Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002

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Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2002 took place on March 31. Half of the deputies to Verkhovna Rada (parliament of Ukraine) were elected on proportional basis, while the other half were elected by popular vote in single-mandate constituencies. In order to gain any (proportional) seats in Verkhovna Rada a party needed to receive at least 4% of the popular vote.

Out of 33 political parties and blocks, which participated in the election, 8 parties passed the required 4% barrier, and reserved seats in the parliament:

Viktor Yushchenko Block "Our Ukraine" 23.57%
Communist Party of Ukraine 19.98%
United Ukraine Block 11.77%
Yulia Tymoshenko Block 7.26%
Socialist Party of Ukraine 6.87%
United Social Democratic Party of Ukraine 6.27%

The other blocks and parties collected in total 24% votes, but didn't pass the 4% barrier. Among them Nataliya Vitrenko Block with 3.22%, "Women for the Future" Political Union with 2.11%, and "Team of Winter Generation" block with 2.02%.

Yushchenko's Our Ukraine gathered most of its support from western and central regions of Ukraine, including the city of Kiev. The Communist Party received most of its votes from eastern and southern regions, as well as from the Republic of Crimea. For United Ukraine block, which included Victor Yanukovich's Party of Regions, got most of its votes from eastern regions of Ukraine. Donetsk Oblast was the stronghold of the block, where it received more than twice the number of votes (36.83%) compared to the next highest supporting region: Sumy Oblast with 17.05% of the region's voters. Yulia Tymoshenko's block's support came predominantly from western regions, while the Socialists were most supported in the central regions. While the Tymoshenko block received more of the national vote compared to the Socialist Party, it did not gain a plurality in any of the regions, while the Socialist Party managed to secure plurality of votes in Poltava Oblast with 22.05%.

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Summary of the 31 March 2002 Ukrainian Supreme Council **election results**
Parties and alliances	%	Seats
Viktor Yushchenko Bloc Our Ukraine (Blok Viktora Juščenka "Naša Ukraïna") Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists (Konhres ukraïns'kych nacionalistiv) Youth Party of Ukraine (Molodižna partija Ukraïny) People's Movement of Ukraine (Narodnyj ruch Ukraïny) Party of Christian-Popular Union (Partija chrystyjans'ko-narodnyj sojuz) Party Reform and Order (Partija reformy i porjadok) Republican Christian Party (Respublikans'ka chrystyjans'ka partija) Solidarity (Solidarnist') Ukrainian People's Movement (Ukraïns'kyj narodnyj ruch) Forwards, Ukraine (Vpered, Ukraïno!*)	23.6	112
Communist Party of Ukraine (Komunistyčna partija Ukraïny)	20.0	66
For United Ukraine (Za jedynu Ukraïnu) People's Democratic Party of Ukraine (Narodno-demokratyčna partija Ukraïny) Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine (Partija promislovciv i pidpryjemciv Ukraïny) Labour Ukraine (Trudova Ukraïna)	11.8	102
Electoral Bloc Yuliya Tymoshenko (Vyborčyj Blok Juliï Tymošenko) Ukrainian People's Party Assembly (Ukraïns'ka narodna partija "Sobor") Ukrainian Republican Party (Ukraïns'ka respublikans'ka partija) Ukrainian Social Democratic Party (Ukraïns'ka social-demokratyčna partija)	7.2	21
Socialist Party of Ukraine (Socialistyčna partija Ukraïny)	6.9	24
United Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (Social-demokratyčna partija Ukraïny [ob`jednana])	6.3	24
Nataliya Vitrenko Bloc (Blok Nataliï Vitrenko) Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine (Prohresyvna socialistyčna partija Ukraïny) Party of Educators of Ukraine (Partija osvitjan Ukraïny)	3.2	-
Women for the Future (Žinky za majbutnje)	2.1	-
Team of Winter Generation (Komanda ozimoho pokolinnja) Constitutional Democratic Party (Konstytucijno-demokratyčna partija) Liberal Democratic Party of Ukraine (Liberal'no-demokratyčna partija Ukraïny) Party of Private Property (Partija pryvatnoï vlasnosti) Ukrainian Peasant Democratic Party (Ukraïns'ka seljans'ka demokratyčna partija)	2.0	-
Communist Party of Ukraine - Renewed (Komunistyčna partija Ukraïny - onovlena)	1.4	-
Party of Greens of Ukraine (Partija Zelenych Ukraïny)	1.3	-
"Apple" (Jabluko)	1.2	-
Unity (Jednist') Social Democratic Union (Social-demokratyčnyj sojuz) Young Ukraine (Moloda Ukraïna) Ukrainian Party of Justice - Union of Veterans, Invalids, Chornobyl Survivors, Afghanistan Veterans (Ukraïnska partija spravedlyvosti - sojuz veteraniv, invalydiv, čornobyl'civ, afhanciv)	1.1	4
DPU-DS Democratic Party of Ukraine (Demokratyčna partija Ukraïny) Democratic Union (Demokratyčnyj sojuz)	1.2	-
Non-partisans		95
Total (turnout 69.4 %)		450
Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine and Brama