2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election

2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election
Ukraine
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All 450 seats in the Verkhovna Rada
226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout62.03%
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Party of Regions Viktor Yanukovych 34.94 175 −11
Tymoshenko Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko 31.23 156 +27
Our Ukraine Bloc Vyacheslav Kyrylenko 14.39 72 −9
KPU Petro Symonenko 5.48 27 +6
Lytvyn Bloc Volodymyr Lytvyn 4.03 20 +20
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by electoral okrug
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
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.[1][2]

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

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

  1. ^ "Ukraine leaders agree on poll date". Secretariat of President of Ukraine. 2007-05-27. Archived from the original on 2007-09-06.
  2. ^ "Ukraine leaders sign joint statement". 2007-05-27. Archived from the original on 2013-02-19.
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ Laws of Ukraine. Law No. 1665-IV: On elections of People's deputies of Ukraine. Adopted on 2004-03-25. (Ukrainian). Article 96.
  5. ^ "Orange bloc edges to poll victory". BBC News. 2007-10-03. Retrieved 2007-10-03.

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