2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election

2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election

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All 450 seats to the Verkhovna Rada 226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	67.55% ( 1.72 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Viktor Yanukovych Yulia Tymoshenko Yuriy Yekhanurov Party Party of Regions Tymoshenko Bloc Our Ukraine Bloc Leader since 19 April 2003 9 February 2001 25 November 2005 Last election 36 seats 22 seats, 7.54% 113 seats, 24.49% Seats won 186 129 81 Seat change 150 107 32 Popular vote 8,148,745 5,652,876 3,539,140 Percentage 32.78% 22.75% 14.24% Swing – 15.21% 10.05%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Oleksandr Moroz Petro Symonenko Party SPU KPU Leader since 26 October 1991 19 June 1993 Last election 23 seats, 7.14% 64 seats, 20.76% Seats won 33 21 Seat change 10 43 Popular vote 1,444,224 929,591 Percentage 5.81% 3.74% Swing 1.33% 17.02%
Results by electoral district
Prime Minister before election Yuriy Yekhanurov Our Ukraine Bloc Elected Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych Party of Regions

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Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 26 March 2006.^[1] Election campaigning officially began on 7 July 2005. Between November 26 and 31 December 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 nationwide electoral district^[2] 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.^[2]

Following the Orange Revolution and the 2004 presidential elections in December 2004 Ukrainian parliament adopted significant changes (amendments) to the Constitution of Ukraine by introducing concepts of political coalition, coalition government, imperative mandate as well as transferred some power from the President to the parliament, making Ukraine a parliamentary-presidential democracy. Those amendments were to enter into force on 1 January 2006. The new constitutional amendment also abolished single member-districts and replacing them with an increased multi-member proportional representation. 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.^[3]