Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2019

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2019

at the latest 17 November 2019

423 of 450 seats to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine 226 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Petro Poroshenko, Volodymyr Groysman (candidate for Prime Minister) Arseniy Yatsenyuk Yuriy Boyko Party Petro Poroshenko Bloc People's Front Opposition Bloc Leader since 14 April 2016 31 March 2014 2014 Last election 132 seats, 21.82% 82 seats, 22.12% 29 seats, 9.43% Seats before 146 81 43   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Andriy Sadovyi Oleh Lyashko Yulia Tymoshenko Party Self Reliance Radical Fatherland Leader since 2013 August 8, 2011 9 February 2001 Last election 33 seats, 10.97% 22 seats, 7.44% 19 seats, 5.68% Seats before 26 21 19   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Oleh Tyahnybok Anatoliy Hrytsenko Party Svoboda Civil Position Leader since 14 February 2004 21 January 2010 Last election 6 seats, 4.71% 0 seats, 3.1% Seats before 7 0

Prime Minister before election Volodymyr Groysman Petro Poroshenko Bloc Elected Prime Minister TBD

The next Ukrainian parliamentary elections must be held no later than 2019. 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) only 423 of 450 seats in Verkhovna Rada can currently be elected under current election laws.

Background

Following the 2014 parliamentary elections the Petro Poroshenko Bloc (PPB) party became the largest party, after securing 132 seats. On 21 November 2014, Petro Poroshenko Bloc, People's Front, Self Reliance, Fatherland and the Radical Party signed a coalition agreement.^[1] Arseniy Yatsenyuk became Prime Minister on 2 December 2014.

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 pro-Russian separatists.^[2] February 2016 saw the start of the fall of the Yatsenyuk cabinet after economy minister Aivaras Abromavičius announced his resignation claiming the government did not had a real commitment to fight corruption.^[3] 17 and 18 February 2016 Fatherland and Self Reliance left the coalition; meaning that the coalition became 5 deputies short of the 226 needed.^[4] On 14 April 2016 Volodymyr Groysman became the new Prime Minister and the Groysman government the new cabinet of ministers.^[5]

Electoral system

Under current election laws 50% or 226 members of the Verkhovna Rada are elected by open party-list proportional representation with 5% electoral election threshold and the other 50% of the seats elected in 225 constituencies with a first-past-the-post electoral system in one round (candidate with the highest vote total wins).^[6][7][8][9] Since 2014 in Ukraine negotiations on the introduction of 100% Party-list proportional representation elections with open lists.^[6] Main lobbyists: Volodymyr Groysman, Self Reliance. Main opponents: Yulia Tymoshenko.^[10]

Opinion polls

References

1. Five political forces sign coalition agreement, Interfax-Ukraine (21 November 2014)
   Ukraine's parliamentary parties initial coalition agreement, Interfax-Ukraine (21 November 2014)
2. Ukraine Radical Party Quits Ruling Coalition After Deadly Clash, Bloomberg News (1 September 2015)
3. Ukraine Economy Minister decides to resign, UNIAN (3 February 2016)
4. Samopomich pulls out from ruling coalition in parliamen, Interfax-Ukraine (18 February 2016)
   (Ukrainian) "Self" comes from the coalition, Ukrayinska Pravda (18 February 2016)
   Batkivschyna faction pulls out of coalition, UNIAN (17 February 2016)
   Batkivshchyna faction leaves ruling coalition, Kyiv Post (17 February 2016)
5. "Ukraine MPs approve Volodymyr Groysman as new PM". BBC News. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
6. Electoral dead-end for Rada, UNIAN (29 September 2016)
7. "Parliament passes law on parliamentary elections". Kyiv Post. Interfax-Ukraine. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
8. "Ukraine: The Law on Election of the People's Deputies (Unofficial translation by IFES), 2011" (PDF). 17 November 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
9. The Distorted Will of the People, The Ukrainian Week (5 November 2012)
10. https://focus.ua/country/302623/