99.9% of the votes are in and at first glance it appears that the pro-Russia party won easily. But look past the headlines and you’ll find that the pro-west parties won with a margin of 4% (more then 1 million votes).

Primary Colors.
Blue is the color of the sky “Party of Regions”. Known for it’s very clear pro-Russian stance this party, as expected, recieved most of it’s votes from the parts of Ukraine closest to Russia. With 32% of the national vote it is the winning party.

Orange is the color of an orange the “Our Ukraine Bloc”. As you’ve probably guessed this is the famous well, orange party. Support for this party has waned to only 14% of the national vote. I believe this is due to impatience. After the Orange Revolution everyone wanted things to change immediately and were, I think, unrealistic.

Red is the color of an apple “Yulia Tymoshenko’s Bloc”. Coming in second with 22% of the vote this party is mostly made up of and supported by people disillusioned with the Our Ukraine Bloc. But who still believe in the ideals of the Orange Revolution.

What it all means.
Basically, though split into two parties, pro-west ideals won the election by over 1 million votes while the pro-Russia party came in a close second. (Oh yeah, I almost forgot: The socialists and communists got a whopping 9% of the vote, combined.) You can see a break-down of the three winning parties by region in the map below.

For more detailed informaion about the election you can do what I did and check out Wikipedia’s Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006 page.