Verkhovna Rada of Crimea

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Verkhovna Rada of Crimea
Верховна Рада Криму

Type Unicameral
Houses 1
Speaker Anatoliy P. Hrytsenko, Bloc "Za Yanukovycha!"
since June 2, 2006
Members 100
Political groups Bloc "Za Yanukovycha!" (44), Soiuz (10), Kunytsyn's Electoral Bloc (10), Communist Party (9), People's Movement (8), Yulia Tymoshenko Electoral Bloc (8), People's Opposition Bloc of Natalia Vitrenko (7), Opposition Bloc "Ne Tak" (4)
Last elections March 26, 2006
Meeting place №18 Karl Marx Street, Simferopol
Web site rada.crimea.ua

The Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukrainian: Верховна Рада Автономної Республіки Крим; Russian: Верховная Рада Автономной Республики Крым; Crimean Tatar: Qırım Muhtar Cumhuriyetiniñ Yuqarı Radası; English: Supreme Council) is the official name of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine's parliament. The parliament is unicameral and consists of 100 elected members.

The Verkhovna Rada of Crimea currently works according to a legislation passed by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on February 10, 1998.[1]

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[edit] Latest election

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Summary of the 26 March 2006 Verkhovna Rada election results
Parties Votes % Mandates
Bloc "Za Yanukovycha!" (Блок "За Януковича!") 324,710 32.55 44
Soiuz (Союз) ~76,114 7.63 10
Kunytsyn's Electoral Bloc (Блок Куницина) ~76,114 7.63 10
Communist Party of Ukraine (Комуністична партія України) 65,341 6.55 9
People's Movement of Ukraine (Народний Рух України) 62,448 6.26 8
Yulia Tymoshenko Electoral Bloc (Блок Юлії Тимошенко) 60,153 6.03 8
People's Opposition Bloc of Natalia Vitrenko (Блок Наталії Вітренко) 49,579 4.97 7
Opposition Bloc "Ne Tak" (Опозиційний блок "НЕ ТАК!") 30,825 3.09 4
Lytvyn's People's Bloc (Народний блок Литвина) 19,153 1.92 -
Bloc Our Ukraine (Блок Наша Україна) 12,369 1.24 -
Socialist Party of Ukraine (Соціалістична партія України) 9,576 0.96 -
Pora! (ПОРА!) 1,895 0.19 -
Against all 33,569 20.98 -
Total 997,575 100.0 100

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ On the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada. Retrieved on 2006-05-17.

[edit] External links

  • rada.crimea.ua — Official website of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea (Ukrainian)/(Russian)
  • ki.rada.crimea.ua — Krymskiye izvestiya; the official newspaper of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea (Russian)

Coordinates: 44°57′6″N, 34°5′49″E