Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006

2002 ← 26 March 2006 → 2007

All 450 seats to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine 226 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Viktor Yanukovych Yulia Tymoshenko Yuriy Yekhanurov Party Party of Regions Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc Our Ukraine Leader since 13 April 2003 9 February 2001 8 September 2005 Last election 101 seats, 11.79% (as For United Ukraine) 22, 7.26% 111 seats, 23.58% Seats won 186 129 81 Seat change 85 107 30 Popular vote 8,148,745 5,652,876 3,539,140 Percentage 32.14% 22.29% 13.95% Swing 20.35% 15.03% 9.63%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Oleksandr Moroz Petro Symonenko Party Socialist Party Communist Party Last election 22 seats, 6.87% 66 seats, 19.98% Seats won 33 21 Seat change 11 45 Popular vote 1,444,224 929,591 Percentage 5.69% 3.66% Swing 1.18% 16.32

Results of the 2006 parliamentary election.

Chairman of Parliament before election Volodymyr Lytvyn For United Ukraine! Elected Chairman of Parliament Oleksandr Moroz Socialist Party

Volodymyr Lytvyn
For United Ukraine!

Oleksandr Moroz
Socialist Party

The Ukrainian parliamentary election took place on 26 March 2006. 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 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.

The constitution was amended in 2005 following negotiations and agreements during the 2004 presidential elections, abolishing single member-districts and replacing them with an increased multi-member proportional representation. The amended constitution, which took effect on 1 January 2006, also transferred some power from the President to the parliament, making Ukraine a parliamentary-presidential democracy.

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.

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