Oppositions has 40%, ruling parties 49% seats in parliament - 99% votes count
1 November 2012
Ukraine’s Central Election Commission completed counting 99.4% of votes from Sunday’s parliamentary election as of this morning. The two parties that currently form a parliamentary majority (Party of Regions and Communists) have a combined 219 seats in the new parliament (49% of the total 450 seats) while parties in opposition (Fatherland, Udar and Svoboda) aggregately collected 180 of seats (40%). Other parties and independent candidates were voted into 51 seats from constituencies.
Ukraine Parliamentary Election Results (with 99.4% of votes counted)
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Party list Constituencies Total
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Party of Regions 73 114 187
Fatherland 61 42 103
Udar 34 6 40
Communists 32 0 32
Svoboda 25 12 37
Independents 0 51 51
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Total pro-presidential 105 114 219
Total opposition 120 60 180
Total independents 0 51 51
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Note: Totals for pro-presidential includes Party of Regions and Communists; for opposition includes Fatherland, Udar and Svoboda).
Source: Central Election Commission
Brad Wells: The preliminary results suggest parties close to the president will be able to accumulate at least 233 seats in the new parliament (with 226 votes needed for a simple majority): of the 51 individually elected MPs, at least 14 are close to the ruling party (i.e. relatives of current ministers, members of Party of Regions who were not officially nominated by the party, or current MPs that are in the pro-presidential coalition in the outgoing parliament). Though there is no requirement for any changes in the Cabinet of Ministers, there has been much speculation about turnover, including the replacement of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov. We note that the appointment of a presidential loyalist or family friend would have a strongly negative effect on the overall perception of the government and plurality of power in Ukraine.
