The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, has failed to pass a motion of no confidence in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

A total of 190 out of the 362 MPs registered in the parliament's hall voted for the relevant resolution on Friday, with a minimum of 226 votes required to pass the bill, an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent reported.

The resolution was backed by 88 MPs from the Batkivschyna faction, 35 MPs from the UDAR faction, 36 MPs from the Svoboda faction, 21 MP from the Communist Party, ten independent MPs. None of the members of the Party of Regions faction supported the resolution.

According to the law on the Cabinet, if the parliament accepts a no-confidence motion the cabinet has to resign. The non-confidence initiative must be proposed by at least 150 deputies and it is deemed adopted if supported by 226 deputies at the minimum.

If the resolution is adopted, the prime minister should file in a letter of resignation of the government to the president on the same day. A resolution of no confidence in government cannot be considered in parliament twice during one session, and for a year since the approval of the program of the government's activities.

Earlier, the Ukrainian parliamentary opposition collected 174 signatures for holding a vote of no confidence in the government.

Azarov has spent a total of 1,135 days in the office of the prime minister of Ukraine. He served as the prime minister from March 11, 2010 until December 3, 2012, when Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych accepted the resignation of Azarov and the entire Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in connection with the election of a new parliament. The cabinet continued its work until the formation of the new government.

On December 9, 2012, Yanukovych nominated Azarov for the post of prime minister.

On December 13, the Verkhovna Rada gave its consent to Azarov's appointment to the prime minister's post.