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Snap elections to the Verkhovna Rada took place on 26 October 2014.
Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine, had pressed for early parliamentary elections since his victory in the presidential election in May.Poroshenko hopes for early parliamentary elections in Ukraine this fall - presidential envoy
Bloomberg News (25 August 2014) The voting was not provided in the
UNIAN (26 November 2014) On the same day, five factions formed the "European Ukraine" coalition: Petro Poroshenko Bloc, People's Front,
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine That law came into effect with the
Interfax-Ukraine
The Interfax-Ukraine ( uk, Інтерфакс-Україна) is a Kyiv-based Ukraine, Ukrainian independent news agency founded in 1992. The company does not belong to the Russian news corporation Interfax Information Services. The company pub ...
(19 June 2014) The July breakup of the ruling coalition gave him the right to dissolve the parliament, so on 25 August 2014 he announced the early election.Ukraine President Poroshenko Calls Snap General ElectionBloomberg News (25 August 2014) The voting was not provided in the
annexed
Annexation (Latin ''ad'', to, and ''nexus'', joining), in international law, is the forcible acquisition of one state's territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory. It is generally held to be an illegal act ...
Autonomous Republic of Crimea
The Autonomous Republic of Crimea, commonly known as Crimea, is a de jure autonomous republic of Ukraine encompassing most of Crimea that was annexed by Russia in 2014. The Autonomous Republic of Crimea occupies most of the peninsula,
and Sevastopol. The voting also did not reach significant parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts because of the ongoing war in Donbas.Parliamentary elections not to be held at nine constituencies in Donetsk region and six constituencies in Luhansk region - CECInterfax-Ukraine
The Interfax-Ukraine ( uk, Інтерфакс-Україна) is a Kyiv-based Ukraine, Ukrainian independent news agency founded in 1992. The company does not belong to the Russian news corporation Interfax Information Services. The company pub ...
(25 October 2014) Because of this, 27 out of the 450 seats in the 8th Verkhovna Rada remained unfilled.
This election can be called a realignment. Ruling from 2010 to 2014, and taking one of the top 2 spots in elections since 2006, the Party of Regions did not participate in this election, while its informal successor Opposition Bloc
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showed only a modest result with 9.43% of the vote. For the first time since Ukrainian independence, the Communist Party of Ukraine
The Communist Party of Ukraine, Abbreviation: KPU, from Ukrainian and Russian "" is a banned political party in Ukraine. It was founded in 1993 as the successor to the Soviet-era Communist Party of Ukraine which was banned in 1991 (accord ...
gained no parliamentary representation. Four newly created parties got the highest support in this election: Petro Poroshenko Bloc (formed in July 2014 by Poroshenko's supporters), People's Front (split from Fatherland in August 2014), Self Reliance
"Self-Reliance" is an 1841 essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent themes: the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false con ...
(registered in 2012) and Opposition Bloc
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(formed in September 2014 by a group of the former Party of Regions members).
Since the parallel voting system was used, the allocation of seats is not proportional. For example, the winner in party-list voting (22.12%) People's Front got second faction with 82 seats, while Petro Poroshenko Bloc took 123 seats with 21.82% of votes.
The work of the new parliament started on 27 November 2014."Parliament to form leadership and coalition on November 27"UNIAN (26 November 2014) On the same day, five factions formed the "European Ukraine" coalition: Petro Poroshenko Bloc, People's Front,
Self Reliance
"Self-Reliance" is an 1841 essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent themes: the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false con ...
, Radical Party and Fatherland. On 2 December the second Yatsenyuk government was approved.
Background
According to the election law of November 2011, elections to the Verkhovna Rada must take place at least every five years.Law of Ukraine "On Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine " dated 17 November 2011Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine That law came into effect with the
2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election
The Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2012 took place on 28 October 2012.Petro Poroshenko said that he wanted to hold early parliamentary elections following his victory in the presidential election on 25 May 2014. At 26 June session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Poroshenko said that he hoped to hold parliamentary elections in October 2014, portraying this as "the most democratic way".Poroshenko hopes early parliamentary elections in Ukraine will take place in October
BBC News (25 August 2014) In his accompanying television address, he portrayed the elections as necessary to "purify the Rada of the mainstay of ormer president Viktor Yanukovych". These deputies, Poroshenko said, "clearly do not represent the people who elected them". Poroshenko also painted these Rada deputies as responsible for "the anuary 2014Dictatorship laws that took the lives of the Heavenly Hundred". Poroshenko also stated that many of the (then) current MPs were "direct sponsors and accomplices or at least sympathizers of the militants/separatists"."Ukrainian President dissolves Parliament, announces early elections"
United Press International (25 August 2014)
Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko Dissolves Parliament, Sets Election Date
The Moscow Times (26 August 2014)
"President's address on the occasion of early parliamentary elections of October 26"
Presidential Administration of Ukraine (25 August 2014)
,
Interfax Ukraine (01.10.2014) In the election campaign the parties positions on foreign relations and the war in Donbas could be roughly divided into two groups. The first group consisted of pro-European parties that advocated to end the war in Donbas by use of force and consisted of Fatherland Party, Civic Position, Radical Party and People's Front (this party was ambiguous about use of force). Svoboda also wanted to end the war in Donbas by use of force. The party Petro Poroshenko Bloc was the only pro-European party that wanted to end the war in Donbas by a peaceful solution. The second group was Strong Ukraine and
Korrespondent.net (15 September 2014)
Klitschko: I lead my team to Parliament
, UDAR official website (14 September 2014)
Deadline for nomination of candidates running in early election to Rada expires
ITAR-TASS (15 September 2014)Klitschko has no plans to leave post of Kyiv mayor
Ukrayinska Pravda. 10 September 2014
Ukrainian PM, Parliament Speaker to Head Newly Formed Popular Front Party
Interfax Ukraine (23 September 2014)
Allies of Yanukovych trying for parliament
Kyiv Post (21 September 2014)
Party Of Regions Will Not Contest Snap Parliamentary Elections Independently
, Ukrainian News Agency (14 September 2014) According to
In the 2014 election the number of participated voters was much less than in 2012 (16,052,228 down from 20,797,206). The main reason of this decrease was the impossibility to organize voting in some regions. Because of this, the official turnout was calculated by division by the number of people who live in areas where voting was provided only (according to the CEC, it was 30,921,218). So, the official voter turnout was 51.91%. In any case this percent is smaller than in 2012, when the turnout was 57.43%.
The turnout level had obvious geographical differences. The highest turnout (60-70%) was registered in western regions (except Zakarpattia and Chernivtsi Oblast), the level of turnout in central regions was average (54-58%) and in southern and eastern regions it was quite low (40-48%). The turnout in two oblasts of
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Proportional votesSingle-member constituencies
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CVU to ask CEC to declare invalid elections at constituencies Nos. 45 and 102
OSCE claims elections in Ukraine held up to democratic standards
Voting, tabulation in Rada elections organized properly - OSCE observers
OSCE: Ukraine elections a step forward
Barroso, Van Rompuy call Ukraine elections a victory of democracy
PABSEC speaks positively of Verkhovna Rada elections
International Republican Institute congratulates Ukraine on elections that meet international standards
John Kerry: Ukraine's parliamentary elections
Kyiv Post (28 October 2014) The NGO Committee of Voters of Ukraine asked the
Ukraine elections: Pro-Western parties set for victory
BBC News (27 October 2014)
Russia to Recognize Ukraine Election Results, Says Lavrov
The Moscow Times (27 October 2014)
Russia's Lavrov hopes for 'constructive' Ukrainian government: Tass
Reuters (27 October 2014)
Russian senators prepared to cooperate with new Verkhovna Rada
Kyiv Post (28 October 2014) Senator Vladimir Dzhabarov, acting chairman of the (Russian) Federation Council's International Affairs Committee, stated that "The contacts earlier established between the
UNIAN (26 July 2015) During the election campaign top candidates Hennadiy Korban and Serhiy Berezenko were repeatedly accused of bribing voters, the use of black PR and other violations (of the electoral legislation).Корбан: Я потерял моральное право возглавлять политсовет партии "Укроп"
"Гордон", .07.2015
This crazy Ukrainian election shows the country has a ways to go toward reform
Global Post (28 July 2015) The election was won by Berezenko of Petro Poroshenko Bloc with 35.90% of the vote. Second most votes were won by Korban of UKROP who received 14.76%.With 100% of ballots counted in Rada by-election, Berezenko gets 35.90% of votes, Korban 14.76% – CEC
Became known the results of the vote in the last of the 7 districts
Ukrayinska Pravda (21 July 2016)
Homepage
Interactive map with election results
by
Interfax-Ukraine
The Interfax-Ukraine ( uk, Інтерфакс-Україна) is a Kyiv-based Ukraine, Ukrainian independent news agency founded in 1992. The company does not belong to the Russian news corporation Interfax Information Services. The company pub ...
(26 June 2014)
The parliamentary coalition that supported the Yatsenyuk Government, formed in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution
The Revolution of Dignity ( uk, Революція гідності, translit=Revoliutsiia hidnosti) also known as the Maidan Revolution or the Ukrainian Revolution,
and of the Euromaidan
Euromaidan (; uk, Євромайдан, translit=Yevromaidan, lit=Euro Square, ), or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of Political demonstration, demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protes ...
movement, was dissolved on 24 July."Rada speaker announces dissolution of parliamentary coalition"Interfax-Ukraine
The Interfax-Ukraine ( uk, Інтерфакс-Україна) is a Kyiv-based Ukraine, Ukrainian independent news agency founded in 1992. The company does not belong to the Russian news corporation Interfax Information Services. The company pub ...
(24 July 2014) If no new coalition formed within thirty days, President Poroshenko would become entitled to dissolve the Rada and to call early parliamentary elections. On the same day as the dissolution, the Sovereign European Ukraine
People's Will ( uk, Воля народу), formerly known as Sovereign European Ukraine ( uk, Соборна європейська Україна), was a centrist, pro-Europe Ukrainian parliamentary faction in its national parliament Verkhovna R ...
faction submitted a bill to the Rada that called for elections to take place on 28 September 2014."Rada registers bill setting early parliamentary elections date for September 28, 2014"Interfax-Ukraine
The Interfax-Ukraine ( uk, Інтерфакс-Україна) is a Kyiv-based Ukraine, Ukrainian independent news agency founded in 1992. The company does not belong to the Russian news corporation Interfax Information Services. The company pub ...
(24 July 2014)
In an interview with Ukrainian television channels on 14 August, Poroshenko justified early elections because the Rada refused to recognise the self-proclaimed breakaway Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics as terrorist organisations."Poroshenko frustrated by Rada refusing to recognize self-proclaimed republics as terrorist organizations"Interfax-Ukraine
The Interfax-Ukraine ( uk, Інтерфакс-Україна) is a Kyiv-based Ukraine, Ukrainian independent news agency founded in 1992. The company does not belong to the Russian news corporation Interfax Information Services. The company pub ...
(14 August 2014) The two republics, situated in the eastern Ukrainian region of the Donbas
The Donbas or Donbass (, ; uk, Донба́с ; russian: Донба́сс ) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. Parts of the Donbas are controlled by Russian separatist groups as a result of the Russo-Ukrai ...
, originated in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine respectively, and have been fighting Ukrainian government forces in the war in Donbas. President Poroshenko said: "I don't know how to work with a parliament in which a huge number f deputies whole factions, make up 'the fifth column
A fifth column is any group of people who undermine a larger group or nation from within, usually in favor of an enemy group or another nation. According to Harris Mylonas and Scott Radnitz, "fifth columns" are “domestic actors who work to un ...
' controlled from abroad eferring to Russia And this danger is only increasing". He also said that new elections "are the best and the most efficient form of lustration
Lustration is the purge of government officials in Central and Eastern Europe. Various forms of lustration were employed in post-communist Europe.
Etymology
Lustration in general is the process of making something clear or pure, usually by m ...
of not only the parliament but also the political forces".
Poroshenko announced on 25 August that he had called for elections to the Rada to take place on 26 October 2014."Ukraine crisis: President calls snap vote amid fighting"BBC News (25 August 2014) In his accompanying television address, he portrayed the elections as necessary to "purify the Rada of the mainstay of ormer president Viktor Yanukovych". These deputies, Poroshenko said, "clearly do not represent the people who elected them". Poroshenko also painted these Rada deputies as responsible for "the anuary 2014Dictatorship laws that took the lives of the Heavenly Hundred". Poroshenko also stated that many of the (then) current MPs were "direct sponsors and accomplices or at least sympathizers of the militants/separatists"."Ukrainian President dissolves Parliament, announces early elections"
United Press International (25 August 2014)
Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko Dissolves Parliament, Sets Election Date
The Moscow Times (26 August 2014)
"President's address on the occasion of early parliamentary elections of October 26"
Presidential Administration of Ukraine (25 August 2014)
Electoral system
The Verkhovna Rada has 450 members, elected to a five-year term in parallel voting, with 225 members elected in single-member constituencies using FPTP system and 225 members elected by proportional representation (closed list
Closed list describes the variant of party-list systems where voters can effectively only vote for political parties as a whole; thus they have no influence on the party-supplied order in which party candidates are elected. If voters had some inf ...
) in a single nationwide constituency using the largest remainder method with 5% threshold. Parties are not allowed to form electoral blocs (in contrast to 1998-2007 elections). Attempts to return to proportional representation with open party lists and electoral blocs were failed.
The division into 225 electoral districts was the same as at the 2012 election. The voting was organized only in 198 of them.
Non-voting areas
The voting was impossible to provide on the territories that was not under government control. Particularly, because of Russian occupation of Crimea there was no voting in all 10 districts inAutonomous Republic of Crimea
The Autonomous Republic of Crimea, commonly known as Crimea, is a de jure autonomous republic of Ukraine encompassing most of Crimea that was annexed by Russia in 2014. The Autonomous Republic of Crimea occupies most of the peninsula,
and 2 in Sevastopol. The voting in Donbas
The Donbas or Donbass (, ; uk, Донба́с ; russian: Донба́сс ) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. Parts of the Donbas are controlled by Russian separatist groups as a result of the Russo-Ukrai ...
was provided partially. The democratic watchdog OPORA
Pora! ( uk, Пора!, Russian: Пора!), meaning “''It's time!”'' in both Ukrainian and Russian, is a civic youth organization (Black Pora!) and political party in Ukraine ( Yellow Pora!) espousing nonviolent resistance and advocating in ...
estimated that 4.6 million Ukrainians were unable to vote: 1.8 million in Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, 1.6 million in Donetsk Oblast and 1.2 million in Luhansk Oblast.
Crimea
About 1.8 million of eligible voters live inAutonomous Republic of Crimea
The Autonomous Republic of Crimea, commonly known as Crimea, is a de jure autonomous republic of Ukraine encompassing most of Crimea that was annexed by Russia in 2014. The Autonomous Republic of Crimea occupies most of the peninsula,
and the city of Sevastopol, that is 5% of the whole number of voters in Ukraine. Ukrainian government lost control over the region in March 2014 during the Crimean crisis. Since that time no legitimate elections are provided there. In the 2014 legislative election Crimean voters had ability to vote in any other region for party-lists in the single nationwide constituency, but they were unable to vote for candidates in single-member constituencies.The CEC explained how to vote to inhabitants of Russian-occupied territories5 Kanal
5 Kanal ( uk, 5 канал, lit=Channel 5) is a television station in Ukraine formerly owned by businessman and fifth President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.Donbas
The Donbas or Donbass (, ; uk, Донба́с ; russian: Донба́сс ) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. Parts of the Donbas are controlled by Russian separatist groups as a result of the Russo-Ukrai ...
" is an unofficial name of 2 the most eastern Ukrainian oblasts: Donetsk and Luhansk. About 5 million of eligible voters live there, that is 14% of the whole number of voters in Ukraine. After an active phase of war in Donbas in the summer 2014 and September ceasefire, roughly a half of the region remained to be controlled by separatists loyal to Yanukovych. On the day before the election, the CEC stated that there was no ability to provide voting in the captured areas. Thus, full-fledged voting was provided only in 8 districts of 32. Other 9 districts were split by the front line for controlled and not controlled areas, so voting was provided there only partly. In 2 of them only slight number of polling station was opened: in 53rd district only 9% of voters were able to vote and in 45th district only 2%. In spite of this, the elections in these single-member constituencies were recognized as successful, and the winners (Oleh Nedava and Yukhym Zvyahilsky) got mandates. To the other 15 districts ballots were not transferred at all.
Instead of this election, on the captured territories separatists organized so-called "Donbas general elections" on 2 November, that were a violation of Minsk agreement
The Minsk agreements were a series of international agreements which sought to end the Donbas war fought between armed Russian separatist groups and Armed Forces of Ukraine, with Russian regular forces playing a central part. The first, known ...
and were not recognized by the world community.
Campaign
In the 225 electoral districts some 3,321 candidates participated, out of which 2,018 wereindependent candidates
An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent.
Some politicians have political views t ...
.Basic electoral statistics 2014 extraordinary parliamentary election,
Central Election Commission of Ukraine
The Central Election Commission of Ukraine ( uk, Центральна виборча комісія України, commonly abbreviated in Ukrainian as ЦВК (''Tse-Ve-Ka''); sometimes referred to as the Central Electoral Commission of Ukrai ...
52 political parties
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or pol ...
nominated candidates. 147 candidates withdrew after the 1 October candidate registration deadline.Registration of candidates to run in early parliamentary elections in Ukraine endedInterfax Ukraine (01.10.2014) In the election campaign the parties positions on foreign relations and the war in Donbas could be roughly divided into two groups. The first group consisted of pro-European parties that advocated to end the war in Donbas by use of force and consisted of Fatherland Party, Civic Position, Radical Party and People's Front (this party was ambiguous about use of force). Svoboda also wanted to end the war in Donbas by use of force. The party Petro Poroshenko Bloc was the only pro-European party that wanted to end the war in Donbas by a peaceful solution. The second group was Strong Ukraine and
Opposition Bloc
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who were considered pro-Russian and they advocated to end the war in Donbas by a peaceful solution. The Communist Party of Ukraine
The Communist Party of Ukraine, Abbreviation: KPU, from Ukrainian and Russian "" is a banned political party in Ukraine. It was founded in 1993 as the successor to the Soviet-era Communist Party of Ukraine which was banned in 1991 (accord ...
(according to political scientist Tadeusz A. Olszański) "effectively supports the separatist rebellion".
According to Olszański Radical Party and the Communists were the only left-wing parties.
Registered parties and candidates
Nationwide party lists
On 26 September 2014 theCentral Election Commission of Ukraine
The Central Election Commission of Ukraine ( uk, Центральна виборча комісія України, commonly abbreviated in Ukrainian as ЦВК (''Tse-Ve-Ka''); sometimes referred to as the Central Electoral Commission of Ukrai ...
finished registering the nationwide party lists. A total of 29 parties participated in the election. Parties appeared on the ballot in the following order:
# Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko
The Radical Party of Oleh Liashko ( uk, Радикальна Партія Олега Ляшка, translit=Radykal'na partiia Oleha Liashka, RPOL) and formerly known as the Ukrainian Radical-Democratic Party ( uk, Українська демокр ...
# Solidarity of Ukrainian Women
# Internet Party of Ukraine
# Opposition Bloc
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# People's Front
# 5.10
# All-Ukrainian Agrarian Union "ZASTUP"
# Revival
# New Politics
# United Country
# People's Power
# Svoboda
# National Democratic Party of Ukraine
# Communist Party of Ukraine
The Communist Party of Ukraine, Abbreviation: KPU, from Ukrainian and Russian "" is a banned political party in Ukraine. It was founded in 1993 as the successor to the Soviet-era Communist Party of Ukraine which was banned in 1991 (accord ...
# Self Reliance Party
# Ukraine is United
# Right Sector
# Ukraine of the Future
# Liberal Party of Ukraine
# Party of Greens of Ukraine
# Green Planet
# Petro Poroshenko Bloc
# Strength and Honour
# Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists
# Strong Ukraine
# Fatherland
# Civil Position
# Bloc of Ukrainian Left Forces
# Ukrainian Civil Movement
=Forming of political coalitions
= On 2 September Vitaliy Kovalchuk (the parliamentary leader) of UDAR stated that since his party and Petro Poroshenko Bloc had agreed to "joint participation in parliamentary elections" on 29 March 2014 the two parties were "in discussion" about "the format" for how to do so in these elections. On 15 September it became clear that 30% of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc election list would be filled by members of UDAR and that UDAR leader Vitali Klitschko is at the top of this list, Klitschko vowed not to resign as incumbent Mayor of Kyiv.Pilots, combatants, and journalists. Who goes to the new Verkhovna RadaKorrespondent.net (15 September 2014)
Klitschko: I lead my team to Parliament
, UDAR official website (14 September 2014)
Deadline for nomination of candidates running in early election to Rada expires
ITAR-TASS (15 September 2014)Klitschko has no plans to leave post of Kyiv mayor
Interfax-Ukraine
The Interfax-Ukraine ( uk, Інтерфакс-Україна) is a Kyiv-based Ukraine, Ukrainian independent news agency founded in 1992. The company does not belong to the Russian news corporation Interfax Information Services. The company pub ...
(27 October 2014)
7 September party congress of Civil Position decided that the party would participate in the election on a partly list with members of Democratic Alliance.
On 10 September, the Fatherland Party split because party leaders Yatsenyuk and Turchynov became founding members of the new party People's Front.Yatsenyuk became a leader of the "People's Front" political council, while Turchynov is a head of its headquartersUkrayinska Pravda. 10 September 2014
Ukrainian PM, Parliament Speaker to Head Newly Formed Popular Front Party
RIA Novosti
RIA Novosti (russian: РИА Новости), sometimes referred to as RIAN () or RIA (russian: РИА, label=none) is a Russian state-owned domestic news agency. On 9 December 2013 by a decree of Vladimir Putin it was liquidated and its asse ...
(10 September 2014)
The biggest party in the previous 2012 parliamentary elections, Party of Regions, chose not to participate in the election because of a perceived lack of legitimacy (of the election), because not every resident of the Donbas
The Donbas or Donbass (, ; uk, Донба́с ; russian: Донба́сс ) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. Parts of the Donbas are controlled by Russian separatist groups as a result of the Russo-Ukrai ...
could vote. Individual members of the Party of Regions would take part in the election as candidates of the party Opposition Bloc
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.Opposition Bloc chooses top ten candidates for parliamentary electionsInterfax Ukraine (23 September 2014)
Allies of Yanukovych trying for parliament
Kyiv Post (21 September 2014)
Party Of Regions Will Not Contest Snap Parliamentary Elections Independently
, Ukrainian News Agency (14 September 2014) According to
Yuriy Boyko
Yuriy Anatoliyovych Boyko ( uk, Юрій Анатолійович Бойко, russian: Ю́рий Анато́льевич Бо́йко; born 9 October 1958) is a Ukrainian politician who served as one of the Vice Prime Ministers of Ukraine betw ...
, who is heading the party's election list, Opposition Bloc does not represent parties, but consists only of individual politicians.
Opinion polls
Results
The counting of votes was significantly delayed: Central Electoral Commission announced that all ballots were counted on 10 November only.People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections – CECInterfax-Ukraine
The Interfax-Ukraine ( uk, Інтерфакс-Україна) is a Kyiv-based Ukraine, Ukrainian independent news agency founded in 1992. The company does not belong to the Russian news corporation Interfax Information Services. The company pub ...
(10 November 2014) The announcement of the result for 38th electoral district was delayed until mid-November due to the results being challenged in court.
Voter turnout
In the 2014 election the number of participated voters was much less than in 2012 (16,052,228 down from 20,797,206). The main reason of this decrease was the impossibility to organize voting in some regions. Because of this, the official turnout was calculated by division by the number of people who live in areas where voting was provided only (according to the CEC, it was 30,921,218). So, the official voter turnout was 51.91%. In any case this percent is smaller than in 2012, when the turnout was 57.43%.
The turnout level had obvious geographical differences. The highest turnout (60-70%) was registered in western regions (except Zakarpattia and Chernivtsi Oblast), the level of turnout in central regions was average (54-58%) and in southern and eastern regions it was quite low (40-48%). The turnout in two oblasts of Donbas
The Donbas or Donbass (, ; uk, Донба́с ; russian: Донба́сс ) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. Parts of the Donbas are controlled by Russian separatist groups as a result of the Russo-Ukrai ...
(or more exactly in the parts of these oblasts where the voting was provided) was 32% - the lowest in the country.
Previously, the Donbas
The Donbas or Donbass (, ; uk, Донба́с ; russian: Донба́сс ) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. Parts of the Donbas are controlled by Russian separatist groups as a result of the Russo-Ukrai ...
region displayed high turnout for every election. According to Tadeusz Olszański of Centre for Eastern Studies, The Party of Regions that had plenitude of the power over this region until the 2014 Ukrainian revolution
The Revolution of Dignity ( uk, Революція гідності, translit=Revoliutsiia hidnosti) also known as the Maidan Revolution or the Ukrainian Revolution,
artificially increased voter turnout there. The 2014 election was the end of this artificial increase. One more reason of low turnout in Donbas
The Donbas or Donbass (, ; uk, Донба́с ; russian: Донба́сс ) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. Parts of the Donbas are controlled by Russian separatist groups as a result of the Russo-Ukrai ...
as well as in other south-eastern regions was a feeling among a significant part of the local population that no party represented their interests.
Summary results
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! rowspan=2 colspan=2, Party
! colspan=4, Nationwide constituency
! rowspan=2, Constit.seats ! colspan=2, Total seats , - style="text-align:center;" ! Votes ! % ! ± pp ! Seats ! Seats ! +/- , - , style="background:;", , style="text-align:left;", People's Front , 3,488,114 , 22.14 , ''New'' , 64 , 18 , , ''New'' , - , style="background:;", , style="text-align:left;", Petro Poroshenko Bloc , 3,437,521 , 21.82 , ''New'' , 63 , 69 , , ''New'' , - , style="background:;", , style="text-align:left;", Association "Self Reliance" , 1,729,271 , 10.97 , ''New'' , 32 , 1 , , ''New'' , - , style="background:;", , style="text-align:left;",
Opposition Bloc
russian: Оппозиционный блок
, colorcode =
, logo = Opposition Bloc.png
, logo_size = 240px
, leader1_title = Chairman
, leader1_name = Rinat Akhmetov (one wing)Dmytro Firtash & Yuriy Boyko ( ...
, 1,486,203
, 9.43
, ''New''
, 27
, 2
,
, ''New''
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko
The Radical Party of Oleh Liashko ( uk, Радикальна Партія Олега Ляшка, translit=Radykal'na partiia Oleha Liashka, RPOL) and formerly known as the Ukrainian Radical-Democratic Party ( uk, Українська демокр ...
, 1,173,131
, 7.44
, 6.36
, 22
, 0
,
, 21
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Batkivshchyna
, 894,837
, 5.68
, 19.86
, 17
, 2
,
, 82
, -
, colspan=14 style="background-color:#C0C0C0",
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Freedom
Freedom is understood as either having the ability to act or change without constraint or to possess the power and resources to fulfill one's purposes unhindered. Freedom is often associated with liberty and autonomy in the sense of "giving on ...
, 742,022
, 4.71
, 5.73
, 0
, 6
,
, 31
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Communist Party of Ukraine
The Communist Party of Ukraine, Abbreviation: KPU, from Ukrainian and Russian "" is a banned political party in Ukraine. It was founded in 1993 as the successor to the Soviet-era Communist Party of Ukraine which was banned in 1991 (accord ...
, 611,923
, 3.88
, 9.30
, 0
, 0
, 0
, 32
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Strong Ukraine
, 491,471
, 3.11
, ''New''
, 0
, 1
,
, ''New''
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Civil Position
, 489,523
, 3.1
, —
, 0
, 0
, 0
, —
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Zastup
Zastup is a village in the municipality of Prijepolje, Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pann ...
, 418,301
, 2.65
, ''New''
, 0
, 1
,
, ''New''
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Right Sector
, 284.943
, 1.80
, 1.72
, 0
, 1
,
, 1
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Solidarity of Women of Ukraine
, 105,094
, 0.66
, —
, 0
, 0
, 0
, —
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", 5.10
, 67,124
, 0.42
, ''New''
, 0
, 0
, 0
, ''New''
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Internet Party of Ukraine
, 58,197
, 0.36
, —
, 0
, 0
, 0
, —
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Party of Greens of Ukraine
, 39,636
, 0.25
, 0.09
, 0
, 0
, 0
, —
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Green Planet
, 37,726
, 0.23
, 0.11
, 0
, 0
, 0
, —
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Revival
, 31,201
, 0.19
, —
, 0
, 0
, 0
, —
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", United Country
, 28,145
, 0.17
, —
, 0
, 0
, 0
, —
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Ukraine — United Country
, 19,838
, 0.12
, ''New''
, 0
, 0
, 0
, ''New''
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", New Politics
, 19,222
, 0.12
, 0.02
, 0
, 0
, 0
, —
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Force of People
, 17,817
, 0.11
, ''New''
, 0
, 0
, 0
, ''New''
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Ukraine of the Future
, 14,168
, 0.08
, style="vertical-align:top;" , 0.10
, 0
, 0
, 0
, —
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Strength and Honour
, 13,549
, 0.08
, —
, 0
, 0
, 0
, —
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Civil Movement of Ukraine
, 13,000
, 0.08
, —
, 0
, 0
, 0
, —
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Bloc of Left Forces of Ukraine
, 12,499
, 0.07
, —
, 0
, 0
, 0
, —
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", National Democratic Party of Ukraine
, 11,826
, 0.07
, —
, 0
, 0
, 0
, —
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists
, 8,976
, , 0.05
, —
, 0
, 0
, 0
, —
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Liberal Party of Ukraine
, 8,523
, 0.05
, style="vertical-align:top;" , 0.02
, 0
, 0
, 0
, —
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Volia
, —
, —
, —
, —
, 1
,
, ''New''
, -
, style="background:;",
, style="text-align:left;", Independents
, —
, —
, —
, —
, 96
,
, 53
, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
, colspan=2 style="text-align:left;", Total valid votes
, 15,753,826
, 100
,
, 225
, 198
, 423
,
, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
, colspan=2 style="text-align:left;", Invalid ballot papers
, 298,402
, 1.86
,
,
,
,
,
, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
, colspan=2 style="text-align:left;", Vacant (constituencies with no voting)
,
,
,
,
, 27
,
,
, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
, colspan=2 style="text-align:left;", Total
, 16,052,228
,
,
, 225
, 225
, 450
,
, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
, colspan=2 style="text-align:left;", Registered voters/turnout
, 30,921,218
, 51.91
,
,
,
,
,
, -
, colspan=9 style="text-align:left;", Source: CECProportional votes
) , - , colspan=9 style="text-align:left;", Notes:
Conduct
The elections were monitored by 2,321 accredited foreign observers, 304 of them on behalf of 21 states and 2,017 from 20 international organisations.Interfax-Ukraine
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(21 October 2014)
The Ukrainian democratic watchdog OPORA
Pora! ( uk, Пора!, Russian: Пора!), meaning “''It's time!”'' in both Ukrainian and Russian, is a civic youth organization (Black Pora!) and political party in Ukraine ( Yellow Pora!) espousing nonviolent resistance and advocating in ...
stated about the elections that they were legitimate, but that "the lection
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History
The custom of reading the books of Moses in the synagogues on Sabbat ...
campaign cannot be called fully free within the limits of the country" because of the fighting in the Donbas region.Ukrainian Rada elections generally without incident – OPORAInterfax-Ukraine
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(27 October 2014)CVU to ask CEC to declare invalid elections at constituencies Nos. 45 and 102
Interfax-Ukraine
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(27 October 2014)OSCE claims elections in Ukraine held up to democratic standards
Interfax-Ukraine
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(27 October 2014)Voting, tabulation in Rada elections organized properly - OSCE observers
Interfax-Ukraine
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(27 October 2014)OSCE: Ukraine elections a step forward
Interfax-Ukraine
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(27 October 2014)Barroso, Van Rompuy call Ukraine elections a victory of democracy
Interfax-Ukraine
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(27 October 2014)PABSEC speaks positively of Verkhovna Rada elections
Interfax-Ukraine
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(27 October 2014)International Republican Institute congratulates Ukraine on elections that meet international standards
Interfax-Ukraine
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(28 October 2014)John Kerry: Ukraine's parliamentary elections
Kyiv Post (28 October 2014) The NGO Committee of Voters of Ukraine asked the
Central Election Commission of Ukraine
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to declare invalid the results of constituencies 45 and 102 because there "significant irregularities were numerous".
The OSCE stated about the elections that they were "in line with international commitments, and were characterized by many positive aspects, including an impartial and efficient Central Election Commission, competitive contests that offered voters real choice, and general respect for fundamental freedoms". European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso
José Manuel Durão Barroso (; born 23 March 1956) is a Portuguese politician and university teacher, currently serving as non-executive chairman of Goldman Sachs International. He previously served as the 11th president of the European Commi ...
called the elections "a victory of the people of Ukraine and of democracy". US President Barack Obama and his Secretary of State John Kerry also congratulated Ukraine "on successful parliamentary elections". The day after the election Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated "I think we will recognize this election because it is very important for us that Ukraine will finally have authorities that do not fight one another, do not drag Ukraine to the West or to the East, but that will deal with the real problems facing the country". He also hoped that the new Ukrainian government "will be constructive, will not seek to continue escalating confrontational tendencies in society, (in ties) with Russia". Lavrov's Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin stated "the election is valid in spite of the rather harsh and dirty election campaign". Karasin also "welcomed the success of parties supporting a peaceful resolution of the conflict in eastern Ukraine" and warned that "nationalistic and chauvinistic forces" in parliament could undermine peace efforts and were "extremely dangerous".Moscow acknowledges Ukrainian election as validInterfax-Ukraine
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(27 October 2014)Ukraine elections: Pro-Western parties set for victory
BBC News (27 October 2014)
Russia to Recognize Ukraine Election Results, Says Lavrov
The Moscow Times (27 October 2014)
Russia's Lavrov hopes for 'constructive' Ukrainian government: Tass
Reuters (27 October 2014)
Russian senators prepared to cooperate with new Verkhovna Rada
Kyiv Post (28 October 2014) Senator Vladimir Dzhabarov, acting chairman of the (Russian) Federation Council's International Affairs Committee, stated that "The contacts earlier established between the
State Duma
The State Duma (russian: Госуда́рственная ду́ма, r=Gosudárstvennaja dúma), commonly abbreviated in Russian as Gosduma ( rus, Госду́ма), is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, while the upper house ...
and the Federation Council on the one hand and the Verkhovna Rada on the other will hopefully be re-launched in some format" although he stated he could not imagine how these contacts would be developed since he believed "The new Ukrainian parliament has become more radical-minded". Dzhabarov claimed about the elections that "If such elections had been held in some other country, in Russia for instance, the West would have never recognized them as legitimate. Nevertheless, the West and Europe have recognized the Ukrainian elections as valid". Observers of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation were positive about the elections and in particular welcomed that "administrative resources Administrative resource is the ability of political candidates (and parties) to use their official positions or connections to government institutions to influence the outcome of elections.
The term is widely used in Russia and other former USSR c ...
" were not used in the elections. Observers of the International Republican Institute also expressed this opinion and stated that its observers had witnessed only minor non-systemic irregularities that could not have affected the outcome of the election.
Government formation
By-elections
2015
On 26 July 2015 mid-term election were held in constituency 205 located in Chernihiv. These were necessary after 2014 winner Valeriy Kulich had left parliament because of his appointment as Governor ofChernihiv Oblast
Chernihiv Oblast ( uk, Черні́гівська о́бласть, translit=Chernihivska oblast; also referred to as Chernihivshchyna, uk, Черні́гівщина, translit=Chernihivshchyna) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. T ...
. 91 candidates took part in the elections; eight of them for political parties, the others were self-nominated candidates. On election day the ballot paper stretched to about 1 meter. 36 candidates had withdrawn from participation in the elections.Mid-term elections start in Chernihiv (constituency No.205)UNIAN (26 July 2015) During the election campaign top candidates Hennadiy Korban and Serhiy Berezenko were repeatedly accused of bribing voters, the use of black PR and other violations (of the electoral legislation).Корбан: Я потерял моральное право возглавлять политсовет партии "Укроп"
"Гордон", .07.2015
This crazy Ukrainian election shows the country has a ways to go toward reform
Global Post (28 July 2015) The election was won by Berezenko of Petro Poroshenko Bloc with 35.90% of the vote. Second most votes were won by Korban of UKROP who received 14.76%.With 100% of ballots counted in Rada by-election, Berezenko gets 35.90% of votes, Korban 14.76% – CEC
Interfax-Ukraine
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(28 July 2015) The official voter turnout was set at 35.3%.
2016
On 17 July 2016 mid-term election were held in 7 single-member districts (constituency 23, 27, 85, 114, 151, 183 and 206) because their representatives had been elected to executive political positions and the death of Ihor Yeremeyev. Turnout varied from about 50% until less than 20%. The elections were monitored by 57 international official observers. Vote counting in constituency 114 (situated inStanytsia Luhanska
Stanytsia Luhanska ( uk, Станиця Луганська, lit=The village of Luhansk, translit=Stanytsya Luhansʹka; russian: link=yes, Станица Луганская, translit=Stanitsa Luganskaya) is an urban-type settlement on the banks o ...
) was disrupted after several members of the election commission refused to count votes. In the same constituency 14 criminal case
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s for violating the election were opened. Constituency 151 was last in announcing its final results when it did so on 21 July 2016.Ukrayinska Pravda (21 July 2016)
Notes
References
External links
Homepage
Central Election Commission of Ukraine
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Interactive map with election results
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OPORA
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