A law regulating parliamentary elections in Ukraine has been passed by the parliament late on Thursday, November 17, 2011. Members of all political parties represented in the legislative body voted for the law. The new election law established mixed electoral system in Ukraine with election threshold set at 5 percent. To date, the parliament has been elected through proportional vote with 3 percent threshold. According to the mixed electoral system, 225 MPs will be elected through party lists and 225 MPs - through single-member constituencies.
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