2002 Ukrainian Parliamentary Election
31 March 2002 · The post-Soviet Rada · 450 seats, 226 for a majority
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,' negatively slanted coverage".
Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
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Largest force
Our Ukraine Bloc
113 of 450 seats
Turnout
69.3%
The result
| Share of the Verkhovna Rada | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Ukraine Bloc | Viktor Yushchenko | 113 | +51 | 6,108,088 | 24.5% | — | |
| For United Ukraine! | Volodymyr Lytvyn | 101 | +65 | 3,051,056 | 12.2% | — | |
| KPU | Petro Symonenko | 64 | -57 | 5,178,074 | 20.8% | -4.5 | |
| SDPU(o) | Viktor Medvedchuk | 24 | +7 | 1,331,460 | 6.5% | +2.4 | |
| SPU | Oleksandr Moroz | 23 | +6 | 1,780,642 | 7.1% | — | |
| Tymoshenko Bloc | Yulia Tymoshenko | 22 | — | 1,882,087 | 7.5% | — |
103 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.