The second Ukrainian parliamentary election after the collapse of the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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 took place on 29 March 1998. In comparison to the first parliamentary election

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 1994

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, 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

Deputy (legislator)

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chose not to be associated with parliamentary factions, while the members of other parties united into factions.

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