Parties spent over half a billion on elections

The political parties ran for the Ukrainian Parliament in 2012 spent more than UAH 600 million on the election campaign in multi-member constituencies, the Central Election Commission of Ukraine (CEC) has said, referring to the parties' official reports.

In particular, the Regions Party spent UAH 218 million, the Batkivschyna United Opposition – UAH 107 million, and Vitali Klitschko's UDAR Party – UAH 33.7 million.

The Regions Party spent UAH 157 million on advertizing in the media, UAH 33 million on outdoor advertizing, and UAH 23 million on agitation materials.

The All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" (Batkivshchyna) spent UAH 94 million on advertizing in the media, UAH 9.5 million on outdoor advertizing, and UAH 3.2 million on production and distribution of agitation materials.

According to the official reports, the Communist Party of Ukraine spent UAH 72 million on the election campaign, the Our Ukraine Party – UAH 63 million, and Natalia Korolevska's Ukraine-Forward! Party – UAH 60.6 million.