5th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada
| Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 5th convocation | |||||||||
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| Meeting place | Verkhovna Rada building | ||||||||
| Term | 25 May 2006 – 23 November 2007 | ||||||||
| Election | 2006 parliamentary election | ||||||||
| Website | iportal | ||||||||
| Members | 450 / 450
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| Chairman | Oleksandr Moroz (from July 6, 2006; Socialist Party) | ||||||||
| First Deputy | Adam Martyniuk (until Sep. 20, 2007; Communist Party) | ||||||||
| Deputy | Mykola Tomenko (until June 14, 2007; Y. Tymoshenko Bloc) | ||||||||
| Party control | Coalition: PR–KP–SP | ||||||||
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The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 5th convocation (Ukrainian: Верховна Рада України V скликання, Verkhovna Rada Ukrayiny V sklykannia) was the convocation of the legislative branch of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's unicameral parliament from May 25, 2006 until November 23, 2007.
The 5th Verkhovna Rada's composition was based upon the results of the inconclusive March 26, 2006 parliamentary election, a little over a year after the conclusion of the Orange Revolution. During the 2007 political crisis, President Viktor Yushchenko dissolved the parliament on April 2, 2007, forcing the subsequent snap election, which would decide the composition of the 6th and next convocation of parliament.
The People's Deputies of Ukraine of the 5th convocation were elected in the snap parliamentary elections on March 26, 2006. The elections were held under the proportional system according to electoral lists of political parties and electoral blocks of political parties in Ukraine. The 5th convocation ended on June 5, 2007 (six weeks after the 2007 parliamentary elections).
According to the results of early elections the following political forces got in the Verkhovna Rada:
- Party of Regions with 32.14% of votes
- Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, BYuT (Ukrainian: Блок Юлії Тимошенко, БЮТ) with 22.29%
- Our Ukraine Bloc (Ukrainian: Блок Наша Україна, romanized: Blok Nasha Ukrayina, NU) with 13.95%
- Socialist Party of Ukraine (SPU) with 5.69%
- Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU) with 3.66%
Together, these political forces gathered around 88.58% of the votes. All other political parties and blocks do not pass the electoral threshold of 3%. 2,73% of electors voted "against all".