2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election

2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election

31 March 2002

All 450 seats to the Verkhovna Rada
226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout69.27% ( 1.51 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Viktor Yushchenko Volodymyr Lytvyn Petro Symonenko
Party Our Ukraine Bloc For United Ukraine! KPU
Leader since 15 February 2002 15 December 2001 19 June 1993
Leader's seat Party list Party list Party list
Last election 62 seats 36 seats 121 seat, 25.44%
Seats won 113 101 64
Seat change 51 65 57
Popular vote 6,108,088 3,051,056 5,178,074
Percentage 24.49% (PR) 12.23% (PR) 20.76% (PR)
Swing 4.48%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Viktor Medvedchuk Oleksandr Moroz Yulia Tymoshenko
Party SDPU(o) SPU Tymoshenko Bloc
Leader since October 1998 26 October 1991 9 February 2001
Leader's seat Party list Party list Party list
Last election 17 seats, 4.14% 17 seats New
Seats won 24 23 22
Seat change 7 6 New
Popular vote 1,331,460 1,780,642 1,882,087
Percentage 6.52% (PR) 7.14% (PR) 7.54% (PR)
Swing 2.38% New


Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada before election

Ivan Plyushch
NDP

Elected Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada

Volodymyr Lytvyn
For United Ukraine!

Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 31 March 2002. The Our Ukraine bloc emerged as the largest faction in the Verkhovna Rada, winning 113 of the 450 seats.

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. The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc complained of campaign related violations including "an informal 'media blackout,' [and] negatively slanted coverage".