7th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada
The 7th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian: Верховна Рада України VII скликання) was a session of the legislative branch of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament. Its composition was based on the results of the 2012 parliamentary election. Half of the seats in the parliament were apportioned between the five winning parties based on the popular vote, while the other half was apportioned between 4 parties and 44 independents between 225 constituencies throughout the country. It first met in the capital Kyiv on December 12, 2012, and ended its session on November 27, 2014, after the 8th Verkhovna Rada began its first session.
| Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 7th convocation | |||||
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Seat composition on February 26, 2014. | |||||
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| Meeting place | Verkhovna Rada building | ||||
| Term | 12 December 2012 – 27 November 2014 | ||||
| Election | 2012 parliamentary election (repeat elections in single mandate constituencies on December 15, 2013) | ||||
| Government | 29 committees | ||||
| Website | iportal | ||||
| Members | 446 / 450 (on November 1, 2014)
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| Chairman | Oleksandr Turchynov (from February 22, 2014; Fatherland) | ||||
| First Deputy | Vacant (from February 22, 2014) | ||||
| Deputy | Ruslan Koshulynskyi (from December 12, 2012; Svoboda) | ||||
| Party control | Coalition (from February 27, 2014) | ||||
Parliamentary work was virtually paralyzed the first months of 2013 because the opposition (UDAR, Fatherland, Freedom, others) blocked the podium and presidium seats on various days. According to a study conducted by Opora, deputies did not work for 53 days during the first hundred days in the 7th convocation.