2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election

2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election

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All 450 seats to the Verkhovna Rada
226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout62.03% (Decrease 5.52 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Viktor Yanukovych Yulia Tymoshenko Yuriy Lutsenko
Party Party of Regions Tymoshenko Bloc Our Ukraine Bloc
Leader since 19 April 2003 9 February 2001 15 April 2007
Last election 186 seats, 32.78% 129 seats, 22.75% 81 seats, 14.24%
Seats won 175 156 72
Seat change Decrease 11 Increase 27 Decrease 9
Popular vote 8,013,895 7,162,193 3,301,282
Percentage 34.94% 31.23% 14.39%
Swing Increase 2.16% Increase 8.48% Decrease 0.15%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Petro Symonenko Volodymyr Lytvyn
Party KPU Lytvyn Bloc
Leader since 19 June 1993 22 October 2005[1]
Last election 21 seats, 3.74% 0 seats, 2.49%
Seats won 27 20
Seat change Increase 6 Increase 20
Popular vote 1,257,291 924,538
Percentage 5.48% 4.03%
Swing Increase 1.78% Increase 1.54%

Results by electoral district

Prime Minister before election

Viktor Yanukovych
Party of Regions

Elected Prime Minister

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.[2][3]

The 450 seats were divided among all parties that achieved a minimum 3% nationwide vote tally.[4] The number of seats that are allocated to each party, above the 3% participation rate quota, is calculated using the Hamilton method of apportionment.[5]

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,[6] leaving their main rival, the Party of Regions (PoR) in opposition.

  1. ^ https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/669861 Именное оружие
  2. ^ "Ukraine leaders agree on poll date". Secretariat of President of Ukraine. 2007-05-27. Archived from the original on 2007-09-06.
  3. ^ "Ukraine leaders sign joint statement". 2007-05-27. Archived from the original on 2013-02-19.
  4. ^ Against All Odds: Aiding Political Parties in Georgia and Ukraine (UvA Proefschriften) by Max Bader, Vossiuspers UvA, 2010, ISBN 90-5629-631-0 (page 93)
  5. ^ Laws of Ukraine. Law No. 1665-IV: On elections of People's deputies of Ukraine. Adopted on 2004-03-25. (Ukrainian). Article 96.
  6. ^ "Orange bloc edges to poll victory". BBC News. 2007-10-03. Retrieved 2007-10-03.