List of political parties in Ukraine
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This article lists political parties in Ukraine. Ukraine
has a multi-party system
with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition government
s.
Many parties in Ukraine have very small memberships and are unknown to the general public. Party membership in Ukraine is lower then 1% of the population eligible to vote (compared to a average 4.7% in the European Union
). National parties currently not represented in Ukraine’s national parliament Verkhovna Rada
do have representatives in municipal counsels. Small parties used to join in multi-party coalitions (electoral blocks) for the purpose of participating in parliamentary elections; but on 17 November 2011 the Ukrainian Parliament approved an election law that banned the participation of blocs of political parties in parliamentary elections. Ukrainian society's trust of political parties is very low overall.
On January 25, 2009 there were 161 parties registered with the Ministry of Justice; this number grew to 172 political parties on July 15, 2009. and to 179 on May 14, 2010. As of July 2, 2010 there are 182 political parties registered in Ukraine.
. After 1991 parties where formed around politicians who had achieved power; these parties where often a vehicle of Ukrainian oligarchs
. Scholars have defined several "Clans" in Ukrainian politics grouped around businessman and politicians from particular Ukrainian mayor cities; the "Donetsk
-clan" (Rinat Akhmetov
, Viktor Yanukovich and Mykola Azarov
), the "Dnipropetrovsk
-clan" (Yulia Tymoshenko
, Leonid Kuchma
, Viktor Pinchuk
, Sergey Tigipko and Pavlo Lazarenko
), the "Kiev
-clan" (Viktor Medvedchuk
and the brothers Surkis; this clan has also been linked to Zakarpattia
) and the smaller "Kharkiv
-clan". Professor Paul D'Anieri
has argued (in 2006) that Ukrainian parties are "elite-based rather than mass-based". While former Ambassador of Germany to Ukraine (2000–2006) Dietmar Studemann believes that personalities are more important in Ukrainian politics than (ideological) platforms. "Parties in the proper meaning of this word do not exist in Ukraine so far. A party for Germans
is its platform first, and its personalities later."
Ukrainian parties tend not to have a clear ideology but to contain different political groups with diverging ideological outlooks. Unlike in Western politics
, civilization
al and geostrategic orientations play a more important role than economic and socio-political agendas for parties. This has led to coalition governments that would be unusual from a Western point of view
; for example: the Azarov Government
which includes the Party of Regions
with the financial backing of some Ukrainian oligarchs
and the Communist Party of Ukraine
and the social-democratic Batkivshchyna and the economically liberal European Party of Ukraine
in the Second Tymoshenko Government
.
After the 2007 parliamentary election
the parties associated with the Our Ukraine Bloc (named Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc in 2007) lost popular support greatly while Front of Changes (the party of former Our Ukraine politician Arseniy Yatsenyuk
) and Strong Ukraine
achieved good results in polls for the next Ukrainian parliamentary election
and in the 2010 local elections; so did All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda", a party who can not be placed in the above mentioned two major movements.
In August 2011 Strong Ukraine and People's Party
announced that both will merge with Party of Regions.
Parliamentary faction
Parties of which members are deputies in the Verkhovna Rada
/City
Crimea
but have not taken part in any national election since then, some party's did change to different political alliances since then.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
has a multi-party system
Multi-party system
A multi-party system is a system in which multiple political parties have the capacity to gain control of government separately or in coalition, e.g.The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in the United Kingdom formed in 2010. The effective number of parties in a multi-party system is normally...
with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition government
Coalition government
A coalition government is a cabinet of a parliamentary government in which several political parties cooperate. The usual reason given for this arrangement is that no party on its own can achieve a majority in the parliament...
s.
Many parties in Ukraine have very small memberships and are unknown to the general public. Party membership in Ukraine is lower then 1% of the population eligible to vote (compared to a average 4.7% in the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
). National parties currently not represented in Ukraine’s national parliament Verkhovna Rada
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is Ukraine's parliament. The Verkhovna Rada is a unicameral parliament composed of 450 deputies, which is presided over by a chairman...
do have representatives in municipal counsels. Small parties used to join in multi-party coalitions (electoral blocks) for the purpose of participating in parliamentary elections; but on 17 November 2011 the Ukrainian Parliament approved an election law that banned the participation of blocs of political parties in parliamentary elections. Ukrainian society's trust of political parties is very low overall.
On January 25, 2009 there were 161 parties registered with the Ministry of Justice; this number grew to 172 political parties on July 15, 2009. and to 179 on May 14, 2010. As of July 2, 2010 there are 182 political parties registered in Ukraine.
The parties
In the first years after Ukrainian independence political parties in Ukraine where centred around intellectuals and former Soviet dissidentsSoviet dissidents
Soviet dissidents were citizens of the Soviet Union who disagreed with the policies and actions of their government and actively protested against these actions through either violent or non-violent means...
. After 1991 parties where formed around politicians who had achieved power; these parties where often a vehicle of Ukrainian oligarchs
Ukrainian oligarchs
The Ukrainian oligarchs are a group of Business oligarch that quickly appeared on the economic and political scene of Ukraine after its independence in 1991, just like it happened in neighboring post-Soviet state Russia....
. Scholars have defined several "Clans" in Ukrainian politics grouped around businessman and politicians from particular Ukrainian mayor cities; the "Donetsk
Donetsk
Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region...
-clan" (Rinat Akhmetov
Rinat Akhmetov
Rinat Leonidovych Akhmetov is a Ukrainian businessman. He is the founder and President of System Capital Management, and is ranked among the wealthiest men in the nation. Akhmetov is also the owner and President of the Ukrainian football club Shakhtar Donetsk...
, Viktor Yanukovich and Mykola Azarov
Mykola Azarov
Mykola Yanovych Azarov ; born Nikolai Yanovich Pakhlo on 17 December 1947, is a Ukrainian politician who has been the Prime Minister of Ukraine since 11 March 2010. He was the First Vice Prime Minister and Finance Minister from 2002 to 2005 and again from 2006 to 2007, and he also served as acting...
), the "Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...
-clan" (Yulia Tymoshenko
Yulia Tymoshenko
Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko , née Grigyan , born 27 November 1960, is a Ukrainian politician. She was the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 24 January to 8 September 2005, and again from 18 December 2007 to 4 March 2010. She placed third in Forbes Magazine's List of The World's 100 Most Powerful...
, Leonid Kuchma
Leonid Kuchma
Leonid Danylovych Kuchma was the second President of independent Ukraine from 19 July 1994, to 23 January 2005. Kuchma took office after winning the 1994 presidential election against his rival, incumbent Leonid Kravchuk...
, Viktor Pinchuk
Viktor Pinchuk
Victor Pinchuk is a Jewish-Ukrainian businessman and philanthropist. Forbes ranked him # 336 on the list of the wealthiest people in the world, with a fortune of $3.3 billion...
, Sergey Tigipko and Pavlo Lazarenko
Pavlo Lazarenko
Pavlo Ivanovych Lazarenko is a former Ukrainian politician and former Prime Minister who, in August 2006, was convicted and sentenced to prison in the United States for money laundering, wire fraud and extortion...
), the "Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
-clan" (Viktor Medvedchuk
Viktor Medvedchuk
Viktor Volodymyrovich Medvedchuk is a Ukrainian politician, lawyer, and business oligarch.-Brief overview:In 1998–2001, Medvedchuk was the First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada . In 2002–04, Medvedchuk served as head of Leonid Kuchma's presidential administration...
and the brothers Surkis; this clan has also been linked to Zakarpattia
Zakarpattia Oblast
The Zakarpattia Oblast is an administrative oblast located in southwestern Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Uzhhorod...
) and the smaller "Kharkiv
Kharkiv
Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...
-clan". Professor Paul D'Anieri
Paul D'Anieri
Paul J. D'Anieri is the current Dean of the University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences . He started in this position July 2008. D’Anieri received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1991....
has argued (in 2006) that Ukrainian parties are "elite-based rather than mass-based". While former Ambassador of Germany to Ukraine (2000–2006) Dietmar Studemann believes that personalities are more important in Ukrainian politics than (ideological) platforms. "Parties in the proper meaning of this word do not exist in Ukraine so far. A party for Germans
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
is its platform first, and its personalities later."
Ukrainian parties tend not to have a clear ideology but to contain different political groups with diverging ideological outlooks. Unlike in Western politics
Western world
The Western world, also known as the West and the Occident , is a term referring to the countries of Western Europe , the countries of the Americas, as well all countries of Northern and Central Europe, Australia and New Zealand...
, civilization
Civilization
Civilization is a sometimes controversial term that has been used in several related ways. Primarily, the term has been used to refer to the material and instrumental side of human cultures that are complex in terms of technology, science, and division of labor. Such civilizations are generally...
al and geostrategic orientations play a more important role than economic and socio-political agendas for parties. This has led to coalition governments that would be unusual from a Western point of view
Western culture
Western culture, sometimes equated with Western civilization or European civilization, refers to cultures of European origin and is used very broadly to refer to a heritage of social norms, ethical values, traditional customs, religious beliefs, political systems, and specific artifacts and...
; for example: the Azarov Government
Azarov Government
The first Azarov Government was appointed on March 11, 2010 as part of the "Stability and Reform" coalition between the Party of Regions, Lytvyn Bloc and the Communist Party of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament...
which includes the Party of Regions
Party of Regions
The Party of Regions is an Ukrainian political party created on October 26, 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. It was reformed later in 2001 when the party united with several others...
with the financial backing of some Ukrainian oligarchs
Ukrainian oligarchs
The Ukrainian oligarchs are a group of Business oligarch that quickly appeared on the economic and political scene of Ukraine after its independence in 1991, just like it happened in neighboring post-Soviet state Russia....
and the Communist Party of Ukraine
Communist Party of Ukraine
The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine, currently led by Petro Symonenko.The party fights the Ukrainian national self-determination by identifying any Ukrainian national parties as the National-Fascist ones The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine,...
and the social-democratic Batkivshchyna and the economically liberal European Party of Ukraine
European Party of Ukraine
The European Party of Ukraine is a Ukrainian political party that has a centre-right/liberal character.-History:In the parliamentary elections on 30 September 2007, the party was part of the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc alliance, that won 72 out of 450 seats.The party supported Yulia...
in the Second Tymoshenko Government
Second Tymoshenko Government
The second Tymoshenko Government was appointed on December 18, 2007 as a coalition between Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko and Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc , OU-PSD is the party of then-President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, following the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election...
.
Major parties and blocs
There have been two major movements in the Ukrainian parliament since its independence:- a pro-WesternWestern worldThe Western world, also known as the West and the Occident , is a term referring to the countries of Western Europe , the countries of the Americas, as well all countries of Northern and Central Europe, Australia and New Zealand...
and pro-European general liberal national democratsCivic nationalismLiberal Nationalism is a kind of nationalism identified by political philosophers who believe in a non-xenophobic form of nationalism compatible with liberal values of freedom, tolerance, equality, and individual rights. Ernest Renan and John Stuart Mill are often thought to be early liberal...
who from time to time featured individual politicians with a nationalist past (for example Andriy ShkilAndriy Shkil-Professional career:Shkil graduated in 1988 from the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University.In 1989 Shkil became member of the editorial board of the newspaper Ukrayina Moloda and he was elected deputy chief of the Independent Ukrainian Youth Union. From then...
, Andriy ParubiyAndriy Parubiy-Biography:In the years leading up to the Ukrainian independence in 1991 Parubiy was an active activist for this independence, being even arested for holding an illegal rally in 1988. In 1991 he founded the Social-National Party of Ukraine together with Oleh Tyahnybok. Parubiy co-led the Orange...
and Levko LukyanenkoLevko LukyanenkoLevko Lukyanenko ; is a Ukrainian politician, and Soviet dissident and Hero of Ukraine.-Biography:Lukyanenko was born on 24 August 1928 in the Khrypivka village of Chernihiv Oblast, in the USSR...
) with the Our Ukraine Blocs and Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko as its frontrunners - a pro-RussianRussophiliaRussophilia is the love of Russia and/or Russians. The term is used in two basic contexts: in international politics and in cultural context. "Russophilia" and "Russophilic" are the terms used to denote pro-Russian sentiments, usually in politics and literature...
, latently EuroscepticEuroscepticismEuroscepticism is a general term used to describe criticism of the European Union , and opposition to the process of European integration, existing throughout the political spectrum. Traditionally, the main source of euroscepticism has been the notion that integration weakens the nation state...
, often anti-American and partly anti-liberalAnti-liberalAnti-liberal philosophies:*Authoritarianism*Communism*Fascism*Revolutionary Socialism*Conservatism*Traditionalist School...
group of parties, which in the 1990s was dominated by the Communist Party of UkraineCommunist Party of UkraineThe Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine, currently led by Petro Symonenko.The party fights the Ukrainian national self-determination by identifying any Ukrainian national parties as the National-Fascist ones The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine,...
, and is now dominated by the Party of RegionsParty of RegionsThe Party of Regions is an Ukrainian political party created on October 26, 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. It was reformed later in 2001 when the party united with several others...
.
After the 2007 parliamentary election
Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007
Early parliamentary elections in Ukraine took place on 30 September 2007. The date of the election was determined following agreement between the President Viktor Yushchenko, the Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Moroz on 27 May 2007, in an attempt...
the parties associated with the Our Ukraine Bloc (named Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc in 2007) lost popular support greatly while Front of Changes (the party of former Our Ukraine politician Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Arseniy Petrovych Yatsenyuk is a Ukrainian politician, economist and lawyer. Yatsenyuk served in the government of Ukraine as Minister of Economy from 2005 to 2006; subsequently he was Foreign Minister of Ukraine in 2007 and Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada from 2007 to 2008.-Early life:Arseniy...
) and Strong Ukraine
Strong Ukraine
Strong Ukraine ; former Labour Party Ukraine , is a political party in Ukraine registered in August 1999. The party claims to have over 80,000 members as of mid-May 2010. It is currently negotiating a merge with the Party of Regions....
achieved good results in polls for the next Ukrainian parliamentary election
Next Ukrainian parliamentary election
On February 1, 2011 the Verkhovna Rada set the election date for the next Ukrainian parliamentary election for October 28, 2012. The elections will use a mixed voting system with a 5% election threshold and the participation of blocs of political parties will not be allowed anymore...
and in the 2010 local elections; so did All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda", a party who can not be placed in the above mentioned two major movements.
In August 2011 Strong Ukraine and People's Party
People's Party (Ukraine)
The People's Party is a political party in Ukraine. It was previously named as the Agrarian Party of Ukraine . The party is led by Volodymyr Lytvyn...
announced that both will merge with Party of Regions.
Parties currently represented in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament)
- Party of RegionsParty of RegionsThe Party of Regions is an Ukrainian political party created on October 26, 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. It was reformed later in 2001 when the party united with several others...
- Bloc Yuliya TymoshenkoYulia Tymoshenko Electoral BlocThe Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc is the name of the bloc of political parties in Ukraine led by Yulia Tymoshenko. In Verkhovna Rada the party's faction is led by Ivan Kyrylenko. On 16 November 2010 this faction was officially renamed “Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko-Batkivschyna”...
- All-Ukrainian United Fatherland
- Reforms and Order PartyReforms and Order Party-History:The party was organized in October 1997 as a right-wing party, led by ex-vice Prime Minister Viktor Pynzenyk. And it was registered as the fiftieth political party in the history of Ukrainian modern politics....
- Ukrainian Social Democratic PartyUkrainian Social Democratic Party-History:The party was founded in 1998 when the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine and Party of Human Rights were united. The first leader of the party was Vasyl Onopenko who in the Presidential elections in 1999 got 0,47% of the votes. Since November 2006 Yevhen Korniychuk is the chairman of the...
- Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc
- People's Union "Our Ukraine"
- Yuriy Lutsenko's People's Self-DefenseYuriy Lutsenko's People's Self-DefenseThe Yuriy Lutsenko's People's Self-Defense is a Ukrainian electoral bloc.In the parliamentary elections on 30 September 2007, the bloc was part of the Our Ukraine alliance, that won 72 out of 450 seats.Yuriy Lutsenko is the party leader.-History:...
(Electoral Bloc since April 13, 2007 and a deputy group within Our Ukraine)- Christian Democratic UnionChristian Democratic Union (Ukraine)The Christian Democratic Union is a political party in Ukraine. On December 2, 2002, in Athens, Greece the party became a member of Centrist Democrat International. It is negotiated now its associated membership in the European People's Party...
- Forward, Ukraine!Forwards, UkrainePeople's Self-Defense Political Party is a political party in Ukraine. The party was formally named Forward, Ukraine! .-Forward, Ukraine!:The Forward, Ukraine! Party was registered by the Justice Ministry on May 13, 1999....
- Christian Democratic Union
- People's Movement of UkrainePeople's Movement of UkraineThe People's Movement of Ukraine is a Ukrainian center-right political party...
- Ukrainian People's PartyUkrainian People's PartyThe Ukrainian People's Party is a political party in Ukraine, led by Yury Kostenko, registered on Old Year's Day 1999 as Ukrainian National Movement .-History:...
- Ukrainian Republican Party AssemblyUkrainian Republican Party AssemblyThe Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor" is a political party in Ukraine. The current party was created in 2002 after the merger of the Ukrainian Republican Party and the Ukrainian People's Party "Assembly" .-May 1999:...
- European Party of UkraineEuropean Party of UkraineThe European Party of Ukraine is a Ukrainian political party that has a centre-right/liberal character.-History:In the parliamentary elections on 30 September 2007, the party was part of the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc alliance, that won 72 out of 450 seats.The party supported Yulia...
- PORAPoraPORA! , meaning IT'S TIME! in Ukrainian, is a civic youth organization and political party in Ukraine espousing nonviolent resistance and advocating increased national democracy...
- Motherland Defenders PartyMotherland Defenders PartyThe Motherland Defenders Party is a political party in Ukraine registered in July 1997.-Election results:The party ran independent in the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections in which it won 0.30% of the votes and no seats...
- Communist Party of UkraineCommunist Party of UkraineThe Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine, currently led by Petro Symonenko.The party fights the Ukrainian national self-determination by identifying any Ukrainian national parties as the National-Fascist ones The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine,...
- Lytvyn Bloc (defunct since February 2010)
- People's PartyPeople's Party (Ukraine)The People's Party is a political party in Ukraine. It was previously named as the Agrarian Party of Ukraine . The party is led by Volodymyr Lytvyn...
- Strong UkraineStrong UkraineStrong Ukraine ; former Labour Party Ukraine , is a political party in Ukraine registered in August 1999. The party claims to have over 80,000 members as of mid-May 2010. It is currently negotiating a merge with the Party of Regions....
(left bloc and parliament in February 2010)
- People's Party
Parliamentary faction
- Reforms for the FutureReforms for the FutureReforms for the Future is a Ukrainian deputy group turned faction in its national parliament Verkhovna Rada created on February 16, 2011. Deputy Ihor Rybakov , is the groups faction leader. The faction supports the Azarov Government...
Parties of which members are deputies in the Verkhovna RadaVerkhovna RadaThe Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is Ukraine's parliament. The Verkhovna Rada is a unicameral parliament composed of 450 deputies, which is presided over by a chairman...
although the parties itself did not participate in the 2007 parliamentary electionUkrainian parliamentary election, 2007Early parliamentary elections in Ukraine took place on 30 September 2007. The date of the election was determined following agreement between the President Viktor Yushchenko, the Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Moroz on 27 May 2007, in an attempt...
- Front of Changes
- For Ukraine!
- United CentreUnited CentreUnited Centre is a Ukrainian political party. It is an offspring of Our Ukraine. It will participate in the next Ukrainian parliamentary election independently. Legally United Centre is the successor of the Party of Private Property , registered with the Ministry of Justice on September 24, 1999....
Former parliamentarian parties and factions
- Congress of Ukrainian NationalistsCongress of Ukrainian NationalistsThe Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists is a right-wing political party in Ukraine. It was founded on October 18, 1992 and registered with the Ministry of Justice on January 26, 1993. The party leader from its formation and until her death in 2003 was Yaroslava Stetsko .-History:During the 1998...
(as part of National Front and Our Ukraine) - Socialist Party of UkraineSocialist Party of UkraineThe Socialist Party of Ukraine is a Socialist political party in Ukraine and part of the Verkhovna Rada from 1994 to 2007.It is one of the oldest parties and was created by the former members of the Communist Party of Ukraine in late 1991 when the Communist Party was banned...
- Democratic Party of UkraineDemocratic Party of UkraineThe Democratic Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine registered in 1991.-History:The Democratic Party of Ukraine is one of the oldest political institutions of Ukraine. DemPU was founded in 1990 by a group of famous Ukrainian dissidents....
- People's Democratic PartyPeople's Democratic Party (Ukraine)-History:The party had a flying start, at the parliamentary elections 1998 the party gained 5% of the votes and 28 seats in Parliament. At the time of the election the party's leader, Valeriy Pustovoitenko, was prime minister....
- Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united)
- Republican Christian PartyRepublican Christian PartyThe Republican Christian Party is a political party in Ukraine registered July 1997.-History:The party ran independently at the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 1998 wining 0.54% and no seats....
- Youth Party of UkraineYouth Party of UkraineThe Youth Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine registered in September 1999.At the legislative elections, 30 March 2002, the party was part of the Viktor Yushchenko Bloc Our Ukraine...
- Party of Industrialists and EntrepreneursParty of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of UkraineThe Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine registered in April 2000. Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Anatoliy Kinakh is one of its most noticeable members.-History:...
- Party of National Economic Development of UkraineParty of National Economic Development of UkraineThe Party of National Economic Development of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine registered in January 1996. During the 1998 elections the part won no seats, in the 2002 elections the part won 1 seat. In the 2006 elections and the 30 September 2007 elections, the party failed to win...
- Party of Greens of UkraineParty of Greens of UkraineThe Party of Greens of Ukraine is a Ukrainian political green party founded in 1990 and registered in May 1991.The party is a successor of the Green World Association and under that name participated in the Ukrainian parliamentary elections of 1990 as part of the Democratic Bloc...
- HromadaHromada (political party)All-Ukrainian Association "Hromada" is a Ukrainian political party registered in March 1994 and reregistered in March 2005. The party is led by former Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko....
- All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom" (as Social-National Party of Ukraine)
- Progressive Socialist Party of UkraineProgressive Socialist Party of Ukraine-Ideology:The party favoures Ukraine's full-scale entry in the Eurasian Economic Community ; the protection of the non-aligned status of Ukraine; abolition of NATO exercises in Ukraine; giving the Russian language status as official language along with Ukrainian; annulment of former President...
- Ukrainian National Assembly - Ukrainian National Self Defence
- Statehood
- People's Council
- Group 239
Minor parties and blocs
- Justice party
- VicheVicheViche is a political party in Ukraine registered in May 1993. Before September 2005 the party was known as Constitutional Democratic Party .-History:...
- Ukrainian Regional Asset
- Bloc of the Party of Pensioners of UkraineBloc of the Party of Pensioners of UkraineThe Bloc of the Party of Pensioners of Ukraine is a political alliance in Ukraine led by Feliks Petrosyan..The bloc had been organized for participation in the 2007 parliamentary election...
- Party of Pensioners of UkraineParty of Pensioners of UkraineThe Party of Pensioners of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine registered in November 1999.- History :The party was not allowed to participate in the electoral alliance "Rainbow" in the Ukrainian 2002 parliamentary elections....
- Party of Protection of Pensioners of UkraineParty of Protection of Pensioners of UkraineThe People Bloc , formerly Party of Protection of Pensioners of Ukraine , is a political party in Ukraine registered in January 1998.-History:...
- Party of Pensioners of Ukraine
- KUCHMA Electoral Bloc of Political PartiesKUCHMA Electoral Bloc of Political PartiesThe KUCHMA Electoral Bloc of Political Parties, is a political alliance in Ukraine.KUCHMA, the name of former president Leonid Kuchma, is a backronym that stands for "Конституція – Україна – Честь – Мир – Антифашизм", which is translated as Constitution – Ukraine – Honour – Peace – Antifascism.The...
- Party "Union"
- All-Ukrainian Union "Center"
- Peasants' Bloc "Agrarian Ukraine"
- Rural Revival PartyRural Revival Party-History:The party was registered in May 1993 under the name Party of Free Peasants and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine but did not participate in the 1998 and 2002 elections....
- People's Party New UkrainePeople's Party New UkrainePeasant Bloc Agricultural Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine. On July 20, 2005 it was created under the name People's Party New Ukraine; in the 30 September 2007 elections, the party as such failed as part of the Peasants' Bloc "Agrarian Ukraine" to win parliamentary representation. In 2008...
- Rural Revival Party
- Internet Party of UkraineInternet Party of Ukraine-History:Founded and led by Dmytro Golubov the party claims to be the first Internet party in the world, its slogan is "electronic government against bureaucracy" and it wants to "create an electronic government in Ukraine". The vice-president of the Union of Advocates of Ukraine Petro Boyko and...
- People’s Power partyPeople’s Power party (Ukraine)The People’s Power party is a political party in Ukraine registered on September 1, 2004. The party leader is former transport minister in the second Tymoshenko Government Yosyp Vinsky. The party’s aim is to develop democracy and a Ukraine without oligarchs....
- Union of LeftistsUnion of LeftistsUnion of Leftists is a Ukrainian political party led by Vasyl Volha.-History:The party was founded on December 8, 2007 and its goals were empower local communities, provide state support for poor regions, stop the privatization of strategic state enterprises and the sale of agricultural land, make...
- Communist Party of Ukraine (renewed)
- Ukrainian People's BlocUkrainian People's BlocThe Ukrainian People's Bloc is an electoral bloc in Ukraine. In the 30 September 2007 elections, the bloc failed to win parliamentary representation winning 0,12% of the votes.Member parties:*Political Party "Cathedral Ukraine"...
- Political Party "Cathedral Ukraine"
- All-Ukrainian Chornobyl People's Party "For the Welfare and Protection of the People"
- Party of Free DemocratsParty of Free DemocratsThe Party of Free Democrats is a political party in Ukraine led by Mykhaylo Brodskyy. It was registered in November 1999 as Yabluko . The party has about 1,000 members.-History:...
- Christian BlocChristian BlocThe Christian Bloc is an electoral bloc in Ukraine. In the 30 September 2007 elections, the bloc failed to win parliamentary representation, wining 0,10% of the votes.Member parties:*Social-Christian Party...
- Social-Christian PartySocial-Christian PartyThe Social-Christian Party was a political party in Ukraine registered in July 2004 that merged with United Centre in October 2008.The party participated independently in the 2006 parliamentary elections winning 0,09% of the votes and no seats....
- All-Ukrainian Political Party "Ecology and Social Protection"
- Social-Christian Party
- All-Ukrainian Party of People's TrustAll-Ukrainian Party of People's TrustThe All-Ukrainian Party of People's Trust is a political party in Ukraine registered in August 2000 as Party of protection of disadvantaged people of Ukraine ....
- All-Ukrainian CommunityAll-Ukrainian CommunityThe All-Ukrainian Community is an electoral bloc in Ukraine. In the 30 September 2007 elections, the bloc failed to win parliamentary representation winning only 0,05% of the votes.-Member parties:The All-Ukrainian Community contains several parties:...
- All-Ukrainian Party of Peace and UnityAll-Ukrainian Party of Peace and UnityThe All-Ukrainian Party of Peace and Unity is a political party in Ukraine registered in May 2000.-History:The party was not allowed to participate in the electoral alliance "Rainbow" in the Ukrainian 2002 parliamentary elections....
- National-Democratic Association "Ukraine"
- Conscience of UkraineConscience of UkraineConscience of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine registered in March 2005. The party did not participate in the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary elections, in the 2007 elections, the party failed as part of the All-Ukrainian Community to win parliamentary representation.During the 2010 Ukrainian...
- Political Party of Small and Medium-sized Businesses of UkrainePolitical Party of Small and Medium-sized Businesses of UkraineThe Political Party of Small and Medium-sized Businesses of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine registered on April 1, 1999.In the Ukrainian 2002 parliamentary elections the party failed as part of the electoral alliance "Against All" to win parliamentary representation.The party did not...
- All-Ukrainian Party of Peace and Unity
- Your Ukraine
- For Fairness and Prosperity
Major Regional Parties and electoral blocs
Kiev OblastKiev Oblast
Kyiv Oblast, sometimes written as Kiev Oblast is an oblast in central Ukraine.The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kyiv , also being the capital of Ukraine...
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Kiev City Council
Kiev City Council or Kyivrada is the city council of Kiev municipality, the highest representative body of the city community. The members of city council are directly elected by Kievans and the council is chaired by the Mayor of Kiev .The council meets in a 1950s City Council building...
- Leonid Chernovetskyi BlocLeonid Chernovetskyi BlocLeonid Chernovetskyi Bloc was a regional political alliance supporting the Mayor of Kiev Leonid Chernovetskyi based in the city of Kiev. At the 2008 combined Kiev Mayoral election and Kiev City Council election the party won the most seats in the Kiev City Council...
- Christian Liberal Party of UkraineChristian Liberal Party of UkraineChristian Liberal party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine. The party says that it is guided by the values of Christianity and the principles of Western European democracy: parliamentarism, the market economy, free labour and powerful social programs...
- Christian Democratic UnionChristian Democratic Union (Ukraine)The Christian Democratic Union is a political party in Ukraine. On December 2, 2002, in Athens, Greece the party became a member of Centrist Democrat International. It is negotiated now its associated membership in the European People's Party...
- Christian Liberal Party of Ukraine
Crimea
- For Yanukovych! (associated with Party of RegionsParty of RegionsThe Party of Regions is an Ukrainian political party created on October 26, 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. It was reformed later in 2001 when the party united with several others...
) - Solidarity (associated with Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united))
- Krym
Defunct parties
This list of other alliances (on 17 November 2011 the Ukrainian Parliament approved an election law that banned the participation of blocs of political parties in parliamentary elections) and defunct parties is based on the parties and alliance that did take part in parliamentary elections before the last Ukrainian national electionUkrainian parliamentary election, 2007
Early parliamentary elections in Ukraine took place on 30 September 2007. The date of the election was determined following agreement between the President Viktor Yushchenko, the Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Moroz on 27 May 2007, in an attempt...
but have not taken part in any national election since then, some party's did change to different political alliances since then.
- Lazarenko Bloc
- HromadaHromada (political party)All-Ukrainian Association "Hromada" is a Ukrainian political party registered in March 1994 and reregistered in March 2005. The party is led by former Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko....
- Social Democratic UnionSocial Democratic Union (Ukraine)The Social Democratic Union is a political party in Ukraine registered in March 1999.-History:At the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002 the party was part of the Unity alliance...
- Social Democratic Party of Ukraine
- Hromada
- Opposition Bloc "Ne Tak"
- Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united)
- Republican Party of UkraineRepublican Party of UkraineThe Republican Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine registered in March 2005. At the legislative elections of 26 March 2006, the party was part of the Opposition Bloc "Ne Tak". The party did not participate in the 2007 election....
- Women for the FutureWomen for the Future"All-Ukrainian Political Union Women for the Future" is a political party in Ukraine registered on March 30, 2001. At the legislative elections of 30 March 2002, the party won 2.1 % of the popular vote and no seats; although final poll results had predicted 5% till 6% of the total votes for the...
All-Ukrainian Political Union - Political Party "All-Ukrainian Union CenterAll-Ukrainian Union CenterThe All-Ukrainian Union "Center" is a political party in Ukraine registered December 1999.-History:At the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002 the party won only 0.16% of the votes as part of "Peoples Rukh"....
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- People's Opposition Bloc of Natalia VitrenkoPeople's Opposition Bloc of Natalia VitrenkoThe People's Opposition Bloc of Natalia Vitrenko, was a political alliance in Ukraine led by Natalia Vitrenko.It consisted of*Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine...
- Progressive Socialist Party of UkraineProgressive Socialist Party of Ukraine-Ideology:The party favoures Ukraine's full-scale entry in the Eurasian Economic Community ; the protection of the non-aligned status of Ukraine; abolition of NATO exercises in Ukraine; giving the Russian language status as official language along with Ukrainian; annulment of former President...
- Party "Rus'-Ukrainian UnionRus'-Ukrainian UnionThe Party "Rus" is a political party in Ukraine registered in 1998 as Rus'-Ukrainian Union .-History:During the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002 the party as Rus'-Ukrainian Union was part of the Russian Bloc that got 0.73% of the votes and no seats. At the legislative elections of 26 March...
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- Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine
- Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and PlyushchUkrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and PlyushchThe Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch, is a defunct political alliance in Ukraine led by Yuriy Kostenko and Ivan Plyushch.It consisted out of:*Party of Free Peasants and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine*Political Party Cathedral Ukraine...
- Party of Free Peasants and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine
- Political Party Cathedral UkrainePolitical Party Cathedral UkraineThe Political Party "Ukraine United" is a political party in Ukraine registered in 2005.At the legislative elections, 2006 the party was part of the Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch. At the legislative elections, 2007 the party was part of Ukrainian People's Bloc...
- Team of Winter GenerationTeam of Winter GenerationThe Team of Winter Generation was an electoral alliance in Ukraine.At the parliamentary elections on 30 March 2002, the alliance won 2.0 % of the popular vote and no seats.The alliance had the following members:...
- Constitutional Democratic Party
- Liberal Democratic Party of UkraineLiberal Democratic Party of UkraineThe Liberal Democratic Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine registered in July 1992.At the parliamentary elections 1998 the party was part of the European choice of Ukraine alliance, at the parliamentary elections 2002 the party was part of the Team of Winter Generation alliance. Both...
- Party of Private Property
- Ukrainian Peasant Democratic PartyUkrainian Peasant Democratic PartyThe Ukrainian Peasant Democratic Party is a political party in Ukraine. It was registered with the Ministry of Justice on 15 January 1991.-History:...
- Yabluko
- UnityUnity (Ukraine)Unity is a political party in Ukraine created in 1999 in protest of the then politics. The party was led by the former mayor of Kiev Oleksandr Omelchenko but in early 2008 he temporally halted his party membership and is now a member of Our Ukraine-Peoples Self Defence.-Ukrainian parliamentary...
- Social Democratic UnionSocial Democratic Union (Ukraine)The Social Democratic Union is a political party in Ukraine registered in March 1999.-History:At the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002 the party was part of the Unity alliance...
- Young Ukraine
- Ukrayins'ka Partiya Spravedlivosti – Soyuz Veteraniv, Invalidiv, Chornobil'tsiv, Afgantsiv
- Social Democratic Union
- Democratic Party of UkraineDemocratic Party of UkraineThe Democratic Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine registered in 1991.-History:The Democratic Party of Ukraine is one of the oldest political institutions of Ukraine. DemPU was founded in 1990 by a group of famous Ukrainian dissidents....
- Democratic UnionDemocratic Union (Ukraine)The Democratic Union is a political party in Ukraine registered in June 1999.At the parliamentary elections on 30 March 2002, the party won together with the Democratic Party of Ukraine 0.87%% of the popular vote and 4 seats out of 450 seats...
- Party of Christian-Popular UnionParty of Christian-Popular UnionThe Party of Christian-Popular Union was a political party in Ukraine.At the legislative elections, 30 March 2002, the party was part of the Viktor Yushchenko Bloc Our Ukraine. In October 2008 the party merged with the Christian Democratic Union....
- Republican Christian PartyRepublican Christian PartyThe Republican Christian Party is a political party in Ukraine registered July 1997.-History:The party ran independently at the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 1998 wining 0.54% and no seats....
- SolidaritySolidarity (Ukraine)Solidarity was a political party in Ukraine registered in March 2001. The part was led by Petro Poroshenko.-History:At the legislative elections, 30 March 2002, the party was part of the Viktor Yushchenko Bloc Our Ukraine...
- For United UkraineFor United UkraineFor United Ukraine was a political alliance and an electoral bloc in Ukraine founded in December 2001 to participate in the parliamentary election in held on March 30, 2002.-2002 parliamentary election:...
- Workers ResistanceWorkers ResistanceWorkers Resistance is a Trotskyist political party in Ukraine. It is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International .The party was founded in 1994.-Fraud:...
- Liberal Party of UkraineLiberal Party of UkraineThe Liberal Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine, led by Volodymyr Shcherban. It was established in September 1991 and was officially registered the next month. It is based mainly on Donets Basin area...
- Ukrainian Beer Lovers Party
Ukrainian parties before 1991
- Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour PartyUkrainian Social Democratic Labour PartyThe Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party was the leading party of the Ukrainian People's Republic and was also known as SDPists or Esdeky. The party was reformed in 1905 at the Second Congress of the RUP and was pursuing the Marxist ideology...
- Ukrainian Socialist Revolutionary Party
- Ukrainian Communist PartyUkrainian Communist PartyThe Ukrainian Communist Party was an oppositional political party in Soviet Ukraine, from 1920 until 1925. Its followers were known as Ukapists , from the initials UKP.Socialist Sovereigns...
- BorotbistsBorotbistsThe Borotba Party was a peasant based left-nationalist political party in Ukraine. It arose in May 1918 after the split in the Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionary Party on the basis of supporting Soviet power in Ukraine. Similar to Russian Left-SR it got its name from the central organ of the...
- Ukrainian Socialist Party (1900)
- Ukrainian Socialist Party (1950)
See also
- Politics of UkrainePolitics of UkrainePolitics of Ukraine take place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Cabinet. Legislative power is vested in the parliament...
- List of political parties by country
- Liberalism in UkraineLiberalism in UkraineThis article gives an overview of liberalism in Ukraine. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ denotes another party in that scheme...