Ukrainian parliamentary election, 1998

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 1998

1994 ← 29 March 1998 → 2002

All 450 seats to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine 226 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Petro Symonenko Vyacheslav Chornovil Oleksandr Moroz Party Communist Party of Ukraine People's Movement of Ukraine Socialist Party of Ukraine Leader since June 19, 1993 1989 October 26, 1991 Last election 83 27 25 Seats won 121 46 34 Seat change +38 +19 +9 Percentage 24.7% 9.4% 8.6%

Results of the 1998 parliamentary election.

Prime Minister before election Valeriy Pustovoitenko Elected Prime Minister Valeriy Pustovoitenko

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The second Ukrainian parliamentary election after the collapse of the Soviet Union took place on 29 March 1998. In comparison to the first parliamentary election, this time half of 450 parliament seats were filled by single-seat majority winners in 225 electoral regions (constituencies), and the other half were split among political parties and blocks that received at least 4% of the popular vote.

After the election votes in five electoral districts had too many irregularities to declare a winner and the parliament was five members short of 450. Eight parties were elected to parliament; the Communist Party received the most votes. Nine parties gained representation in parliament through winning at least a single constituency. Two more deputies chose not to be associated with parliamentary factions, while the members of other parties united into factions.

Election results

 Summary of the 29 March 1998 Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada election results

Parties and blocks (30 parties and blocks participated in the election; 8 of them passed the required 4% barrier)	Popular vote	Proportional seats	Individual seats	Total seats
Communist Party of Ukraine	24.7%	84	37	121
People's Movement of Ukraine (Rukh)	9.4%	32	14	46
Socialist Party of Ukraine/Peasants' Party of Ukraine bloc	8.6%	29	5*	34
Party of Greens of Ukraine	5.3%	19	0	19
People's Democratic Party of Ukraine	5.0%	17	11	28
Hromada	4.7%	16	8	24
Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine	4.0%	14	2	16
Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united)	4.0%	14	3	17
People's Party	3.7%	0	2	2
Our Ukraine	3.1%	0	3	3
Electoral bloc Toiling Ukraine (Civil Congress of Ukraine, Ukrainian Party of Justice)	3.1%	0	0	0
Electoral bloc National Front (Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists, Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor", Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party)	2.7%	0	6	6
Electoral bloc and Liberal Party - "TOGETHER"	1.9%	0	2	2
Electoral bloc Forward, Ukraine! (Christian-Democratic Union, Ukrainian Christian Democratic Party)	1.7%	0	1	1
Christian Democratic party of Ukraine	1.3%	0	2	2
Electoral bloc NEP (Democratic Party of Ukraine, Party of Economical Revival)	1.2%	0	1*	1
Party of National-Economic Development	0.9%	0	0	0
Electoral bloc SLOn (Constitutional Democratic Party, Interregional Bloc of Reforms)	0.9%	0	0	0
Party of Regional Revival	0.9%	0	1	1
Other Parties	-	-	3	3
Not affiliated	-	-	119	119
Total		225	220	445
Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine * - one deputy from Socialist Party and another one from Democratic Party were elected from their parties, not the blocs and therefore acconted as not affiliated

By regions (single constituency)

Crimea (10/10)

• No party affiliation 7
• Communist 2
• Soyuz 1

Vinnytsia Region (8/8)

• No party affiliation 4
• People-Deocratic 2
• Communist 1
• Labor party 1

Volyn Region (4/5)

• National Front 1 (Republican)
• Agrarian 1
• No party affiliation 1
• Democratic 1

Dnipropetrovsk Region (16/17)

• Hromada 6 (1-Independent)
• No party affiliation 5
• Communist 3
• Interregional bloc 1
• Agrarian 1

Donetsk Region (21/23)

• No party affiliation 12
• Communist 7
• Party of Regions 2

Zhytomyr Region (5/6)

• No party affiliation 2
• People-Democratic 1
• Communist 1
• Christian-Democratic 1

Zakarpattia Region (5/5)

• Social-Democratic (u) 3
• No party affiliation 2

Zaporizhia Region (7/9)

• No party affiliation 3
• Communist 3 (1-Independent)
• Agrarian 1

Ivano-Frankivsk Region (6/6)

• No party affiliation 2
• National Front 2 (all CUN)
• Labor and Liberal together 1 (Independent)
• Christian people 1

Kirovohrad Region (3/5)

• No party affiliation 3

Luhansk Region (12/12)

• Communist 8
• No party affiliation 4

Lviv Region (10/12)

• People's Movement 2
• Reforms and Order 2
• National Front 2 (all Independent)
• Fewer words 1
• No party affiliation 1
• Christian-Democratic 1
• Agrarian 1

Mykolaiv Region (3/6)

• No party affiliation 2
• Reforms and Order 1

Odessa Region (10/11)

• No party affiliation 6
• Communist 2
• Agrarian 1 (Independent)
• Social and Peasant 1

Kiev Region (7/8)

• No party affiliation 4
• Social and Peasant 1 (Socialist)
• Agrarian 1
• People's Movement 1

Poltava Region (8/8)

• Communist 3
• No party affiliation 2
• People's Movement 1
• People-Democratic 1 (Independent)
• Forward 1 (Independent)

Rivne Region (5/5)

• People's Movement 3
• No party affiliation 2

Sumy Region (6/6)

• No party affiliation 2
• Progressive Socialist 2
• Communist 1
• Justice 1

Ternopil Region (4/5)

• People's Movement 2
• No party affiliation 1
• National Front 1 (CUN)

Kharkiv Region (12/14)

• No party affiliation 6
• Communist 2
• Agrarian 1
• Social and Peasant 1 (Independent)
• Progressive Socialist 1 (Independent)
• People-Democratic 1

Kherson Region (6/6)

• No party affiliation 2
• Hromada 1
• Communist 1
• Christian-Democratic 1
• Social and Peasant 1 (Socialist)

Khmelnytsky Region (7/7)

• No party affiliation 4
• Republican 1
• Socialist 1
• Communist 1

Cherkasy Region (7/7)

• No party affiliation 3
• Communist 2
• Social and Peasant 1 (Peasant)
• People-Democratic 1

Chernivtsi Region (4/4)

• No party affiliation 3
• People's Movement 1

Chernihiv Region (5/6)

• No party affiliation 4
• People-Democratic 1

Kiev (11/12)

• No party affiliation 8
• Democratic Parties 1 (Independent)
• People's Movement 1
• Reforms and Order 1

Sevastopol (2/2)

• No party affiliation 1
• Communist 1

External links

• Central Election Commission of Ukraine