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	Ukrainian Parliamentary Elections
		Improvements included a new Election Law that took into account international recommendations and a civil society engaged in the electoral process.
		However, a general atmosphere of distrust pervaded the pre-electoral environment due to factors which included flawed implementation of the legal framework, illegal interference by the authorities in the electoral process, and abuse of administrative resources, including allegations of pressure on public employees to vote for certain candidates.
		The role of the Central Election Commission and the judiciary in the immediate period ahead in promptly and transparently tabulating and publishing the results and addressing disputes will be instrumental in formulating final conclusions.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/prs/ps/2002/9095.htm (406 words)

	UBK - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The opposition parties, having lost the 1999 Ukrainian presidential election shortly before the scandal, considered the campaign as a natural reason for unification and reinforcement.
		In 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election, he lead the Our Ukraine (Nasha Ukraina) electoral coalition that won the vote, but failed to form a majority in the Verkhovna Rada.
		Yushchenko's campaign in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election was significantly influenced by the slogans, tactics and general spirit of UBK.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UBK (758 words)

	Map & Graph: Countries by Background: Background
		Parliamentary elections held in August 2001 provided Fiji with a democratically elected government and gave a mandate to the government of Prime Minister Laisenia QARASE.
		Democratic elections in 1974 and a referendum created a parliamentary republic and abolished the monarchy; Greece joined the European Community or EC in 1981 (which became the EU in 1992).
		Solidarity suffered a major defeat in the 2001 parliamentary elections when it failed to elect a single deputy to the lower house of Parliament, and the new leaders of the Solidarity Trade Union subsequently pledged to reduce the Trade Union's political role.
	www.nationmaster.com /graph-T/bac_bac (11720 words)

	Ukraine 2002 Parliamentary Election
		The reform process slowed in the run-up to parliamentary elections on 31 March 2002.
		Ukraine's parliamentary elections, which were characterized by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) as flawed, but an improvement over the 1998 elections.
		The OSCE reported that media coverage of the elections was "highly biased," with the state-funded national channel giving "disproportionate coverage to the pro-presidential candidates." While candidates' access to the media improved in those elections compared to earlier ones, this trend was reversing itself as the October 2004 presidential election approached.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/ukraine/election-2002.htm (564 words)

	wiki/UBK Definition / wiki/UBK Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election, he lead the Our UkraineThe Viktor Yushchenko Bloc Our Ukraine is an electoral block in Ukraine, which contested the 2002 elections.
		Yushchenko's campaign in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election The presidential election held in November and December 2004 in Ukraine was mostly a political battle between Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and former Prime Minister and opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko.
		The election was held in a highly charged atmosphere, with allegations of media bias, intimidation and even a poisoning of Yushchenko that was later confirmed to be the result of the poison dioxin....
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/UBK (2278 words)

	Ukraine Country Page
		Successful survey programs were conducted by IRI ahead of the 2002 parliamentary, 2004 presidential and 2006 parliamentary elections; the poll results were used by the parties to further develop their messages to voters.
		In the lead-up to the 2004 presidential election, IRI provided a grant to Center for Political Education to conduct regional poll watcher training seminars for members of any political party who were designated by their parties to be poll watchers.
		In March 2006, the Yushchenko government conducted parliamentary and local elections that, according to Western observers, met the international standards and were carried out in accordance with Ukrainian election law.
	www.iri.org /eurasia/ukraine.asp (1704 words)

	History of post-Soviet Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		With tanks thrown against the small-arms fire of the parliamentary defenders, the outcome was not in doubt.
		After the success of political forces close to Putin in the December 1999 parliamentary elections, Yeltsin evidentially felt confident enough in Putin that he resigned from the presidency on December 31, six months before his term was due to expire.
		He also congratulated Yanukovych on his victory before election results were even made official and made statements opposing the rerun of the disputed second round of elections, won by Yanukovych, amid allegations of large-scale voting fraud.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_post-Soviet_Russia (8815 words)

	Election Update #4: PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION IN SINGLE MANDATE CONSTITUENCY No. 136 (CITY OF ODESA): NEW CHALLENGES ...
		On May 30, 2004, a parliamentary by-election was held in single mandate constituency No. 136 (in the Prymorskiy and Malynovskiy districts of the city of Odesa).
		The election campaign of these candidates was restricted to placards, which were made at the expense of the state budget and which were placed at polling stations in voting halls.
		On the basis of this court ruling, in the Kharkiv election, voting at five polling stations was recognized as invalid, as a result of which there was a change in the identity of the MP elected in single mandate constituency No 180.
	www.vybory.com /eng/coments/1updates/elect_up4.html (2001 words)

	Verkhovna Rada - Wikipédia
		Each convocation of the Verkhovna Rada has been elected under a different law (gradually evolving from a pure majoritarian scheme of the Soviet time to a pure proportional scheme effective in 2006 under the transitional provisions of the constitutional amendments).
		The acting parliament was formed in 2002 according to a mixed majoritarian and proportional representation system.
		Under the election law of 2001 (as well as the previous electoral law of 1997), 225 of the Rada's seats were allocated on a proportional basis to those parties that gained 4% of the national vote in the parliamentary elections of 2002.
	fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Verkhovna_Rada (643 words)

	Ukraine Now - Politics - Justice Ministry Asking To Invalidate CEC Refusal To Register Melnychenko at 2002 Election (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Ukrainian Justice Ministry is asking the European Court of Human Rights to revise its decision that ruled unlawful the refusal of the Central Electoral Commission to register Mykola Melnychenko, ex-major of the presidential guards, as a candidate in the parliamentary elections of 2002.
		As Ukrainian News earlier reported, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on October 19 that the refusal of Ukraine's Central Electoral Commission to register Melnychenko as a candidate in the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary elections was unlawful.
		In 2002, the Ukrainian Supreme Court rejected the appeal by the Socialist Party of Ukraine and ruled that the election commission's decision to deny registration to Melnychenko as the party's parliamentary candidate was lawful.
	www.ukrnow.com /content/view/3250/58 (726 words)

	Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights - Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights - Elections - ...
		On the positive side, the international observers highlighted the new and improved election law, an efficient central election administration, and the broad spectrum of 33 parties and blocs with some 7,000 candidates contesting for votes.
		These shortcomings included abuse of administrative resources, interference by local authorities, shortcomings in the implementation of the new election legislation, and a campaign marred by the murder of two candidates and other isolated cases of violence as well as allegations of intimidation and harassment against opposition candidates, activists and voters.
		The International Election Observation Mission is composed of delegations from the Parliamentary Assemblies of the OSCE and the Council of Europe, the European Parliament, as well as the long-term Election Observation Mission deployed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
	www.osce.org /odihr-elections/item_1_6633.html (509 words)

	ANALYSIS: Ukrainian election as "strategic football" (04/07/02) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Yushchenko in the election, so they have tried to curry favor with those under the Moscow Patriarchate in order to win their votes or at least to inflame the religious antagonism and deepen Ukraine's "west-east split" for the duration of the election campaign.
		It is no wonder that Ukrainian voters, bombarded with these "strategic football" issues in the state-controlled media and a cacophony of accusations and counter accusations of foul play, were actually not paying much attention to what the competing parties and blocs propose in socioeconomic portions of their election programs.
		The current election campaign was not an exception to the string of election campaigns that independent Ukraine has already faced: the stakes were very high and the play was habitually foul.
	www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/2002/140206.shtml (961 words)

	Profile: Ukrainian Parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Lytvyn, 48, has been the speaker of the Ukrainian parliament since 2002, when he was elected to parliament as leader of the pro-government For a United Ukraine bloc of parties.
		In May 2002 a Ukrainian parliament bitterly divided between the ruling elite and the opposition elected Lytvyn speaker by 226 votes -- just one vote more than necessary to secure the post.
		He is not a close friend or bitter enemy to any of parliamentary players -- essentially he has remained Kuchma's man. Lytvyn's balancing powers were clearly evident during the heady Orange Revolution; the parliament was the only branch of the Ukrainian government that continued to function.
	www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2006/3/90AE3503-34D0-47EC-BB3C-35B70AFCE096.html (681 words)

	Europaworld 5/4/2002 Ukrainian Election Report Notes Progress But Says 'Could Do Better'. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Sunday's parliamentary elections in Ukraine indicate progress towards international standards, but important flaws persist, the International Election Observation Mission said in a statement issued this week.
		The mission, charged with monitoring the Ukrainian poll, is composed mainly of Parliamentary delegations from pan-European bodies including the European Parliament and the Council of Europe.
		These included abuse of administrative resources, interference by local authorities, shortcomings in the implementation of the new election legislation, and a campaign marred by the murder of two candidates and other isolated cases of violence, as well as allegations of intimidation and harassment against opposition candidates, activists and voters.
	www.europaworld.org /issue76/ukrainianelection5402.htm (440 words)

	2002 - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		September 15 - The Swedish parliamentary election leaves Prime Minister Göran Persson and the Social Democrats in power.
		November 5 - U.S. Elections: The Republican Party maintains control of the House of Representatives and regains control of the Senate.
		2002 was Autism Awareness Year in the United Kingdom - initiated by Ivan and Charika Corea of the Autism Awareness Campaign UK and 800 UK organisations led by the BIBIC and the Disabilities Trust.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /2002.htm (3664 words)

	BBC News \| EUROPE \| Myths of the Ukrainian election
		No party emerged with a clear majority, the initial results were misleading, and the relationship between the two leading parties is not as straightforward as party of government versus party of opposition.
		The Communist faction in the new Ukrainian parliament will be one of the smallest in the countries of the former Soviet Union.
		But the 1999 presidential election was won by Mr Kuchma on pro-European ticket with strong support from western Ukraine, and a reasonable level of support from central and eastern Ukraine too.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1910000/1910425.stm (751 words)

	NCSJ - Ukrainian Election Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The election, a key test of Kuchma's popularity in this country of 49 million, looked set to return a hung parliament and hand almost the same number of seats to reformers as rival pro-presidential parties.
		Kuchma, who was rattled by a political crisis last year over his alleged role in the murder of a reporter critical of his rule, had looked to the election to secure his political future.
		The election was watched closely in the West for a clear signal that Ukraine, a former Soviet state the size of Texas, would break with Kuchma's conservative administration.
	www.ncsj.org /AuxPages/040202WashPostUkraine.shtml (440 words)

	SCSUScholars
		Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksandr Kuzmuk said he is categorically opposed to declaring a state of emergency in the country or using force to deal with the political crisis.
		I had to look up the Ukrainian Constitution to be sure I have this right, but most judges are appointed by the president to five year terms (then reaffirmed or dismissed by the parliament).
		This morning Ukrainian Embassy employees in Washington DC signed a letter stating that they were threatened and forced to manipulate the vote in favor of the government candidate.
	www.scsuscholars.com /2004_11_01_scsu-scholars_archive.html (14908 words)

	Ukrainian presidential election, 2004 - Wikimedia Commons
		Ukrainian election, first round vote, X 2004, Kamieniet's Podolski
		During mass protests against the election fraud in Ukraine.
		Parliamentary members, statesmen, and guests greet President-elect Yushchenko shortly before he took oath of office.
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Ukrainian_presidential_election,_2004 (280 words)

	Pravda.RU:Parliamentary Election Campaign To Start In Ukraine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The midnight of 31 December 2001 will mark the beginning of a new parliamentary election campaign in Ukraine, Chairman of the Ukrainian Central Election Commission Mikhail Ryabets told a press conference in Kiev on Sunday.
		According to him, in compliance with the Ukrainian legislation, a special session of Ukraine's Central Election Commission adopted a resolution "On Commencing the Campaign for Election of Ukrainian People's Deputies Scheduled for 31 March, 2002".
		As was reported earlier, 225 deputies to the Ukrainian Supreme Assembly are to be elected in one-mandate constituencies, with another 225 deputies receiving their mandates as appointees of the political parties, unions and movements on the basis of the ballots respectively cast in favour of the latter.
	english.pravda.ru /cis/2001/12/30/24840_.html (192 words)

	Moldova before parliamentary election (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The regulation under which the parliament elects the president by a qualified majority (61 out of 101 votes), enacted in 2000, has significantly increased the importance of parliamentary elections, in which the stake is in fact the entire power in the country.
		In the public media, the presence of officials running in the elections was reduced to the necessary minimum as of the beginning of the electoral campaign, i.e.
		The opposition’s activities are apparently inspired by the Ukrainian and the Georgian revolution, and the events that accompanied last year’s elections in Romania.
	www.euractiv.com /Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-136292-16&type=Analysis (1786 words)

	BHHRG
		This preliminary report of the BHHRG's observers on the controversial second round of the Ukrainian presidential elections challenges the widely-disseminated media image of government-sponsored fraud at the expense of an untainted opposition on the basis of first-hand reporting.
		BHHRG monitored the election in the city and district of Kiev, Chernigov, and Transcarpathia.
		The election featured a genuine choice of candidates, active pre-election campaigns, and high voter participation.
	www.bhhrg.org /CountryReport.asp?CountryID=22&ReportID=230 (1089 words)

	SLAUGHTER-HOEFFEL-SMITH RESOLUTION ON THE UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Two recent reports on the 2002 parliamentary elections released by the Committee on Voters of Ukraine (CVU), a leading Ukrainian watchdog group on elections, have cited numerous violations in the campaign process.
		The resolution also urges the Government of Ukraine to meet its commitments on democratic elections and address issues identified by the OSCE in its final report on the 1999 elections, such as state interference in the campaign and pressure on the media.
		In particular, the conduct of the 2002 parliamentary elections will have a major impact on funding considerations when Members of Congress are again confronted with the task of balancing their support of the U.S.-Ukrainian relationship with Ukraine's progress in making democratic reforms.
	www.washingtonwatchdog.org /documents/cr/02/ja/29/cr29ja02-68.html (597 words)

	Election 2005 \| Deutsche Welle
		German business leaders, disappointed by Sunday's election results, fear the next German government, in whatever form it may take, will not be strong enough to push through the reforms needed to boost the ailing economy.
		Germany's election has not resulted in a clear majority for a political alliance.
		The fact that opinion polls can't predict an election outcome down to the last percentage point is well known.
	dw-world.de /english/0,3367,6591,00.html (331 words)

	Summary of Belarusian politics 1986-1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The result of the elections was a major surprise not only for the West: the second ballot on July 10, 1994 showed the populist Aliaksandr Lukasenka (Lukashenka) as the clear winner with an overwhelming majority of 81.7% of the vote.
		As chairman of the parliamentary committee investigating corruption he was the key figure behind the doubtful accusations which led to the fall of President of Parliament Suskievic.
		As the parliamentary by-elections (in those constituencies where the turnout had been lower than 50%) move closer, the president and his supporters step up their criticism of the Constitutional Court, which had declared several presidential decrees unconstitutional (such as the decree banning the metro workers union and lifting deputies' parliamentary immunity).
	www.belarusguide.com /as/law_pol/politics.html (11232 words)

	Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights - Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights - Elections - ...
		Nevertheless, the very high participation of the electorate and civil society in the election process show encouraging signs for the evolution of Ukrainian democracy.
		Doros Christodoulides, head of the delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, said: "Ukraine now has three weeks to show that it is willing to organize democratic elections in accordance with its commitments.
		The conclusions of this report must be taken on board in order to ensure that the second round is free, fair, and transparent and that the people of Ukraine can elect the President of their choice.
	www.osce.org /odihr-elections/item_1_8702.html (715 words)

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