REPUBLIC OF UKRAINE
LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 26 MARCH 2006
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Elections to the Verkhovna Rada (Supreme Council)
Source: Website of the Ukrainian Central Election Commission

Parties
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* BJT - Blok Juliya Tymoshenko (Juliya Tymoshenko's Bloc)
* KPU - Komunistychna Partiya Ukrainy (Communist Party of Ukraine)
* NU - Nasha Ukraina (Our Ukraine)
* PR - Partiya Regioniv (Party of the Regions)
* SPU - Sotsialistychna Partiya Ukrainy (Socialist Party of Ukraine)


The Rada has 450 members elected on a national proportional basis.

NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS
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Enrolled voters:                37,173,544
Votes cast:                     25,002,988  67.3
Invalid votes:                     593,852  02.4
Valid votes:                    24,409,136  97.6
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Party                           Votes       %      Change      Seats
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Communist Party of Ukraine         928,501  03.8   -17.5        21    -47
Gramadyansky Bloc                  372,931  01.5                 -
Juliya Tymoshenko Bloc           5,648,345  23.4   +13.8       137    +116
Litvin's People's Bloc             618,060  02.4                 -
Natalia Vitrenko Bloc              743,125  02.9                 -
Opposition Bloc "Not This"         256,837  01.0                 -
Our Ukraine                      3,536,459  15.2   -09.3        85    -27
Party of the Regions             8,144,485  32.3   +19.7       180    +69
Socialist Party of Ukraine       1,439,624  06.1   -00.6        34    +11   
Ukrainian People's Bloc            475,636  01.9                 -
Viche Party                        443,559  01.7                 -
Others                           1,801,574  07.8                 -    -126
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Total                           24,409,136                     450
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The number of seats won by each party is an estimate. "Others" at the 2002 
election were mostly local independents who have now been eliminated as a 
result of the move to a fully proportional party-list system.