2006 Ukrainian Parliamentary Election
26 March 2006 · Orange and blue · 450 seats, 226 for a majority
The election to the Ukrainian parliament, Verkhovna Rada, was held according to the party-list proportional election system—that is, in a single nationwide electoral district with votes being allocated to the political parties or election blocs rather than to individual candidates.
Prime Minister before
Yuriy Yekhanurov
Our Ukraine Bloc
Prime Minister after
Viktor Yanukovych
Party of Regions
Largest force
Party of Regions
186 of 450 seats
Turnout
67.5%
The result
| Share of the Verkhovna Rada | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party of Regions | Viktor Yanukovych | 186 | +150 | 8,148,745 | 32.8% | — | |
| Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc | Yulia Tymoshenko | 129 | +107 | 5,652,876 | 22.7% | +15.2 | |
| Our Ukraine | Yuriy Yekhanurov | 81 | +31 | 3,539,140 | 14.2% | -10.1 | |
| Socialist Party of Ukraine | Oleksandr Moroz | 33 | +11 | 1,444,224 | 5.8% | -1.3 | |
| Communist Party of Ukraine | — | 21 | +44 | 929,591 | 3.7% | — | |
| KPU | Petro Symonenko | 21 | -43 | 929,591 | 3.7% | -17.0 |