Five parties made it into the Supreme Rada, the country's 450-seat parliament. The Party of Regions collected 34.37% of the vote, followed by the Yulia Tymoshenko bloc with 30.71% and Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense with 14.15%. The Communists and the Lytvyn bloc gained 5.39% and 3.96% of the vote, respectively.
Vasyl Horbal said that on Thursday representatives of all five political parties gathered to discuss the date for the parliament's first session and unanimously approved November 23.
An agreement on the formation of the coalition is also expected to be signed at the parliamentary session between the pro-presidential bloc Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense and the Yulia Tymoshenko bloc.
Vyacheslav Kyrylenko, one of the leaders of Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense, said, "We will sign an agreement on the coalition of democratic forces on November 23."
The two "orange" parties will hold 228 seats in the new parliament, with 226 votes needed to form a coalition.
President Viktor Yushchenko dismissed the Supreme Rada in April and called snap elections amid a protracted power struggle with Viktor Yanukovych, who he accused of "usurping power" after a group of pro-presidential lawmakers switched to the prime minister's camp.
