Political Parties in Ukraine - Current Parliamentary Factions

Current Parliamentary Factions

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It is possible for 15 or more deputies to form a parliamentary faction (a lawmaker can join only one faction; the chairman and his two assistants cannot head factions of deputies). hence not all parties are currently represented in the Verkhovna Rada have their own faction. The parties and factions till the new convocation of parliament that starts on 15 December 2012 are (factions are collored raspberry):

  • Party of Regions
  • Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko – Fatherland (In November 2010 the Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko faction in the Verkhovna Rada was officially renamed Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko – Fatherland.)
    • All-Ukrainian Union Fatherland (United Opposition)
    • Reforms and Order Party, (merged with All-Ukrainian Union Fatherland (United Oppostion) for 2012 parliamentary elections)
  • Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc
    • People's Union "Our Ukraine"
    • Christian Democratic Union
    • People's Self-Defense Political Party (Former Forward, Ukraine!) (merged with All-Ukrainian Union Fatherland (United Oppostion) for 2012 parliamentary elections)
    • People's Movement of Ukraine, (merged with All-Ukrainian Union Fatherland (United Oppostion) for 2012 parliamentary elections)
    • Ukrainian People's Party
    • Ukrainian Platform "Sobor"
    • European Party of Ukraine
    • PORA
    • Motherland Defenders Party
  • Communist Party of Ukraine
  • People's Party faction (In November 2010 the Lytvyn Bloc faction in the Verkhovna Rada was renamed People's Party faction.)
    • People's Party

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