Parliamentary election in Ukraine 2006

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Parliamentary election
in Ukraine 20062007 →
(in %)
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
32.14
22.29
13.95
5.69
3.66
22.27
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 2002
 % p
 25th
 20th
 15th
 10
   5
   0
  -5
-10
-15
-20
+20.37
+15.03
-9.62
-1.18
-16.32
-8.28
Otherwise.
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Remarks:
Distribution of seats
     
A total of 450 seats

The fourth election of the Verkhovna Rada parliament of Ukraine since independence in 1991 took place on March 26, 2006 . It was the first parliamentary election since the " orange revolution ". It was generally seen as a vote on the continuation of the liberal, west-oriented course of incumbent President Viktor Yushchenko . Its party lost numerous votes due to widespread dissatisfaction with the president's policies, which were perceived as wrong or half-hearted, but the electoral list of former prime minister and radical reformer Yulia Tymoshenko became the second strongest force. The party of the former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych became the strongest party with a share of 32.1% of the vote, while Yanukovych , who was previously considered an opponent of the democratic revolution and a supporter of Vladimir Putin , found the greatest support in the mostly Russian-speaking east and south of the country, while in Kiev and in the west of the country the parties of Yushchenko and Tymoshenko gained a majority.

Electoral process

This year's parliamentary elections were held exclusively on the basis of proportional representation . 450 seats in parliament are assigned according to national party lists . A 3% blocking clause applied in this election . It was the first elections to be held exclusively on the basis of proportional representation . The 1990 and 1994 elections were held exclusively by majority voting. The candidate was supposed to achieve an absolute majority in his constituency in the first ballot, which in 1994 led to several by-elections and permanent understaffing of parliament. In 1998 and 2002 225 seats were assigned according to party lists and the other 225 as direct mandates , with only a relative majority of the votes in the constituency now being sufficient.

Since the direct mandates were mostly acquired by non-party candidates, which then made it difficult to form a clear majority in parliament, this election was primarily expected to strengthen the parties in parliament under proportional representation.

Special importance was attached to this election because of the constitutional reform that came into force on January 1, 2006 . The amended constitution limits the powers of the president in forming a government in favor of parliament. Now the prime minister is no longer proposed to parliament for simple confirmation, the president now has to respect the majority in the Verkhovna Rada and only propose the representative of the majority party (s) to parliament for election. It was therefore expected that the first party-sponsored coalition government would take place . In addition, parliament's control rights over the government were expanded and the president's powers of instruction were restricted.

Bottom line

Strongest force by constituency
Second strongest force by constituency

The polling stations closed at 10 p.m. on March 26, 2006 ( Kiev time ). Since local and regional elections were held in addition to the parliamentary elections, the counting of votes was not completed until the morning of Tuesday, March 28, although the first projections based on by-election surveys were published on Sunday evening. According to official information from the Central Election Commission, 67.13% of the citizens entitled to vote took part in the election . The official final result was announced by the Central Election Commission on April 10, 2006.

According to the official final result, the votes are distributed as follows:

Official final result of the 2006 Verkhovna Rada elections
Parties and electoral alliances be right % Seats
Party of Regions (Partija regioniw) 8,148,745 32.14 186
Block Julija Tymoshenko (Blok Juliji Tymoshenko) 5,652,876 22.29 129
People's Union Our Ukraine (Narodnyj Soyuz Nascha Ukrajina) 3,539,140 13.95 81
Socialist Party of Ukraine (Sozialistytschna Partija Ukrajiny) 1,444,224 5.69 33
Communist Party of Ukraine (Komunistytschna Partija Ukrajiny) 929,591 3.66 21st
Block People's Opposition (Blok Narodna oposyzija) 743.704 2.93 -
People's Block Lytwyn (Narodnyj Blok Lytwyna) 619.905 2.44 -
Block Kostenko and Pljuschtsch ( Block Kostenka i Pluschtscha) 476.155 1.87 -
Witsche (Witsche) 441.912 1.74 -
Reforms and order - Pora! (Reformy i Porjadok - PORA!) 373.478 1.47 -
Opposition bloc "Ne Tak" 257.106 1.01 -
other (less than 1%) 2,042,405 7.11 -
"against all" 449,650 1.77 -
invalid voting 490.595 1.93 -
Total ( turnout: 67.13% ) 25,352,380 100 450

Participated parties, alliances and voting blocs

The Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine approved the lists of names of the 45 parties and electoral blocs for the election on March 26, 2006. However, only five parties got over the 3% hurdle and thus entered the Verkhovna Rada with parliamentary groups .

Highlighted are the parties that were expected to get over 3% of the vote. The number of candidates on the list of names of the respective party submitted to the Central Election Commission is given in brackets (see also: List of parties in Ukraine ).

Government crisis

In June 2006 a new coalition between the Julija Tymoshenko bloc , the People's Union Our Ukraine and the Socialist Party was decided. Tymoshenko was to return to the office of prime minister, the previous prime minister Yuriy Jechanurow was planned as the new speaker of parliament. The coalition broke up before the election of the prime minister by parliament.

In the following weeks it became increasingly clear that only a coalition from the People's Union of Our Ukraine with Viktor Yanukovych's Party of Regions can achieve a stable majority. After tough negotiations, the parties agreed on a joint government. On August 2, 2006, President Yushchenko announced that he would propose his former rival Yanukovych for the post of prime minister. With the coalition agreement between Yanukovych and Yushchenko, the four-month government crisis in Ukraine was initially over. Yanukovych was confirmed by a majority in parliament on August 6th.

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  1. ↑ The Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, 2006 Central Election Commission of Ukraine (en)
  2. ↑ The Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, 2002 ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Central Election Commission of Ukraine (en) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cvk.gov.ua
  3. ↑ Шановні пані та панове! Щиро раді вітати вас на WEB-сайті Центральної виборчої комісії! , accessed October 21, 2018
  4. ↑ tagesschau.de: Yushchenko proposes rivals as premier (tagesschau.de archive), August 3, 2006

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