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These charts show that jailed Yulia Tymoshenko’a Batkivshchyna party lost 58 lawmakers since the 2007 election, most of whom switched side and joined the pro-presidential majority.

In the preliminary Oct. 28 election results the party doesn’t seem to have recovered its previous high number of its seats despite merging with other opposition parties. 

President Viktor Yanukovych’s Party of Regions roughly maintained the same number of lawmakers in the parliament since the 2007 election and through the preliminary results of the Oct. 28 vote. Those on the rise during the recent election include the Communist Party, which is expected to boost its presence in parliament by a few seats. 

The most dramatic changes, however, include the disappearance of ex-President Viktor Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine-Self Defense from parliament. The grouping won 72 seats in the 2007 election, but has no representation in the next parliament. Two new parties have gained seats in power for the first time – Oleh Tiahnybok’s Svoboda Party and Vitali Klitschko’s Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms Party. Both are proclaimed opposition forces with a projected combined strength of 77 seats. 

The post-electoral composition of the parliament is likely to see the pro-presidential Party of Regions able to form a majority, with help from their Communist Party allies and by recruiting several independent lawmakers elected in single-mandate districts to their cause.



These charts show that jailed Yulia Tymoshenko’a Batkivshchyna party lost 58 lawmakers since the 2007 election, most of whom switched side and joined the pro-presidential majority.