Final 2007 Ukraine Election Results (Official)

On Saturday, October 27, 2007, Ukraine’s Central Election Committee published the official results of the country’s September 30 parliamentary election. Twenty parties and blocs participated in the election. The final results are (only entities winning seats are listed, except for the Socialist Party, which held seats in the previous parliament, but failed to gain enough votes to participate in the new government):

• Party of Regions - 34.37% (175 seats)
• Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc - 30.71% (156 seats)
• Our Ukraine People’s Self Defense Bloc - 14.15% (72 seats)
• Communist Party of Ukraine - 5.39% (27 seats)
• Lytvyn Bloc - 3.96% (20 seats)

• Socialist Party - 2.88%

According to the Ukrainian Constitution, the first session of the new parliament must convene within 30 days of the official publication of the election results. A new government must be formed within 30 days of the first session of the new Verkhovna Rada.