 |2.0 |1.0 |1.3 |2.9 |6.8 |- |Zhytomyr |21.2 |24.5 |31.2 |40.0 |12.9 |11.5 |6.1 |2.1 |5.1 |5.8 |- |Zaporizhzhia |44.2 |50.6 |14.6 |19.1 |6.6 |5.5 |2.5 |1.4 |5.0 |8.6 |- |Kirovohrad |18.9 |26.8 |39.6 |42.2 |7.5 |8.9 |5.2 |2.2 |5.0 |5.8 |- |Kryvyi Rih |47.3 |48.8 |14.2 |19.9 |5.8 |5.8 |2.9 |0.9 |8.3 |9.2 |- |Luhansk |70.5 |67.8 |5.5 |7.1 |2.0 |2.0 |0.9 |1.1 |3.4 |8.7 |- |L'viv |6.5 |8.4 |27.7 |43.6 |34.4 |34.1 |3.0 |0.9 |1.5 |2.4 |- |Makiivka |80.6 |82.6 |1.6 |3.1 |1.0 |1.1 |0.5 |0.6 |1.8 |4.8 |- |Mariupol |56.4 |42.6 |1.9 |3.1 |1.7 |1.6 |18.4 |42.4 |3.5 |4.1 |- |Mykolaiv |55.1 |59.4 |10.2 |13.8 |4.5 |4.4 |1.6 |1.2 |3.5 |6.8 |- |Odesa |44.2 |52.7 |13.0 |15.5 |6.9 |6.3 |4.8 |3.4 |2.5 |7.2 |- |Poltava |25.6 |26.8 |33.1 |41.1 |11.4 |10.5 |4.9 |1.9 |4.4 |6.3 |- |Rivne |10.1 |12.5 |32.2 |48.2 |19.8 |20.6 |8.0 |1.9 |2.7 |3.4 |- |Simferopol |56.0 |59.0 |6.5 |6.9 |5.2 |5.8 |0.9 |1.1 |5.2 |9.2 |- |Sumy |6.9 |10.8 |46.7 |55.8 |20.9 |18.1 |4.1 |1.2 |3.4 |3.7 |- |Kharkiv |49.5 |45.7 |14.7 |18.9 |6.9 |8.1 |1.7 |2.4 |3.8 |8.6 |- |Chernihiv |23.5 |28.5 |31.9 |36.1 |7.5 |10.1 |8.0 |2.8 |7.5 |7.0 |- |Chernivtsi |15.6 |19.8 |34.9 |45.8 |18.7 |16.8 |3.7 |1.6 |2.3 |3.6 |- | colspan=11 style="text-align:left;" |Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine (Ukrainian) |} Government formation thumb|left|Parliament 2007 Following the announcement of preliminary election results, the parties expressed their position on forming the coalition. The Party of Regions announced itself a winner of the election and stated that it started negotiations on forming a ruling coalition. The party did not express the desire to be in opposition. Tymoshenko's Bloc advocated a coalition with Our Ukraine and possibly Lytvyn's Bloc. Yulia Tymoshenko was strongly against any coalition with the Party of Regions or the Communists. She stated that her Bloc would be in opposition should such a coalition be formed. President Yushchenko has expressed the need for a better relationship between coalition and opposition. This should be achieved by providing the opposition with posts in the parliament and the government. Lytvyn's Bloc received proposals from all top parties on forming a coalition. Leaders of the Bloc stated that their decision will be made at the party's assembly. Oleksandr Moroz, the leader of the Socialist Party of Ukraine, acknowledged his defeat on 4 October 2007 and supported Tymoshenko's bid for premiership.http://www2.pravda.com.ua/en/news/2007/10/4/9121.htm Moroz Recognizes Defeat and Stands for Tymoshenko's Premiership Halyna Bondaruk Ukrainska Pravda 2007-10-04 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071012010341/http://pravda.com.ua/en/news/2007/10/4/9121.htm 2007-10-12 Yulia Tymoshenko, following the formation of a coalition between the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and Our Ukraine – People's Self-Defense Bloc was subsequently elected prime-minister on 18 December 2007. Her candidacy was supported by the vote of 226 deputies.Parliament named Tymoshenko as the Prime Minister of Ukraine http://korrespondent.net/ukraine/politics/319536 Korrespondent December 18, 2007 2007-12-18 ru The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is competent on the condition that no less than two-thirds of its constitutional composition has been elected. This means that if any one of the two largest parties resign en masse, the parliament would lose its authority and fresh elections would be required. Parliamentary factions after the elections After the election various factions were formed in parliament. It was possible for 15 or more deputies to form a parliamentary faction (a lawmaker could join only one faction; the chairman and his two assistants could not head factions of deputies).Rada Approves Cancellation Of Rule That Bans Deputies From Switching Factions https://web.archive.org/web/20101009194535/http://www.finchannel.com/Main_News/Ukraine/72720_Rada_Approves_Cancellation_Of_Rule_That_Bans_Deputies_From_Switching_Factions_/ 2010-10-09 , FINANCIAL (October 8, 2010)Update: Return to 1996 Constitution strengthens president, raises legal questions, Kyiv Post (October 1, 2010)Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: The functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine, Kyiv Post (October 5, 2010)Verkhovna Rada decree 2222-IV 2222-15 About the amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine December 8, 2004Rada amends regulations of its activities, Kyiv Post (October 8, 2010) hence not all parties represented in the Verkhovna Rada had their own faction. Factions are colored raspberry. Party of Regions Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko – Fatherland (In November 2010 the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc faction in the Verkhovna Rada was officially renamed Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko – Fatherland.) All-Ukrainian Union Fatherland Reforms and Order Party, Our Ukraine – People's Self-Defense Bloc People's Union "Our Ukraine"http://www.razom.org.ua/ Informational site "RAZOM" 2007-10-02 People's Union "Our Ukraine" https://web.archive.org/web/20070430140205/http://www.razom.org.ua/ 2007-04-30 dead Christian Democratic Union People's Self-Defense Political Party (Former Forward, Ukraine!http://www.vpered-ukraino.org/ Party "Forward, Ukraine!" 2007-10-02 Forward, Ukraine! dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070927065325/http://www.vpered-ukraino.org/ 2007-09-27) People's Movement of Ukraine,http://www.nru.org.ua/en/ Homepage 2007-10-02 People's Movement of Ukraine usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20071004222200/http://www.nru.org.ua/en/ 2007-10-04 Ukrainian People's Partyhttp://www.unp-ua.org/ Ukrainian People's Party 2007-10-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20071002062755/http://www.unp-ua.org/ 2007-10-02 dead Ukrainian Platform "Sobor"http://www.urpsobor.org.ua/ Ukrainian Republican Party Assembly 2007-10-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20071001224337/http://www.urpsobor.org.ua/ 2007-10-01 dead European Party of Ukraine PORAПОРА – громадянська партія ПОРА http://www.pora.org.ua/ Official website Civic party "PORA" Pora.org.ua November 13, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081110085317/http://pora.org.ua/ November 10, 2008 Motherland Defenders Party Communist Party of Ukraine People's Party faction (In November 2010 the Lytvyn Bloc faction in the Verkhovna Rada was renamed People's Party faction.) People's Party Factions created during the convocation Reforms for the Future Leaders of factions/groups Oleksandr Yefremov (Party of Regions) Andriy Kozhemiakin (Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko - Batkivshchyna)BYT-Batkivschyna replaces its leader, Kyiv Post (7 December 2011)Tymoshenko aware of change in leadership of BYT-Batkivschyna faction, Kyiv Post (7 December 2011) Mykola Martynenko (Our Ukraine – People's Self-Defense Bloc) Petro Symonenko (Communist Party of Ukraine) Ihor Sharov (People's Party, formerly Bloc of Volodymyr Lytvyn) Ihor Rybakov (Reforms for the Future) Extra-parliamentary parties representation within the Verkhovna Rada Front of Changes (Members were part of the Our Ukraine – People's Self-Defense Bloc faction.) United Centre (Members were part of the Our Ukraine – People's Self-Defense Bloc faction.) Communist Party of Workers and Peasants (Chairman Leonid Hrach was expelled from the Communist Party and its faction in the Verkhovna Rada in December 2010Hrach claims he has evidence of corruption in Communist Party leadership https://web.archive.org/web/20160120114621/http://www.kievpost.net/news/politics/detail/98742/ 2016-01-20 , Kyiv Post (April 20, 2012)) Radical Party of Ukraine was represented by Oleh Lyashko (former Fatherland)uk Радикальна партія Олега Ляшка, RBK Ukraineuk Олег Ляшко офіційно перейменував свою партію, 24 News (14 December 2011)Yulia Tymoshenko bloc expels two deputies from parliament faction, Kyiv Post (19 October 2010)ru Ляшко Олег Валерьевич, Информационно-аналитический центр "ЛІГА" Ukraine – Forward! (the renamed Ukrainian Social-Democratic PartyKorolevska everywhere, but is she going anywhere?, Kyiv Post (March 30, 2012)) Parliamentary parties that dissolved or merged during the convocation Strong Ukraineuk Тігіпко створив свій виборчий блок, Gazeta.ua (February 22, 2010) (Strong Ukraine merged with Party of Regions on March 17, 2012;Tigipko hooks up with Party of Regions, Kyiv Post (March 20, 2012)Strong Ukraine party decides on disbanding to join Regions Party, Kyiv Post (March 17, 2012) the former members of Strong Ukraine remained part of the People's Party faction) Faction changes after the 2007 elections Numerous MPs were removed from their original faction after the 2007 election;BYuT-Batkivschyna parliament faction expels 28 members, Kyiv Post (September 21, 2010) several left their (original) faction to join another faction in October 2010.Seven individual MPs join Regions Party faction, Our Ukraine MP joins Lytvyn Bloc From 2006 till October 2010 this was not allowed because of the (so-called) "imperative mandate". In November 2010 the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc faction was officially renamed “Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko-Batkivschyna”.uk Фракція БЮТ змінила свою назву https://web.archive.org/web/20131214230310/http://vikna.stb.ua/ua/news/2010/11/16/42193/ 2013-12-14 , STB (November 16, 2010) and the Bloc of Lytvyn faction was renamed People's Party faction.Bloc of Lytvyn faction renamed, Kyiv Post (November 19, 2010) On February 16, 2011 a new parliamentary faction "Reforms for the Future" was created.Individual deputies create Reforms for the Sake of Future group in parliament, Kyiv Post (February 16, 2011)Група "Реформи заради майбутнього" у Верховній Раді УкраїниApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes The parliament elected in the following election on 28 October 2012 was appointed and started its tasks six weeks after the elections on 12 December 2012.You Scratch My Back, and I’ll Scratch Yours, The Ukrainian Week (26 September 2012) The parliament elected in 2007 convened on 6 December 2012 for the last time.Parliament of sixth convocation ends its work, Kyiv Post (6 December 2012) Fraction changes after the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007 |- |style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Parties and alliances !style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Seats on September 30, 2007http://www.cvk.gov.ua/vnd2007/w6p001e.html Central Election Commission of Ukraine 2007-09-29 2007-10-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20071011035813/http://www.cvk.gov.ua/vnd2007/w6p001e.html dead ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Seats on December 31, 2010http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/site/p_fractions Депутатські фракції Official website of the Verkhovna Rada Deputy factions uk https://web.archive.org/web/20101015205536/http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/site/p_fractions 2010-10-15 ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Seats on December 31, 2011 ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Seats in March 2012 ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Seats in September 2012 ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Seats in November 2012uk Пам'ятні моменти Верховної Ради VI скликання Memorable moments of the Verkhovna Rada of VI convocation, RBC Ukraine (28 October 2012) ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Total loss/gain 10px  10px |- | style="text-align:left;" |Party of Regions | style="vertical-align:top;" |175 | style="vertical-align:top;" |180 | style="vertical-align:top;" |192 | style="vertical-align:top;" |192 | style="vertical-align:top;" |195 | style="vertical-align:top;" |195 | style="vertical-align:top;" |10px 20 seats |- | style="text-align:left;" |Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc | style="vertical-align:top;" |156 | style="vertical-align:top;" |113 | style="vertical-align:top;" |102 | style="vertical-align:top;" |100 | style="vertical-align:top;" |98 | style="vertical-align:top;" |97 | style="vertical-align:top;" |10px 59 seats |- | style="text-align:left;" |Our Ukraine – People's Self-Defense Bloc | style="vertical-align:top;" |72 | style="vertical-align:top;" |71 | style="vertical-align:top;" |65 | style="vertical-align:top;" |65 | style="vertical-align:top;" |63 | style="vertical-align:top;" |63 | style="vertical-align:top;" |10px 9 seats |- | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of Ukraine | style="vertical-align:top;" |27 | style="vertical-align:top;" |25 | style="vertical-align:top;" |25 | style="vertical-align:top;" |25 | style="vertical-align:top;" |25 | style="vertical-align:top;" |25 | style="vertical-align:top;" |10px 2 seats |- | style="text-align:left;" |Lytvyn Bloc | style="vertical-align:top;" |20 | style="vertical-align:top;" |20 | style="vertical-align:top;" |20 | style="vertical-align:top;" |20 | style="vertical-align:top;" |20 | style="vertical-align:top;" |20 | style="vertical-align:top;" | |- | style="text-align:left;" |Reforms for the Future | style="vertical-align:top;" |Did not exist | style="vertical-align:top;" |Did not exist | style="vertical-align:top;" |20 | style="vertical-align:top;" |19 | style="vertical-align:top;" |19 | style="vertical-align:top;" |19 | style="vertical-align:top;" |10px 19 seats |- | style="text-align:left;" |Parliamentarians not members of faction | style="vertical-align:top;" |0 | style="vertical-align:top;" |41 | style="vertical-align:top;" |26 | style="vertical-align:top;" |29 | style="vertical-align:top;" |30 | style="vertical-align:top;" |31 | style="vertical-align:top;" |10px 31 seats |} See also List of members of the parliament of Ukraine, 2007–2012 References External links Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007 – Central Election Commission of Ukraine Exit poll 2007 Serhiy Vasylchenko: Electoral Geography of Ukraine 1991 - 2010 Category:Parliamentary elections in Ukraine Ukraine Parliamentary Parliamentary Category:6th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Category:September 2007 elections