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Originally Posted by MH
Are you sure about it?
From what I hears all kind of nutcase parties did not win enough votes to enter the parliament.
The leading coalition is more or less as nationalist as Russia's current government , it seems natural in given circumstances.
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Yes. Out of 6 parties you have:
People's Front (nationalists, 64 seats).
Petr Poroshenko Party (liberal conservatives 63 seats).
Self Help Party (Christian democrats 32 seats).
Opposition Block (centrists, 27 seats).
Radical Party (nationalists, 22 seats).
Batkovshina (conservatives, 17 seats).
Ie atleast 40 percent of all seats allocated to party lists are straight nationalists or 33 percent if we account for single mandate seats (but then there are uncounted seats held by the parties that did not get into the parliament by the party lists).
Russian involvement is but one of the reasons why such a parliament was elected - the others are the lack of Crimean voters (who would vote for the left wing or centrists parties), lack of some Eastern Ukraine voters (who would again vote similar to the Crimean voters), lack of participation in the eastern parts of the Ukraine (people are dissatisfied with the current government and parliament, as well as the Maidan due to the war).
You could see the voting paterns here:
