2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 31 March 2002. The Our Ukraine bloc emerged as the largest faction in the Verkhovna Rada, winning 113 of the 450 seats.

2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election
31 March 2002
All 450 seats in the Verkhovna Rada
226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout69.27% ( 1.51 pp)
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Our Ukraine Bloc Viktor Yushchenko 24.49 113 +51
KPU Petro Symonenko 20.76 64 −58
For United Ukraine! Volodymyr Lytvyn 12.23 101 +65
Tymoshenko Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko 7.54 22 New
SPU Oleksandr Moroz 7.14 23 +6
SDPU(o) Viktor Medvedchuk 6.52 24 +7
Unity (Ukraine) Oleksandr Omelchenko 1.13 3 New
DPU–DS Volodymyr Horbulin 0.91 4 +2
UMP Volodymyr Bezkorovainy 0.12 1 New
PNERU Pavlo Matviyenko – 1 New
Independents – – 94 −17
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada before Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada after
Ivan Plyushch
NDP		 Volodymyr Lytvyn
For United Ukraine!

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe noted at the time that there were physical assaults and harassment of candidates and campaign workers associated with opposition political parties prior to the March election. The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc complained of campaign related violations including "an informal 'media blackout,' [and] negatively slanted coverage".

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