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2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election
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424 of the 450 seats in the Verkhovna Rada[a]
226 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout49.24% (Decrease 2.67 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Dmytro Razumkov Yuriy Boyko Yulia Tymoshenko
Party Servant of the People Opposition Platform Batkivshchyna
Leader since 27 May 2019 9 November 2018 9 July 1999
Leader's seat Party list Party list Party list
Last election New New 20 seats, 5.68%
Seats won 254 43 26
Seat change New New Increase 6
Popular vote 6,307,793 1,908,111 1,196,303
Percentage 43.16% (PR) 13.06% (PR) 8.19% (PR)
Swing New New Increase 2.51
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Petro Poroshenko Sviatoslav Vakarchuk
Party European Solidarity Holos
Leader since 31 May 2019 16 May 2019
Leader's seat Party list Party list
Last election 131 seat, 21.82% New
Seats won 25 20
Seat change Decrease 106 New
Popular vote 1,184,620 851,722
Percentage 8.11% (PR) 5.83% (PR)
Swing Decrease 13.71% New
Prime Minister before election

Volodymyr Groysman
USH

Elected Prime Minister

Oleksiy Honcharuk
Independent

Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 21 July 2019.[1] Originally scheduled to be held at the end of October, the elections were brought forward after newly inaugurated President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dissolved parliament on 21 May 2019, during his inauguration.[2] The elections resulted in an outright majority, a novelty in Ukraine, for Zelenskyy's Servant of the People party, which won 254 seats.[3]

About 80 percent of the elected candidates were new to parliament, while 83 deputies were re-elected from the previous parliament and 13 deputies from earlier convocations.[3] All deputies from Servant of the People were political newcomers.[3] 61 percent of the new MPs had never before been engaged in politics.[3]

The elections were suspended in 26 of the 225 constituencies due to the March 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia and the ongoing occupation of parts of Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast by separatist forces of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic (since April 2014).

Background

Originally scheduled to be held at the end of October 2019, the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary elections were brought forward after newly inaugurated President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dissolved parliament early on 21 May 2019 (a day after his inauguration), despite claims that he did not have the legal grounds to do this. After Zelenskyy issued the decree (calling early elections), a lawsuit was filed to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, which sought to declare the decree unconstitutional and therefore illegal.[4][5] The court declared the decree to be legal on 20 June 2019.[2][6] The official reason why Zelenskyy dissolved parliament was "a lack of a government coalition".[7]

Following the 2014 parliamentary elections, the Petro Poroshenko Bloc (PPB) party became the largest party, after securing 132 seats. On 21 November 2014, the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, People's Front, Self Reliance, Fatherland and the Radical Party all signed a coalition agreement.[8] Arseniy Yatsenyuk became Prime Minister on 2 December 2014. The Radical Party left the coalition on 1 September 2015 in protest over a vote in parliament involving a change to the Ukrainian Constitution that would lead to decentralization and greater powers for areas held by separatists.[9] February 2016 saw the start of the fall of the Yatsenyuk cabinet after the economy minister Aivaras Abromavičius announced his resignation claiming the government did not have real commitment to fight corruption.[10] On 17 and 18 February 2016, the Fatherland and Self Reliance parties left the coalition; meaning that the coalition became 5 deputies short of the 226 needed.[11] On 14 April 2016, Volodymyr Groysman became the new Prime Minister and the Groysman government began with a new cabinet of ministers.[12] Due to the short period of time available to organize the 2019 parliamentary election, current Ukrainian public procurement laws were not followed and to bypass this, local election commissions will work under deferred payment.[4]

Electoral system

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dissolved the Verkhovna Rada shortly after his inauguration, May 2019.

Under current law 225 members of the Verkhovna Rada are elected by nationwide closed party-list proportional representation with 5% electoral election threshold and the other 225 seats elected in constituencies with a first-past-the-post electoral system in one round (candidate with the highest vote total wins).[13][14][15][16] 21 parties take part in the election in the nationwide party-list.[17] For the elections there was established a state financing for all political parties that received 2% support, but on 2 October 2019 that law was canceled.[18]

Out of 225 constituencies, 26 were suspended due to the March 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia and the occupation of parts of Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast by separatists (since April 2014).

Candidates had until 20 June to submit documents to the Central Election Commission of Ukraine to register as candidates for the position of deputy of the Verkhovna Rada.[19] On 25 June 2019, the Central Election Commission ended its registration process.[17] It registered 5,845 candidates for the elections:[17] 3,171 candidates in the single-member constituencies and 2,674 candidates in the single nationwide constituency with 22 parties.[17][20]

Since 2014, various politicians have proposed to reform the electoral system to 100% party-list proportional representation with open lists.[13] President Zelenskyy is the main proponent.[21] The proposal is opposed by Yulia Tymoshenko.[22] A vote on the proposal (authored by the president) was supposed to take place on 22 May 2019, but members of parliament voted against including it in the agenda.[21][23]

Contesting parties

2019 Ukrainian parliamentary electoral list
Electoral ballot of the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, featuring 22 parties

List of registered parties[24][25]

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election
2019 Ukrainian parliamentary elections ratings
Opinion polls prior to the Ukrainian parliamentary election

Results

Turnout in electoral districts
Turnout in regions
Results of party-list voting by electoral districts
Results of single-mandate constituencies
PartyProportionalConstituencyTotal
seats		+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Servant of the People6,307,79343.161244,630,88032.87130254New
Opposition Platform — For Life1,908,11113.0637987,8327.01643New
Batkivshchyna1,196,3038.1924686,7344.87226+6
European Solidarity1,184,6208.1123589,9184.19225–106
Holos851,7225.8317401,9032.85320New
Radical Party of Oleh Liashko586,3844.010152,1911.0800–22
Strength and Honor558,6523.820175,3971.24000
Opposition Bloc443,1953.030377,1912.6866New
Ukrainian Strategy of Groysman352,9342.4200New
Party of Shariy327,1522.24012,0540.0900New
Svoboda315,5682.160452,3733.2111–6
Civil Position153,2251.050103,0440.73000
Party of Greens of Ukraine96,6590.66000
Self Reliance91,5960.630135,2970.9611–32
Agrarian Party of Ukraine75,5090.52096,1390.6800New
Movement of New Forces67,7400.4607,6830.0500New
Power of the People27,9840.19049,1170.35000
Power of Law [uk]20,3400.1400New
Patriot16,1230.11018,0150.1300New
Social Justice15,9670.1102,6150.0200New
Independence7,9700.0500New
Torch7,7390.0500New
United Centre44,4850.3211New
People's Movement of Ukraine41,4820.29000
Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform22,2790.1600–
Bila Tserkva Together20,2770.1411New
Democratic Axis13,6130.1000New
Civil Movement of Ukraine12,0370.09000
Joint Action7,0710.05000
Ukrainian Unity Party6,3550.0500New
Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists5,3180.04000
Right Sector5,0930.0400–1
Our Land4,7090.0300New
All-Ukrainian Union "Cherkashchany"4,2830.0300New
Social and Political Platform of Nadiya Savchenko3,9490.0300New
Party of Free Democrats3,5990.0300New
Ukrainian Party3,2680.0200New
Party of Pensioners of Ukraine3,2620.02000
Ukraine the Glorious3,0640.02000
Native City2,3760.02000
Socialist Party of Ukraine1,9900.01000
Liberty1,8020.01000
Community and Law1,5270.0100New
Darth Vader Bloc1,1640.0100New
Development9030.0100New
Republican Christian Party9020.0100New
Aware Nation7660.0100New
Real Action7640.0100New
Party of Local Self-Governance5200.0000New
Meritocratic Party of Ukraine5170.00000
Trust the Deeds4280.0000New
Gypsy Party of Ukraine3880.0000New
Internet Party of Ukraine3700.00000
Bdzhola2220.0000New
People's Truth2060.0000New
Student Party of Ukraine1380.0000New
Pirate Party of Ukraine1330.0000New
Independents4,992,51435.434646–51
Vacant2626–
Total14,613,286100.0022514,090,157100.002254500
Valid votes14,613,28699.01
Invalid/blank votes146,2620.99
Total votes14,759,548100.00
Registered voters/turnout29,973,73949.24
Source: CLEA, CVK

The 46 independents included four members of Our Land, three members of UKROP, one member of Agrarian Party of Ukraine and one member of the For Specific Cases party, who had not been nominated by their parties.

Electoral support for parties

  • Servant of the People
    Servant of the People
  • Opposition Platform — For Life
    Opposition Platform — For Life
  • Batkivshchyna
    Batkivshchyna
  • European Solidarity
    European Solidarity
  • Voice
    Voice

Single-mandate constituency results

About 80 percent of the elected candidates had never been elected to parliament; 83 deputies managed to get reelected from the previous parliament and 13 deputies from earlier convocations.[3] All deputies from Servant of the People were political newcomers.[3] 61 percent of the new MPs had never before been engaged in politics.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ 26 seats were in occupied areas where elections could not take place.

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