# 2006 Crimean parliamentary election

The 2006 Crimean parliamentary election was held on 26 March 2006. These were the first elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea, which were conducted on the proportional election system. In order to gain representation in the Parliament of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the party or bloc had to get at least 3% of the vote.

## Results

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | For Yanukovych! | 324,750 | 33.58 | 44 |
| | Soyuz | 76,143 | 7.87 | 10 |
| | Electoral Bloc of Kunitsyn | 75,391 | 7.80 | 10 |
| | Communist Party of Ukraine | 65,357 | 6.76 | 9 |
| | Qurultai-Rukh | 62,416 | 6.45 | 8 |
| | Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc | 60,187 | 6.22 | 8 |
| | People's Opposition Bloc of Natalia Vitrenko | 49,541 | 5.12 | 7 |
| | Ne Tak | 30,839 | 3.19 | 4 |
| | Lytvyn Bloc | 19,120 | 1.98 | 0 |
| | For Crimea! (SPU–NPV–Vecha) | 16,267 | 1.68 | 0 |
| | Our Crimea (PZV–VChNP) | 12,997 | 1.34 | 0 |
| | Our Ukraine | 12,416 | 1.28 | 0 |
| | Party of Greens of Ukraine | 12,145 | 1.26 | 0 |
| | Communist Party of Workers | 11,491 | 1.19 | 0 |
| | Crimean Tatar Bloc (NRUE–NPVSZ) | 10,757 | 1.11 | 0 |
| | Socialist Party of Ukraine | 9,551 | 0.99 | 0 |
| | Revival | 9,516 | 0.98 | 0 |
| | Lazarenko Bloc (Hromada–SDS–SDP) | 8,548 | 0.88 | 0 |
| | Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine | 7,855 | 0.81 | 0 |
| | Reforms and Order Party | 6,008 | 0.62 | 0 |
| | Party of Putin's Politics | 5,843 | 0.60 | 0 |
| | Party of Pensioners of Ukraine | 4,634 | 0.48 | 0 |
| | Green Planet | 3,537 | 0.37 | 0 |
| | State – Labor Union | 3,257 | 0.34 | 0 |
| | PNERU "For Crimea without corruption" | 3,089 | 0.32 | 0 |
| | Bloc of Boris Oleinik and Mikhail Sirota (TPU–IU–PZ) | 2,313 | 0.24 | 0 |
| | Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch | 2,312 | 0.24 | 0 |
| | Russian United Bloc (PPMSB–SU) | 2,302 | 0.24 | 0 |
| | Communist Party of Workers and Peasants | 2,253 | 0.23 | 0 |
| | PORA | 1,920 | 0.20 | 0 |
| | Crimean Bloc (ChDPU–ChLPU) | 1,911 | 0.20 | 0 |
| | Christian Democratic Union | 1,867 | 0.19 | – |
| | Human Rights Party | 1,713 | 0.18 | 0 |
| | Party of Patriotic Forces of Ukraine [uk] | 1,589 | 0.16 | 0 |
| | Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor" | 1,578 | 0.16 | 0 |
| | Evgeniy Marchuk – Unity (PS–Unity–PSZhU) | 1,364 | 0.14 | 0 |
| | Third Force | 1,298 | 0.13 | 0 |
| | Labour Ukraine | 1,287 | 0.13 | 0 |
| | Union. Chernobyl. Ukraine | 1,256 | 0.13 | 0 |
| | Patriots of Ukraine | 1,121 | 0.12 | 0 |
| | Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists | 1,027 | 0.11 | 0 |
| | Power to the People (VPDP–PZPU) | 975 | 0.10 | 0 |
| | Forward, Ukraine! | 935 | 0.10 | 0 |
| | Ecological Salvation Party | 905 | 0.09 | 0 |
| | New Politics | 837 | 0.09 | 0 |
| | All-Ukrainian Party of People's Trust | 681 | 0.07 | 0 |
| | Ukrainian Conservative Party | 472 | 0.05 | 0 |
| Against all | Against all | 33,569 | 3.47 | – |
| Total | Total | 967,140 | 100.00 | 100 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 967,140 | 96.95 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 30,435 | 3.05 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 997,575 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,542,002 | 64.69 | |
| Source: Politika-Crimea |||||

## 2010 majority coalition

On 28 May 2010 a majority coalition was formed between the Party of Regions, the Bloc of Vitrenko, the Soyuz Party, the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united), as well as members of the Block of Kunitsin and six independent deputies. Coalition consists of 68 deputies.
Note: The Opposition Electoral bloc "NOT SO!" really represents the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) at the Crimean peninsula. In 2010 the bloc was known as the Solidarity. The People's Movement of Ukraine "Rukh" in Crimea is known as the Kurultai-Rukh. The Kunitsyn's bloc in the council is represented by a deputy faction of "Krym".
By the summer of 2010 the council consisted of 16 members that quit their respective blocs and are considered as independent: For Yanukovych! - 12, BYuT - 3, Vitrenko - 1.