Verkhovna Rada of Crimea

Verkhovna Rada of Crimea or the Supreme Council of Crimea, officially the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea,[a] was the Ukrainian legislative body for the Autonomous Republic of Crimea before the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014.

Verkhovna Rada of Crimea
  • Верховна Рада Криму
  • Верховный Совет Крыму
  • Qırım Muhtar Cumhuriyetiniñ Yuqarı Radası
  • Къырым Мухтар Джумхуриетининъ Йукъары Радасы
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
History
Founded19 June 1991; 33 years ago (1991-06-19)
Disbanded15 March 2014; 10 years ago (2014-03-15)
Preceded byCrimean Regional Council
Succeeded byState Council of Crimea
Seats100
Elections
Last election
2010
Meeting place
Building of the Supreme Council of Crimea, Simferopol
Website
https://web.archive.org/web/20020928081025/https://rada.crimea.ua/
Constitution
Constitution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea

The last election of parliament took place on 31 October 2010 (see 2010 Crimean parliamentary election) and was won by the Party of Regions and the Communist Party of Ukraine.

On 27 February 2014, unidentified armed men took over the parliament and hoist the flag of Russia over it. On 15 March 2014 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine officially dissolved the parliament.[1] On 17 March 2014, one day before the Russian annexation of Crimea,[2] a puppet State Council of Crimea was established in place of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea.

Last election

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PartyVotes%Seats
Party-listConstituencyTotal
Party of Regions357,03050.44324880
Communist Party of Ukraine54,1727.65505
Qurultai-Rukh51,2537.24505
Soyuz38,5145.44325
Russian Unity29,3434.15303
Strong Ukraine26,5153.75202
Batkivshchyna19,5892.77000
Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine12,6141.78000
Party of Pensioners of Ukraine11,1331.57000
Front for Change8,2811.17000
Ukrainian Peasant Democratic Party7,2681.03000
People's Party4,5630.64000
Socialist Party of Ukraine2,9090.41000
Party of Greens of Ukraine2,4930.35000
All-Ukrainian Party "Children of War"2,0300.29000
Justice Party1,8220.26000
Greens1,6990.24000
Peasant Party of Ukraine1,3960.20000
Motherland [uk]1,3950.20000
Svoboda1,3610.19000
New Politics1,2910.18000
United Centre1,2780.18000
Ukrainian Social Democratic Party1,2400.18000
Union of Left Forces1,1770.17000
Ukrainian People's Party1,1140.16000
Agrarian Party of Ukraine9800.14000
People's Power Party9340.13000
New Generation Party9040.13000
Socialist Ukraine8780.12000
Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united)8030.11000
People's Labor Union of Ukraine7450.11000
Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor"7430.10000
Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists7020.10000
Democratic Party of Ukraine6250.09000
Liberal Democratic Party of Ukraine6240.09000
Hromada4520.06000
European Party of Ukraine4320.06000
Against all57,5528.13
Total707,854100.00505050
Valid votes707,85497.01
Invalid/blank votes21,7942.99
Total votes729,648100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,522,00047.94
Source: Government of Crimea
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total Vacant
Party of Regions Qurultai-Rukh Soyuz Russian Unity Communists Strong Ukraine Non-affiliated
End of previous convocation 44 8 10 DNP 9 DNP DNP 100 0
Begin 80 5 5 3 5 2 - 100 0
February 20, 2013[3] 80 4 4 3 3 - 3 100 3
November 27, 2013[4] 82 4 4 3 3 - 3 100 1
Latest voting share 82.0% 4.0% 4.0% 3.0% 3.0% N/A 3.0%
Note:
  1. ^ Ukrainian: Верховна Рада Автономної Республіки Крим, romanizedVerkhovna Rada Avtonomnoï Respubliky Krym;
    Russian: Верховный Совет Автономной Республики Крым, romanizedVerkhovny Sovet Avtonomnoy Respubliki Krym;
    Crimean Tatar: Qırım Muhtar Cumhuriyetiniñ Yuqarı Radası/Къырым Мухтар Джумхуриетининъ Йукъары Радасы

Chairpersons

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Regional executive committee

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  • Mikhail Kuzmenko (1954–1956)
  • Ivan Filippov (1956–1959)
  • Vladimir Druzhynin (1959–1963)
  • Vladimir Druzhynin (1963–1964, industrial)
  • Nikolai Moiseev (1963–1964, agrarian)
  • Vladimir Druzhynin (1964–1965)
  • Trofim Chemodurov (1966–1979)
  • Yuri Bakhtin (1979–1985)
  • Alexander Roshchupkin (1985–1989)
  • Vitaly Kurashik (1989–1991)

Regional council

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ВР розпустила парламент Криму" [VR dissolved parliament of Crimea] (in Ukrainian). UNIAN. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Ukraine 'preparing withdrawal of troops from Crimea'". BBC News. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  3. ^ Composition on February 20, 2013. Supreme Council of Crimea. March 11, 2014
  4. ^ Composition on November 27, 2013. Supreme Council of Crimea. March 11, 2014

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