Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002

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Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002
Ukraine
1998 ←
 31 March 2002
 → 2006
All 450 seats to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
226 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Viktor Yushchenko Petro Symonenko Volodymyr Lytvyn
Party Our Ukraine Communist Party For United Ukraine!
Leader since 2002 19 June 1993 15 December 2001
Last election 46 seats, 9.40% (as People's Movement of Ukraine) 121 seats, 25.4% 28 seats, 5.01% (as People's Democratic Party)
Seats won 111 66 101
Seat change +65 -55 +73
Popular vote 6,114,768 5,179,709 3,057,824
Percentage 24.5% 19.98% 11.79%
Swing +14.18% -4.67% +6.78%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Yulia Tymoshenko Oleksandr Moroz Viktor Medvedchuk
Party Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc Socialist Party SDPU (united)
Last election 5 seats, 2.71% (as National Front) 34 seats, 8.55% 17 seats, 4.01%
Seats won 22 22 24
Seat change +17 -12 +7
Popular vote 1,883,194 1,780,998 1,627,319
Percentage 7.26% 6.87% 6.28%
Swing +4.55% -1.68% +2.27%

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Results of the 2002 parliamentary election.
Prime Minister before election

Anatoliy Kinakh
PIE of Ukraine

 Elected Prime Minister

Anatoliy Kinakh
PIE of Ukraine

Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 31 March 2002.[1] The Our Ukraine bloc emerged as the largest faction in the Verkhovna Rada, winning 111 of the 447 seats.[2]

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe noted at the time that there were physical assaults and harassment of candidates and campaign workers associated with opposition political parties prior to the March election.[3] The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc complained of campaign related violations including "an informal 'media blackout,' [and] negatively slanted coverage".[3]

Contents

Electoral system

Half of the deputies to Verkhovna Rada (parliament of Ukraine) were elected on proportional basis, while the other half were elected by popular vote in single-mandate constituencies.[4] In order to gain any (proportional) seats in Verkhovna Rada a party needed to receive at least 4% of the popular vote.[5]

Public opinion polls

Polls Our Ukraine Communists ZaEdU[6] SDPU (o)[7] BYuT[8] Socialists Vitrenko[9] Greens Zh/M[10] KOP[11] Apple
All-Ukrainian Social Service (3/31/2002)[12] 22% 20% 14% 8% 6% 5% 3.5%
Razumkov Centre (3/29/2002)[13] 26-28% 18-19% 7-8% 9-10% 7-8% 3.5-4.5% 4-5% 4.5-5.5% 4-5% 2.5-3.5% 2.5-3%
Politic's Institute (3/29/2002)[13] 29-32% 19-21% 6-8% 7-9% 4-5% 4-5% 5-6% 4-5%
Ukrainian Institute of Social Research and
Center "Social Monitoring" (3/27/2002)[14]		 23-25% 17-19% 11-13% 10-12% 5.5-7% 3.5-4.5% 3-4% 4-5.5% 4-5.5% 2.5-4% 2.5-3.5%
Center SOCIS (3/27/2002)[14] 31-33% 17-19% 5-6% 7-8% 3-4% 2-3% 2-3% 5-6% 4-5%

Incidents

On March 29, 2002 the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko won a case on defamation against the Chairman of the Tax Administration of Ukraine Mykola Azarov. The Shevchenkivsky District Court of the Kiev city prohibited the Tax Administration of Ukraine to spread lies against the opposition electoral bloc.[15]

Late at night on March 29, 2002 was mortally wounded a vice-governor of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Mykola Shkriblyak. Shkriblyak was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) and he ran for the Supreme Council (Verkhovna Rada) at the 90th electoral district. He died later in a local hospital.[16]

Results

e • d Summary of the 31 March 2002 Verkhovna Rada election results
Parties and alliances (34 parties and blocks participated in the election; 6 of them passed the required 6% barrier) Party votes % Swing % Party mandates Indiv. mandates Total mandates Increase Decrease mandates
Viktor Yushchenko Bloc Our Ukraine (Blok Viktora Juščenka "Naša Ukraïna") 6,114,768 23.58 Increase 14.18 70 41 111 Increase 65
Communist Party of Ukraine (Komunistyčna partija Ukraïny) 5,179,709 19.98 Decrease 4.67 59 7 66 Decrease 55
For United Ukraine (Za jedynu Ukraïnu) 3,057,824 11.79 Increase 6.78 35 66 101 Increase 73
Electoral Bloc Yuliya Tymoshenko (Vyborčyj Blok Juliï Tymošenko) 1,883,194 7.26 Increase 4.55 22 - 22 Increase 17
Socialist Party of Ukraine (Socialistyčna partija Ukraïny) 1,780,998 6.87 Decrease 1.68 20 2 22 Decrease 12
United Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (Social-demokratyčna partija Ukraïny [ob`jednana]) 1,627,319 6.28 Increase 2.27 19 5 24 Increase 7
Nataliya Vitrenko Bloc (Blok Nataliï Vitrenko) 836,410 3.23 Decrease 0.81 - - - Decrease 16
Women for the Future (Žinky za majbutnje) 548,179 2.11 N/A - - - New party
Team of Winter Generation (Komanda ozymoho pokolinnja) 525,209 2.03 Increase 1.13 - - - Decrease 1
Communist Party of Ukraine (renewed) (Komunistyčna partija Ukraïny - onovlena) 362,803 1.40 N/A - - - New party
Party of Greens of Ukraine (Partija Zelenych Ukraïny) 338,519 1.31 Decrease 4.12 - - - Decrease 19
"Apple" (Jabluko) 299,884 1.16 N/A - - - New party
Unity (Jednist')
  • Unity (Jednist')
  • Social Democratic Union (Social-demokratyčnyj sojuz)
  • Young Ukraine (Moloda Ukraïna)
  • Ukrainian Party of Justice (Ukraïnska partija spravedlyvosti)
 282,756 1.09 Decrease 1.97 - 3 3 Increase 2
DPU-DS 227,616 0.88 Decrease 0.34 - 4 4 Increase 3
New generation of Ukraine (Nove pokolinnja Ukraïny) 201,247 0.78 N/A - - - New party
Ruthenian bloc (Rus'kyj blok)
  • Ruthenian bloc (Rus'kyj blok)
  • Ruthenian-Ukrainian Union RUS (Rus'ko-Ukraïns'kyj sojuz RUS' )
  • Union (Sojuz)
 191,064 0.74 Increase 0.04 - - - Decrease 1
ZUBR (For Ukraine, Belarus, Russia)
  • For Human Rights (Za prava ljudyny)
  • Light from the East (Svitlo zi Schodu)
 112,675 0.43 N/A - - - New party
Communist Party of Workers and Peasants (Komunistyčna partija robitnykiv i seljan) 107,005 0.41 N/A - - - New party
Peasant Party of Ukraine (Seljans'ka partija Ukraïny) 98,502 0.38 N/A - - - part of bloc
Party of Rehabilitation of People of Ukraine (Partija Reabilitaciï Narodu Ukraïny) 91,170 0.35 N/A - - - Steady 0
All-Ukrainian Party of Workers (Vseukraïns'ka partija trudjaščych) 88,952 0.34 Decrease 0.45 - - - Steady 0
All-Ukrainian Association of Christians (Vseukraïns'ke ob`jednannja chrystyjan) 75,242 0.29 N/A - - - New party
Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (Social-demokratyčna partija Ukraïny) 68,725 0.27 Decrease 0.06 - - - Steady 0
People's Movement of Ukraine (Narodnyj Ruch Ukraïny)
  • People's Movement of Ukraine for Unity (Narodnyj Ruch Ukraïny za Jednist' )
  • All-Ukrainian Association Center (Vseukrans'ke ob`jednannja Center)
 41,817 0.16 N/A - - - New party
Against all (Proty vsich)
  • Patriotic Party of Ukraine (Patriotyčna partija Ukraïny)
  • Party of small and middle business of Ukraine (Partija Maloho i Serednjoho Biznesu Ukraïny)
 29,699 0.11 N/A - - - New party
Ukrainian Marine Party (Ukraïns'ka mors'ka partija) 29,072 0.11 N/A - 1 1 Increase 1
People's Party of Depositors and Social Security (Narodna partija vkladnykiv i social'noho zachystu) 27,299 0.11 N/A - - - New party
New Force (Nova Syla) 26,336 0.10 N/A - - - New party
Christian Movement (Chrystyjans'kyj ruch) 23,612 0.09 N/A - - - New party
All-Ukrainian Association of the Lefts Justice (Vseukraïns'ke ob`jednannja livych Spavedlyvist' ) 21,975 0.08 N/A - - - New party
Ukrainian National Assembly (Ukraïns'ka nacional'na asambleja) 11,867 0.05 Decrease 0.35 - - - Steady 0
New World (Novyj Svit)
  • Ukrainian Party (Ukraïns'ka partija)
  • All-Ukrainian Party of International Agreement (Vseukraïns'ka partija mižnarodnoho porozuminnja)
 11,091 0.04 N/A - - - New party
Liberal Ukraine (Liberal'na Ukraïna) 8,562 0.03 N/A - - - New party
Party of National Economic Development of Ukraine (Partija nacional'no-ekonomičnoho rozvytku Ukraïny) DNP DNP N/A - 1 1 Increase 1
People's Party (Narodna partija) DNP DNP N/A - - - ?
Christian Democratic Party of Ukraine (Chrystyjans'ko-demokratyčna partija Ukraïny) DNP DNP N/A - - - Steady 0
Non-partisans DNP DNP N/A - 92 92 Decrease 19
Against all 635,199 2.50 Decrease 2.90
Ivalid ballots 963,462 3.79 Increase 0.61
Total (turnout 69.3 %) 25,909,407 100 Decrease 1.50 225 222 447 Decrease 3
Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine and Brama

The final election results differed greatly from the final opinion poll.[17] The 2002 parliamentary elections were the first that substantially reduced fragmentation of the Verkhovna Rada and laid the groundwork for consolidation of political views in the parliament.

Yushchenko's Our Ukraine gathered most of its support from western and central regions of Ukraine, including the city of Kiev. The Communist Party received most of its votes from eastern and southern regions, as well as from Crimea. For United Ukraine block, which included Victor Yanukovych's Party of Regions, got most of its votes from eastern regions of Ukraine. Donetsk Oblast was the stronghold of the block, where it received more than twice the number of votes (36.83%) compared to the next highest supporting region: Sumy Oblast with 17.05% of the region's voters. Yulia Tymoshenko's block's support came predominantly from western regions, while the Socialists were most supported in the central regions. While the Tymoshenko block received more of the national vote compared to the Socialist Party, it did not gain a plurality in any of the regions, while the Socialist Party managed to secure plurality of votes in Poltava Oblast with 22.05%.

Fraction changes after 2002 election

After the election, several MPs left their parties to join another others.[18]

e • d Fraction changes after the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002 (main parties and alliances)
Parties and alliances Number of seats on 15 May 2002 Number of seats on 2 January 2003 Number of seats on 16 September 2005 Green Arrow Up.svg  Red Arrow Down.svg
Viktor Yushchenko Bloc Our Ukraine 119 102 45 Red Arrow Down.svg 74 seats
Communist Party of Ukraine 64 60 56 Red Arrow Down.svg 8 seats
For United Ukraine 175 191 Disbanded Red Arrow Down.svg 175 seats
Electoral Bloc Yuliya Tymoshenko 23 18 40 Green Arrow Up.svg 17 seats
Socialist Party of Ukraine 22 20 26 Green Arrow Up.svg 4 seats
United Social Democratic Party of Ukraine 31 40 20 Red Arrow Down.svg 11 seats
Source: Virtual Politics - Faking Democracy in the Post-Soviet World, Andrew Wilson, Yale University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-300-09545-7 & Ukraine on Its Meandering Path Between East and West by Andrej Lushnycky and Mykola Riabchuk, Peter Lang, 2009, ISBN: 303911607X

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1976 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1991
  3. ^ a b Ukraine:Treatment of the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (SDPU); relationship with the National Salvation Forum (FNB); treatment of FNB members, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada via UNHCR (14 August 2003)
  4. ^ Against All Odds: Aiding Political Parties in Georgia and Ukraine (UvA Proefschriften) by Max Bader, Vossiuspers UvA, 2010, ISBN 90-5629-631-0 (page 93)
  5. ^ Ukraine at the Crossroads: Economic Reforms in International Perspective by Axel Siedenberg (Editor), Lutz Hoffmann, Physica-Verlag Heidelberg, 1999, ISBN 3790811890/ISBN 978-3790811896 (page 184)
  6. ^ For One Ukraine
  7. ^ Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united)
  8. ^ Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko
  9. ^ Bloc of Nataliya Vitrenko
  10. ^ Women for Future
  11. ^ Team of Winter Generation
  12. ^ (Ukrainian) "За ЄдУ" отримує свої 14%. У відповідному exit-poll (ZaEdU is receiving its 14%. In the respective exit-poll). Ukrayinska Pravda. March 31, 2002
  13. ^ a b (Ukrainian) Вибори-2002: остаточний прогноз (Elections-2002: the final forecast). Ukrayinska Pravda. March 29, 2002
  14. ^ a b Рейтинги переможців. Без табу (Ratings of victors. No taboo). Ukrayinska Pravda. March 27, 2002
  15. ^ Тимошенко виграла суд у Азарова (Tymoshenko won case against Azarov). Ukrayinska Pravda. March 29, 2002
  16. ^ Вбито кандидата в депутати від СДПУ(О) (A parliamentary candidate from SDPU (u) was killed). Ukrayinska Pravda. March 30, 2002
  17. ^ Ukraine's election frontrunners, BBC News (28 March 2002)
  18. ^ Virtual Politics - Faking Democracy in the Post-Soviet World, Andrew Wilson, Yale University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-300-09545-7

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