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2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election
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424 (of the 450) seats to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
213[a] seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout49.84%[2]
Reporting
93.29%
as of 07:37 23 July 2019 GMT
 
Leader Dmytro Razumkov Vadim Rabinovich
Yuriy Boyko 		Yulia Tymoshenko
Party SN Opposition Platform — For Life Batkivshchyna
Leader since 27 May 2019 26 May 2019 9 February 2001
Last election New New 19 seats, 5.68%
Current seats New 27[b] 21
  File:Svyatoslav Vakarchuk 2016.jpg
Leader Petro Poroshenko Svyatoslav Vakarchuk
Party YeS Voice
Leader since 31 May 2019 16 May 2019
Last election 132 seats, 21.82% New
Current seats 127 New
Incumbent Prime Minister

Volodymyr Groysman
Petro Poroshenko Bloc



Snap elections to the Ukrainian parliament were held on 21 July 2019.[3] Originally scheduled to be held at the end of October, these elections were brought forward after newly inaugurated President Volodymyr Zelensky dissolved parliament on 21 May 2019, during his inauguration.[4]

26 constituencies from 225 were suspended due to the March 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia and the occupation of parts of Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast by Russian proxies (since April 2014), because of them roughly 12 percent of voting-age citizens could not participate in the elections.

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 Zelensky 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.[5] After Zelensky 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.[6][7] The court declared the decree to be legal on 20 June 2019.[4][8] The official reason why Zelensky dissolved parliament was "a lack of a government coalition".[9]

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.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12] 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.[13] On 14 April 2016, Volodymyr Groysman became the new Prime Minister and the Groysman government began with a new cabinet of ministers.[14] 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.[6]

Electoral system

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).[15][16][17][18] 21 parties take part in the election in the nationwide party-list.[19]

26 constituencies from 225 are 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), because of then roughly 12 percent of voting-age citizens cannot participate in the elections.[20][nb 1]

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.[21] On 25 June 2019, the Central Election Comission ended its registration process.[19] It registered 5,845 candidates for the elections:[19] 3,171 candidates in the single-member constituencies and 2,674 candidates in the single nationwide constituency with 22 parties.[19][22]

Since 2014, various politicians have proposed to reform the electoral system to 100% party-list proportional representation with open lists.[15] President Zelensky is the main proponent.[23] The proposal is opposed by Yulia Tymoshenko.[24] 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.[23][25]

List of parties

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

List of registered parties[26][27]

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

Preliminary results

Turnout in electoral districts
Turnout in regions
Party Votes % ±pp Seats
PLPR FPTP Total +/–
style="background:Template:Servant of the People (political party)/meta/color;"| Servant of the People 5,723,873 43.11 New 129 New
style="background:Template:Opposition Platform — For Life/meta/color;"| Opposition Platform — For Life 1,726,422 13.00 New 7 New
style="background:Template:All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"/meta/color;"| Fatherland[c] 1,085,685 8.17 1
style="background:Template:European Solidarity/meta/color;"| European Solidarity 1,083,394 8.16 1
style="background:Template:Voice (Ukrainian political party)/meta/color;"| Voice 531,370 5.88 New 3 New
style="background:Template:Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko/meta/color;"| Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko 531,370 4.00 0 0 0 Decrease22
Strength and Honor 505,341 3.80 0 0 0 Steady0
Opposition Bloc 408,451 3.07 0 6 6 Decrease59
style="background:Template:Ukrainian Strategy/meta/color;"| Ukrainian Strategy of Groysman 309,819 2.33 0 0 0 New
style="background:Template:Party of Shariy/meta/color;"| Party of Shariy 298,493 2.24 0 0 0 New
style="background:Template:Svoboda (political party)/meta/color;"| Svoboda[d] 289,960 2.18 0 1 1 Decrease5
style="background:Template:Civil Position/meta/color;"| Civil Position 139,995 1.05 0 0 0 Steady0
Party of Greens of Ukraine 87,545 0.65 0 0 0 Steady0
style="background:Template:Self Reliance (political party)/meta/color;"| Self Reliance 84,481 0.63 0 1 1 Decrease31
Agrarian Party 67,717 0.51 0 0 0 Steady0
Movement of New Forces 61,913 0.46 0 0 0 New
Force of People 25,695 0.19 0 0 0 Steady0
Power of Law 17,974 0.14 0 0 0 New
Social Justice 15,822 0.11 0 0 0 New
Patriot 14,345 0.10 0 0 0 New
Independence 7,230 0.05 0 0 0 New
Torch 7,210 0.05 0 0 0 New
Independents 0 50 50[28]
Total valid votes 100 225 199 424 Increase1
Invalid ballot papers
Vacant (constituencies with no voting) 26 26 Decrease1
Total 225 225 450
Registered voters/turnout 35,550,428
Source: CEC (Proportional votes, Single-member constituencies)

Notes

  1. ^ This 12 percent of eligible voters are probably not able to take part in the election because they live in a constituency in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol (which were annexed by Russia in 2014) or in separatist controlled areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts (regions).[20]
  1. ^ 424 seats: 213 seats are needed for a majority and 211 seats remaining (including 26 vacancies). 450 seats: 226 are needed for a majority and 224 seats remaining.[1]
  2. ^ Dmytro Firtash's & Yuriy Boyko's wing members from the Opposition Bloc faction and independent MPs
  3. ^ In electoral alliance with Osnova
  4. ^ In electoral alliance with National Corps, Right Sector, Ukrainian Volunteer Army, Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, and Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists

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