2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2012

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All 450 seats of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine 226 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Mykola Azarov Arseniy Yatsenyuk Vitaliy Klychko Party Party of Regions Fatherland UDAR Last election 175 seats, 34.4% 156 seats, 30.7% (as BYuT) New Seats won 185 101 40 Seat change 10 55 New Percentage 30.0% 25.5% 14% Swing 4.4 pp 5.2 pp New   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Oleh Tyahnybok Petro Symonenko Party Svoboda Communist Party Last election 0 seats, 0.8% 27 seats, 5.4% Seats won 37 32 Seat change 37 5 Percentage 10.4% 13.2% Swing 9.7% 7.8 pp
Results of the election in single-mandate constituencies
Prime Minister before election Mykola Azarov Party of Regions Prime Minister-designate Mykola Azarov Party of Regions

Mykola Azarov
Party of Regions

Mykola Azarov
Party of Regions

The Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2012 took place on 28 October 2012. Because of various reasons, including the "impossibility of announcing election results" various by-elections have taken place since. Hence, several constituencies have been left unrepresented at various times.

Unlike the two previous elections, this election used a mixed voting system (50% under party lists and 50% under simple-majority constituencies) with a 5% election threshold and the participation of blocs of political parties was not allowed any more. The method of 50/50 mixed elections was used previously in 1998 and 2002.

The election campaign was limited to 90 days. Every citizen of Ukraine 18 years of age or older was able to vote in 33,540 polling stations in Ukraine and 116 foreign polling stations in 77 countries.

The Party of Regions won the largest number of seats while Fatherland (with several parties together as an "umbrella" party) came second. The election was also noted for the rise of the far-right party Svoboda, which came in fourth. The new (on the national scene) party UDAR also enjoyed noticeable great success with its third place in the election. The Communist Party of Ukraine almost tripled its numbers of voters but because of the mixed election system used in the election it only won five more seats compared with the previous election. Because of this mixed system three small parties and 43 unaffiliated politicians also made it into parliament.