Parliamentary work was virtually paralyzed the first months of 2013 because the opposition (UDAR, Fatherland, Freedom, others) blocked the podium and presidium seats on various days.

Those representing Autonomous Republic of Crimea consisted of nine deputies from the Party of Regions and one from Union.

Those representing Cherkasy Oblast consisted of four deputies from the Party of Regions, one Independent, and two disputed constituencies.

On 18 March 2013, the Central Election Commission of Ukraine registered Roman Stadniychuk of Batkivschyna and Oleksandr Kozub of Party of Regions as people's deputies in place of Andrey Verevskiy and Serhiy Vlasenko.

[41] The ruling majority (225+ votes) is "situational" and officially consists of Party of Regions and most unaffiliated members.