REPUBLIC OF UKRAINE LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 31 MARCH 2002 ================================================================== Elections to the Verkhovna Rada (Supreme Council) Source: Website of the Ukrainian Central Election Commission The Rada has 450 members, 225 elected on a national proportional basis and 225 elected from single-member constituencies. Parties ------------------------------------------------------------------ * DPU - Demokratychna Partiya Ukrainy (Democratic Party of Ukraine) * Ednist (Unity) * KPU - Komunistychna Partiya Ukrainy (Communist Party of Ukraine) * NU - Nasha Ukraina (Our Ukraine). (NU is a coalition of the Ukrainian People's Movement (RUKH), the Congress of Ukrainian Nationlalists and other minor anti-government parties) nationalist party, * SDPU - Sotsial-Demokratychna Partiya Ukrainy (Social-Democratic Party of Ukraine) * SPU - Sotsialistychna Partiya Ukrainy (Socialist Party of Ukraine) * VBJT - Viborchi Blok Juliya Tymoshenko (Juliya Tymoshenko's Election Bloc). (Juliya Tymoshenko's bloc is a coalition of the Fatherland Party and other minor parties) * ZEU - Za Ediny Ukrainy (For One Ukraine). (ZEU is a coalition of parties supporting President Kuchma) NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES ================================================================== This table shows votes cast for the 225 members elected by proportional representation. Parties needed to poll 5% of the vote to win proportional seats. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Voters: 37,277,697 Votes cast: 25,884,236 (69.4%) Invalid votes: 1,635,226 (06.3%) Valid votes: 24,249,010 (93.7%) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Party Votes % Deputies ------------------------------------------------------------------ Communist Party of Ukraine 5,170,904 21.3 60 For One Ukraine 3,047,358 12.6 35 Juliya Tymoshenko Election Bloc 1,873,622 07.7 21 Our Ukraine 6,086,824 25.1 70 Social-Democratic Party of Ukraine 1,621,266 06.7 19 Socialist Party of Ukraine 1,777,495 07.3 20 Others 4,671,541 19.3 - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 24,249,010 225 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SUMMARY OF DEPUTIES ELECTED ================================================================== Proportional Constituency Party Deputies Deputies Total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Communist Party of Ukraine 60 7 67 Democratic Party of Ukraine - 4 4 For One Ukraine 35 66 101 Juliya Tymoshenko Election Bloc 21 - 21 Our Ukraine 70 42 112 Social-Democratic Party of Ukraine 19 5 24 Socialist Party of Ukraine 20 3 23 Unity - 3 3 Others - 98 98 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 225 225 450 ------------------------------------------------------------------