Editing Elections in Ukraine (section)

==Voting patterns==
Since the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]], the [[Communist Party of Ukraine]] politically dominated most of Ukraine. By mid 1990s the communists completely lost popularity in western Ukraine, which voted for any representative but communist. Since [[Leonid Kuchma]] left presidential post, in 2004 support for the Communist Party shifted towards the [[Party of Regions]] being politically dominating mostly over the southeastern Ukraine. At the same time initially led by the [[People's Movement of Ukraine]], political leadership in the non-communist camp was taken over by [[Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc|Our Ukraine]] bloc and [[Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko]].

In the elections since 2002 voters of Western and Central Ukrainian oblasts voted mostly for parties ([[Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc|Our Ukraine]], [[All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"|Batkivshchyna]], [[Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform|UDAR]], [[Self Reliance (political party)|Self Reliance]], [[Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko|Radical Party]], [[European Solidarity|Petro Poroshenko Bloc]] and the [[People's Front (Ukraine)|People's Front]]) and presidential candidates ([[Viktor Yushchenko]], [[Yulia Tymoshenko]]) with a pro-Western and state reform [[Party platform|platform]], while voters in Southern and Eastern oblasts of Ukraine voted for parties ([[Communist Party of Ukraine|CPU]], [[Party of Regions]] and [[Opposition Bloc]]) and presidential candidates ([[Viktor Yanukovych]]) with a pro-Russian and [[status quo]] platform.<ref name="Olszanski AE"/><ref>[http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2012/WP406?PT001F01=900&pf7171=52 Центральна виборча комісія України - WWW відображення ІАС "Вибори народних депутатів України 2012"<!-- The title was added by a bot -->] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016140034/http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2012/WP406?PT001F01=900&pf7171=52 |date=2012-10-16 }}<br />{{cite web|date=30 August 2012|title=CEC substitutes Tymoshenko, Lutsenko in voting papers|url=http://en.for-ua.com/news/2012/08/30/111349.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813233711/http://en.for-ua.com/news/2012/08/30/111349.html|archive-date=13 August 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=6 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="EWparties">[https://books.google.com/books?id=H23Pv4Ik3vMC&dq=Ukrainian++parties+pro-Western+Bloc&pg=PA396 Communist and Post-Communist Parties in Europe] by [[Uwe Backes]] and [[Patrick Moreau (political scientist)|Patrick Moreau]], [[Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht]], 2008, {{ISBN|978-3-525-36912-8}} (page 396)</ref><ref name=Umland>[http://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/andreas-umland/ukraine-right-wing-politics-is-genie-out-of-bottle Ukraine right-wing politics: is the genie out of the bottle?], [[openDemocracy.net]] (January 3, 2011)</ref><ref name="KuzioPORvotersdontgoaway">[http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=39981 Eight Reasons Why Ukraine’s Party of Regions Will Win the 2012 Elections] by [[Taras Kuzio]], [[The Jamestown Foundation]] (17 October 2012)<br />[http://www.taraskuzio.net/media20_files/8.pdf UKRAINE: Yushchenko needs Tymoshenko as ally again] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515074305/http://www.taraskuzio.net/media20_files/8.pdf |date=2013-05-15 }} by [[Taras Kuzio]], [[Oxford Analytica]] (5 October 2007)</ref><ref>[http://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/eastweek/2012-11-07/after-parliamentary-elections-ukraine-a-tough-victory-party-regions After the parliamentary elections in Ukraine: a tough victory for the Party of Regions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317180048/http://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/eastweek/2012-11-07/after-parliamentary-elections-ukraine-a-tough-victory-party-regions |date=2013-03-17 }}, [[Centre for Eastern Studies]] (7 November 2012)</ref> Although this geographical division is decreasing.<ref>[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/59340/ Election winner lacks strong voter mandate], [[Kyiv Post]] (February 11, 2010)<br />[http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-eu-ukraine-relatio/ukraines-party-regions-pyrrhic-v-analysis-516103 Ukraine's Party of Regions: A pyrrhic victory], [[EurActiv.com]] (16 November 2012)<br />[http://www.dw.de/ukraine-vote-ushers-in-new-constellation-of-power/a-16341696 Ukraine vote ushers in new constellation of power], [[Deutsche Welle]] (30 October 2012)</ref><ref name="Olszanski AE"/><ref>{{Citation |first=Tadeusz A. |last=Olszański |title=Poroshenko, President of Ukraine |publisher=OSW—Centre for Eastern Studies |date=28 May 2014 |url=http://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2014-05-28/poroshenko-president-ukraine}}</ref> Till the [[2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election]] the electorate of CPU and Party of Regions was very loyal to them.<ref name="KuzioPORvotersdontgoaway"/> But in the 2014 parliamentary election Party of Regions did not to participate (because of a perceived lack of legitimacy (of the election), because not every resident of the [[Donbas]] could vote) and the CPU came 1.12% short of the 5% election threshold.<ref name="General official results of Rada election 2014">[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/233747.html General official results of Rada election], [[Interfax-Ukraine]] (11 November 2014)<br />[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/233696.html Central Election Commission announces official results of Rada election on party tickets], [[Interfax-Ukraine]] (11 November 2014)</ref><ref>[http://en.ria.ru/politics/20140914/192930339/Ukraines-Party-of-Regions-Refuses-to-Participate-in-Rada.html Ukraine's Party of Regions Refuses to Participate in Rada Elections], [[RIA Novosti]] (23 September 2014)</ref> The results were a victory for the pro-Western parties and a major defeat for the pro-Russian camp.

A 2010 study by the Institute of Social and Political Psychology of Ukraine found that in general, Yulia Tymoshenko supporters are more optimistic compared with Viktor Yanukovych supporters. 46 percent of the Tymoshenko's backers expect improvement in their well-being in the next year compared to 30 percent for Yanukovych.<ref>[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/57093/ Disappointment, pessimism high among nation’s voters], [[Kyiv Post]] (January 15, 2010)</ref>

===Parliamentary elections===
====by party list====
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====by constituency====
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===Presidential elections===
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