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{{Politics of Ukraine}}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.NEWS,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,www.president.gov.ua/en/news/data/1_16140.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20070906124644www.president.gov.ua/en/news/data/1_16140.html,">web.archive.org/web/20070906124644www.president.gov.ua/en/news/data/1_16140.html, 2007-09-06, NEWS,en.for-ua.com/news/2007/05/29/101029.html, Ukraine leaders sign joint statement, 2007-05-27, dead,en.for-ua.com/news/2007/05/29/101029.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20130219181612en.for-ua.com/news/2007/05/29/101029.html,">web.archive.org/web/20130219181612en.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, {{ISBN|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.UKRAINIAN LAW, 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,NEWS, Orange bloc edges to poll victory,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

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.WEB,www.president.gov.ua/en/news/data/1_14702.html, President dissolves parliament, Press office of President Victor Yushchenko, 2007-04-02, dead,www.president.gov.ua/en/news/data/1_14702.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20070901163210www.president.gov.ua/en/news/data/1_14702.html,">web.archive.org/web/20070901163210www.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.WEB,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,WEB,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,www.minjust.gov.ua/files/The_Legal_Opinion_of_the_Ministry_of_Justice.rtf," title="web.archive.org/web/20070927225907www.minjust.gov.ua/files/The_Legal_Opinion_of_the_Ministry_of_Justice.rtf,">web.archive.org/web/20070927225907www.minjust.gov.ua/files/The_Legal_Opinion_of_the_Ministry_of_Justice.rtf, 2007-09-27, dead, WEB,assembly.coe.int/Mainf.asp?link=/Documents/AdoptedText/ta07/ERES1549.htm, Functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine, PACE, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, PACE, 2007-04-19, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, dead,assembly.coe.int/Mainf.asp?link=%2FDocuments%2FAdoptedText%2Fta07%2FERES1549.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20071116103456assembly.coe.int/Mainf.asp?link=%2FDocuments%2FAdoptedText%2Fta07%2FERES1549.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20071116103456assembly.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.WEB,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,www.ukranews.com/eng/article/56286.html," title="archive.today/20130105065756www.ukranews.com/eng/article/56286.html,">archive.today/20130105065756www.ukranews.com/eng/article/56286.html, 2013-01-05, WEB,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,en.for-ua.com/news/2007/08/03/161518.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20070929102952en.for-ua.com/news/2007/08/03/161518.html,">web.archive.org/web/20070929102952en.for-ua.com/news/2007/08/03/161518.html, 2007-09-29, WEB,www.pravda.com.ua/en/news/2007/7/20/8377.htm, Stanik Back Into the CC, 2006-07-20, dead,www.pravda.com.ua/en/news/2007/7/20/8377.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20070930222936www.pravda.com.ua/en/news/2007/7/20/8377.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20070930222936www.pravda.com.ua/en/news/2007/7/20/8377.htm, 2007-09-30, WEB,www.eng.for-ua.com/news/2007/05/03/103007.html, Yushchenko dismissed CCU judges, 2006-05-17, for-ua, dead,www.eng.for-ua.com/news/2007/05/03/103007.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20070929103211www.eng.for-ua.com/news/2007/05/03/103007.html,">web.archive.org/web/20070929103211www.eng.for-ua.com/news/2007/05/03/103007.html, September 29, 2007, NEWS,www.korrespondent.net/main/190075, Stanik and Pshenychnyy returned to CC, 2007-05-17, Korrespondent, WEB,www.ukranews.com/eng/article/112528.html, Supreme Court Restores Stanik As Constitutional Court Judge, Ukrainian News agency, 2008-03-27, dead,www.ukranews.com/eng/article/112528.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20080509123552www.ukranews.com/eng/article/112528.html,">web.archive.org/web/20080509123552www.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.NEWS,en.for-ua.com/news/2007/05/29/101029.html, Ukraine leaders sign joint statement, ForUm, 2007-05-29, dead,en.for-ua.com/news/2007/05/29/101029.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20130219181612en.for-ua.com/news/2007/05/29/101029.html,">web.archive.org/web/20130219181612en.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 s:Constitution of Ukraine#Article 82|Article 82]] and s:Constitution of Ukraine#Article 90|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 (CVK) is to make decision about giving an airtime for blocs and parties at the budget expense
  • August 4 - The CVK must hold a draw to establish broadcast priorities; Deadline for setting of the ballot’s form and text
  • August 14 - The CVK 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 - CVK 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.{{colbegin|colwidth=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)
{{colend}}

Conduct

3354 international observers were officially registered to monitor the conduct of the election.WEB,www.cvk.gov.ua/vnd2007/w6p041pt001f01=600.html, International observers, Central Election Commission of Ukraine, 2007-10-17, dead,www.cvk.gov.ua/vnd2007/w6p041pt001f01=600.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20071003121744www.cvk.gov.ua/vnd2007/w6p041pt001f01=600.html,">web.archive.org/web/20071003121744www.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:WEB,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,www.csce.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=UserGroups.Home&ContentRecord_id=131&ContentType=G," title="web.archive.org/web/20110524161312www.csce.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=UserGroups.Home&ContentRecord_id=131&ContentType=G,">web.archive.org/web/20110524161312www.csce.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=UserGroups.Home&ContentRecord_id=131&ContentType=G, 2011-05-24, dead, WEB,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,www.osce.org/documents/odihr/2007/12/29054_en.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20080216060130www.osce.org/documents/odihr/2007/12/29054_en.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20080216060130www.osce.org/documents/odihr/2007/12/29054_en.pdf, dead, WEB,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

(File:Voting instruction, Ukraine, 2007.jpg|thumb|Voting process overview.)(File:Бюлетень для голосування ВРУ 2007.jpg|thumb|Voting ballot.)(File:Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007.jpg|thumb|Election process.)(File:Подсчёт голосов 3.jpg|thumb|Vote counting.){| class=“wikitable“! align=left |Party! style="text-align:right;” | National Exit Poll exit-poll.org.ua/ua/results" title="https:/-/web.archive.org/web/20071011215956exit-poll.org.ua/ua/results">weblink unian.net/eng/online/12/1965698.html" title="https:/-/web.archive.org/web/20071011215434unian.net/eng/online/12/1965698.html">weblink! style="text-align:right;” | Sotsiovymir unian.net/ukr/online/9/1965834.html" title="https:/-/web.archive.org/web/20071011215529unian.net/ukr/online/9/1965834.html">weblink! style="text-align:right;” | Ukrainian Exit Poll pravda.com.ua/news/2007/9/30/64690.htm" title="https:/-/web.archive.org/web/20071205031813pravda.com.ua/news/2007/9/30/64690.htm">weblink! style="text-align:right;” | Public Strategies weblink| Party of Regions 33.9 34.5| Yulia Tymoshenko Electoral Bloc 32.5 30.4Our Ukraine–People’s Self-Defense Bloc}} 14.7 14.4| Communist Party of Ukraine 4.4 5.2| Lytvyn’s Bloc 4.0 4.0| Socialist Party of Ukraine 2.4 -| Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine - -| Other parties and blocs - -| Against all 2.8 -

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.NEWS,pravda.com.ua/news/2007/10/1/64710.htm, Pravda, First CVK result, 2007-10-01, 2007-10-01, uk,pravda.com.ua/news/2007/10/1/64710.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20071205115432pravda.com.ua/news/2007/10/1/64710.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20071205115432pravda.com.ua/news/2007/10/1/64710.htm, 2007-12-05, dead, 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.{{Election results|image=Party of Regions>votes1=8013895sc1=–11Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc>votes2=7162193sc2=+27Our Ukraine–People’s Self-Defense Bloc>Our Ukraine — People’s Self-Defenseseats3=72|sc3=–9Communist Party of Ukraine>votes4=1257291sc4=+6Lytvyn Bloc>votes5=924538sc5=+20Socialist Party of Ukraine>votes6=668234sc6=–33Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine>votes7=309008sc7=0Svoboda (political party)>Svobodaseats8=0|sc8=0Party of Greens of Ukraine>votes9=94505sc9=0Election Bloc Liudmyla Suprun – Ukrainian Regional Asset>Ukrainian Regional Asset (Hurray!)seats10=0|sc10=0Communist Party of Ukraine (renewed)>votes11=68602sc11=0Party of Free Democrats>votes12=50852sc12=NewBloc of the Party of Pensioners of Ukraine>votes13=34845sc13=0Party of National Economic Development of Ukraine>votes14=33489sc14=0Ukrainian People’s Bloc>votes15=28414sc15=NewPeasants’ Bloc “Agrarian Ukraine”>votes16=25675sc16=NewChristian Bloc>votes17=24597sc17=0KUCHMA Electoral Bloc of Political Parties>KUCHMA Blocseats18=0|sc18=NewAll-Ukrainian Community>votes19=12327sc19=NewAll-Ukrainian Party of People’s Trust>Party of People’s Trustseats20=0|sc20=0votes21=637185|invalid=379658|total_sc=0|electorate=37588040|source=Central Electoral Commission}}

Support of leading parties and blocs by administrative regions

(File:Ukrainian parliamentary election 2007 (PoR)v.PNG|thumb|Party of Regions results (34.37%))(File:Ukrainian parliamentary election 2007 (BYuT)v.PNG|thumb|Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc results (30.71%))(File:Ukrainian parliamentary election 2007 (OU-PSD)v.PNG|thumb|Our Ukraine People’s Self-Defence results (14.15%))(File:Ukrainian parliamentary election 2007 (CPU)v.PNG|thumb|Communist Party of Ukraine results (5.39%))(File:Ukrainian parliamentary election 2007 (BLP)v.PNG|thumb|Bloc Lytvyn Party results (3.96%))(File:Ukrainian parliamentary election 2007 (SPU)v.PNG|thumb|Socialist Party of Ukraine results (2.86%)){| class=“wikitable” !Region!Voter registration!Voter turnout!PoR!BYuT!OU-PSD!CPU!BL!SPU |Autonomous Republic of Crimea1,568,07055.861.06.98.27.63.91.9|Cherkasy Oblast1,095,05860.115.547.015.34.94.94.3|Chernihiv Oblast939,07261.820.741.914.96.74.22.9|Chernivtsi Oblast705,27258.216.846.220.32.32.53.8|Dnipropetrovsk Oblast2,810,16858.948.720.86.27.65.01.3|Donetsk Oblast3,620,88866.076.04.52.06.81.01.3|Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast1,080,29672.63.050.736.80.81.00.8|Kharkiv Oblast2,282,99358.349.616.48.18.34.62.6|Kherson Oblast893,44255.543.223.19.19.13.72.5|Khmelnytskyi Oblast1,083,96866.314.148.218.44.06.61.7|Kirovohrad Oblast614,83257.927.037.611.76.45.52.8|Kyiv2,151,57663.515.046.215.84.66.61.6|Kyiv Oblast1,679,19761.913.053.415.13.05.12.2|Luhansk Oblast1,898,63766.373.55.11.78.52.41.3|Lviv Oblast2,002,37273.94.250.436.01.01.10.6|Mykolaiv Oblast971,03857.654.416.65.87.24.51.9|Odesa Oblast1,851,86854.552.213.76.56.25.17.2|Poltava Oblast1250,95261.924.837.914.56.54.93.0|Rivne Oblast865,09268.710.451.020.82.46.12.1|Sevastopol308,92859.764.55.02.310.32.52.7|Sumy Oblast990,57562.015.744.520.85.83.32.0|Ternopil Oblast870,21476.53.051.635.20.71.61.1|Vinnytsia Oblast1,342,60864.512.650.018.65.03.12.5|Volyn Oblast801,55771.06.757.620.02.74.61.9|Zakarpattia Oblast946,52552.119.828.931.11.86.03.5|Zhytomyr Oblast1,044,85262.522.437.015.15.88.32.5|Zaporizhzhia Oblast1,515,83261.455.514.74.78.35.52.3|Foreign Embassies431,1426.026.533.125.51.62.31.2!Ukraine!37,185,882!62.0!34.4!30.7!14.2!5.4!4.0!2.9|+ Maps showing the top six parties support - percentage of total national vote 250px“>

Maps{| class“wikitable”|+ Maps showing the top six parties support - percentage of total national vote 250px

Party of Regions results (34.37%))250pxYulia Tymoshenko Bloc results (30.71%)250pxOur Ukraine People’s Self-Defence results (14.15%))250pxCommunist Party of Ukraine results (5.39%))250pxBloc Lytvyn Party results (3.96%))250pxSocialist Party of Ukraine results (2.86%))

Comparison with previous elections

In 2006, 27% of the registered vote represented support for minor parties that received less than the 3% statutory representation threshold. In 2007 the number of voters that supported minor parties that received less than the 3% statutory threshold (Including the Socialist Party of Ukraine the support of 2.86%) was only 7%.The 20% difference shows a consolidation of voter’s support towards major political parties. This fact needs to be taken into consideration when making any assessment as to the positive swing recorded for the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, Party of Regions, The Communist Party of Ukraine and Bloc Lytvyn. The Our Ukraine bloc merged with the new party “People’s Self-Defence” but only recorded a marginal gain in the overall percentage of the vote representing a reduction of 236964 votes in comparison with the 2006 data.Further review of the regional vote shows a consolidation of the vote by Yulia Tymoshenko in regions in which her party already maintained strong support. Apart from the Socialist Party of Ukraine and a marginal gain by Our Ukraine all major political parties recorded an increase in the overall percentage the voter support when comparing the 2006 to 2007 results.The other fact that needs to also be considered is that in 2006 the participation rate was 67% and in 2007 the participation rate dropped down to 62%.|+ Results of the parliamentary elections:264px“>

Charts{| class“wikitable”|+ Results of the parliamentary elections:264px

Political alignment 2007)264pxVote percentage 2006 to 2007 (Top Six parties))264px|Swing 2006 to 2007 (Top Six parties))|+ Results of the parliamentary elections:264px“>

Charts 2006{| class“wikitable”|+ Results of the parliamentary elections:264px

Political alignment 2006)264pxVote percentage 2006(Top seven parties)){{election table|title=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|10.3Central Election Commission of Ukraine (Ukrainian){{election table|title=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|3.6Central Election Commission of Ukraine (Ukrainian)

Government formation

(File:Rada2007.PNG|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.NEWS,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,pravda.com.ua/en/news/2007/10/4/9121.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20071012010341pravda.com.ua/en/news/2007/10/4/9121.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20071012010341pravda.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.NEWS, Parliament named Tymoshenko as the Prime Minister of Ukraine,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 s:Constitution of Ukraine#Article 82|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 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009194535www.finchannel.com/Main_News/Ukraine/72720_Rada_Approves_Cancellation_Of_Rule_That_Bans_Deputies_From_Switching_Factions_/ |date=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)UKRAINIAN LAW, Verkhovna Rada decree, 2222-IV, 2222-15, About the amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine, December 8, 2004, Rada 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.

Factions created during the convocation

Leaders of factions/groups

Extra-parliamentary parties representation within the Verkhovna Rada

Parliamentary parties that dissolved or merged during the convocation

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”.{{in lang|uk}} Фракція БЮТ змінила свою назву {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214230310vikna.stb.ua/ua/news/2010/11/16/42193/ |date=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 України{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=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){{election table|title=Fraction changes after the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007}}www.cvk.gov.ua/vnd2007/w6p001e.html, Central Election Commission of Ukraine, 2007-09-29, 2007-10-11,www.cvk.gov.ua/vnd2007/w6p001e.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20071011035813www.cvk.gov.ua/vnd2007/w6p001e.html,">web.archive.org/web/20071011035813www.cvk.gov.ua/vnd2007/w6p001e.html, dead, ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;” |Seats on December 31, 2010WEB,gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/site/p_fractions, Депутатські фракції, Official website of the Verkhovna Rada, Deputy factions, uk,gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/site/p_fractions," title="web.archive.org/web/20101015205536gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/site/p_fractions,">web.archive.org/web/20101015205536gska2.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 2012{{in lang|uk}} 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  10pxParty of Regions18019219510px 20 seatsYulia Tymoshenko Bloc1131009710px 59 seatsOur Ukraine–People’s Self-Defense Bloc71656310px 9 seatsCommunist Party of Ukraine25252510px 2 seatsLytvyn Bloc202020Reforms for the FutureDid not exist191910px 19 seats 0263010px 31 seats

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