Verkhovna Rada of Crimea
Verkhovna Rada of Crimea or the Supreme Council of Crimea, officially the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukrainian: Верховна Рада Автономної Республіки Крим, romanized: Verkhovna Rada Avtonomnoï Respubliky Krym; Russian: Верховный Совет Автономной Республики Крым, romanized: Verkhovny Sovet Avtonomnoy Respubliki Krym; Crimean Tatar: Qırım Muhtar Cumhuriyetiniñ Yuqarı Radası) was a Ukrainian legislative body of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea before the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014.
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History | |
Founded | June 19, 1991 |
Disbanded | March 15, 2014 |
Preceded by | Crimean regional council |
Succeeded by | State Council of Crimea |
Leadership | |
Chairman | |
First Deputy Chairman | Serhiy Donich[1] |
Structure | |
Seats | 100 |
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Elections | |
Last election | 2010 |
Meeting place | |
Building of the Supreme Council of Crimea, Simferopol | |
Constitution | |
Constitution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea |
The last election of parliament took place on 31 October 2010 (see 2010 Crimean parliamentary election) and were won by the Party of Regions and the Communist Party of Ukraine.
On 27 February 2014 unidentified armed militants took over the parliament and hoisted a Russian flag over it. On 15 March 2014 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine officially dissolved the parliament.[2] On 17 March 2014, one day before the Russian annexation of Crimea,[3] the State Council of Crimea was established in place of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea.
Last election
Parties | Party list votes | Party list % | Swing (party list) % | Mandates won on party list | Constituencies won | Swing (in mandates) |
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Party of Regions | 357030 | 48,93% | +19,54% | 32 | 48 | +4 |
Communist Party of Ukraine | 54172 | 7,42% | +1,15% | 5 | -4 | |
Qurultai-Rukh | 51253 | 7,02% | +0,47% | 5 | -3 | |
Soyuz | 38514 | 5,28% | -1,47% | 3 | 2 | -5 |
Russian Unity | 29343 | 4,02% | 3 | |||
Strong Ukraine | 26515 | 3,63% | 2 | |||
People's Party | 4563 | 0,63% | ||||
Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine | 12614 | 1,73% | -7 | |||
Party of Pensioners of Ukraine | 11133 | 1,53% | ||||
Batkivschyna | 19589 | 2,68% | -3,62 | -8 | ||
Front for Change | 8281 | 1,13% | ||||
Svoboda | 1361 | 0,19% | ||||
Against all Invalid ballots | 57552 | 7.89% | ||||
Invalid ballots | 21794 | -1.43% | ||||
Total | 997,575 | 100% | 50 | 50 |
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | Vacant | |||||||||
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Party of Regions | Qurultai-Rukh | Soyuz | Russian Unity | Communists | Strong Ukraine | Non-affiliated | |||||
End of previous convocation | 44 | 8 | 10 | DNP | 9 | DNP | DNP | 100 | 0 | ||
Begin | 80 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | - | 100 | 0 | ||
February 20, 2013[5] | 80 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | 100 | 3 | ||
November 27, 2013[6] | 82 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | 100 | 1 | ||
Latest voting share | 82.0% | 4.0% | 4.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% | N/A | 3.0% | ||||
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See also
References
- Serhiy Donich. Dovidka.
- (in Ukrainian) VR dissolved parliament of Crimea, UNIAN (15 March 20140)
- "Ukraine 'preparing withdrawal of troops from Crimea'". BBC News. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- Regions Party gets 80 of 100 seats on Crimean parliament, Interfax Ukraine (11 November 2010)
- Composition on February 20, 2013. Supreme Council of Crimea. March 11, 2014
- Composition on November 27, 2013. Supreme Council of Crimea. March 11, 2014