Rada seat count

According to a report by Central Election Commission Chair Mykhailo Riabets delivered at a press conference on April 2, the following is a list of the seats currently held by various parties/blocs in the new Verkhovna Rada.

Seats won in by-party balloting:

Our Ukraine: 70
Communist Party of Ukraine: 59
For a United Ukraine: 36
Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc: 21
Socialist Party of Ukraine: 21
Social Democratic Party (United): 18

Seats taken by party/bloc members who ran
in single-mandate districts:

For a United Ukraine: 66
Our Ukraine: 42
Communist Party of Ukraine: 7
Social Democratic Party (United): 5
Democratic Party/Democratic Union: 4
Socialist Party of Ukraine: 3
Unity Bloc: 3
Party of National Economic Development: 1
Ukrainian Naval Party: 1

Seats won by independents who apparently
have expressed allegiance to certain parties/blocs:

For a United Ukraine: 18
Social Democratic Party (United): 3
Our Ukraine: 1
Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc: 1
Democratic Party/Democratic Union: 1
Unity Bloc: 1
Ukrainian National Assembly/Ukrainian National Self-Defense: 1

Remaining independents: 67

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, April 7, 2002, No. 14, Vol. LXX

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