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Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2002 took place on March 31. 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. In order to gain any (proportional) seats in Verkhovna Rada a party needed to receive at least 4% of the popular vote. For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... Verkhovna Rada. ...

Election result by popular vote

Out of 33 political parties and blocks, which participated in the election, 8 parties passed the required 4% barrier, and reserved seats in the parliament:

• Viktor Yushchenko Block "Our Ukraine" 23.57%
• Communist Party of Ukraine 19.98%
• United Ukraine Block 11.77%
• Yuliya Tymoshenko Block 7.26%
• Socialist Party of Ukraine 6.87%
• United Social Democratic Party of Ukraine 6.27%

The other blocks and parties collected in total 24% votes, but didn't pass the 4% barrier. Among them Nataliya Vitrenko Block with 3.22%, "Women for the Future" Political Union with 2.11%, and "Team of Winter Generation" block with 2.02%. Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Андрійович Ющенко) (born 23 February 1954) is the President of Ukraine. ... Categories: Politics stubs | Communist parties | Ukrainian politics | Ukrainian political parties ... United Ukraine was an electoral coalition that contested the 2002 parliamentary election in Ukraine, getting 12% of the vote and 102 of the 450 seats. ... Yuliya Tymoshenko. ... The Socialist Party of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Sotsialistychna Partiya Ukrainy) is a left-wing political party in Ukraine, one of the oldest (registered in late 1990). ... Politics of Ukraine Politics of Ukraine Political parties in Ukraine Elections in Ukraine: President: 2004 SDPU(o) party emblem Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (United) or SDPU(U)or SDPU(o) (Ukrainian: Sotsial-Demokratychna Partiya Ukrayiny [Obyednana], СОЦІАЛ-ДЕМОКРАТИЧНА ПАРТІЯ УКРАЇНИ (ОБЄДНАНА) or СДПУ(О)), is a Ukrainian political party. ... Election poster 2004 Nataliya Vitrenko was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine, which she has chaired since 1996. ...

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 the Republic of Crimea. For United Ukraine block, which included Victor Yanukovich'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. Yuliya 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%. A monument to St. ... The Crimea (officially Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukrainian transliteration: Avtonomna Respublika Krym, Ukrainian: Автономна Республіка Крим, Russian: Автономная Республика Крым, pronounced cry-MEE-ah in English) is a peninsula and an autonomous republic of Ukraine on the northern coast of the Black Sea. ... For United Ukraine (Za Jedinu Ukrajinu) is a political alliance in Ukraine. ... Viktor Yanukovych Campaign Poster 2004 Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych (Russian: Виктор Федорович Янукович1) (born July 9, 1950 in Yenakiieve, Donetska oblast) was Prime Minister of Ukraine from November 21, 2002 to December 31, 2004. ... Donetsk Oblast (Ukrainian: Донецька область, Donets’ka oblast’ or Донеччина, Donechchyna) is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. ... Sumy Oblast (Сумська область, Sums’ka oblast’ or Сумщина, Sumshchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast of northern Ukraine. ... Yuliya Tymoshenko. ... Poltava Oblast (Полтавська область, Poltavs’ka oblast’ or Полтавщина, Poltavshchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine. ...

Election result by parliament seats

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External links

• ((English)) Central Election Commission of Ukraine
• ((English)) Relatively in-depth analysis of the election (PDF) by GlobalSecurity.org