Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 29 March 1998. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1976 The

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remained the largest party in the Verkhovna Rada, winning 121 of the 445 seats. 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.

Electoral system

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 blocksAgainst All Odds: Aiding Political Parties in Georgia and Ukraine (UvA Proefschriften)
by Max Bader, Vossiuspers UvA, 2010, (page 93) that received at least 4% of the popular vote.Parliamentary chronicles
The Ukrainian Week (30 November 2018)

Results

The Communist Party of Ukraine was victorious in 18 regions including the city of Kyiv, while in three other regions the party finished in second place. The People's Movement of Ukraine (Rukh) won in five regions, all of them located in Western Ukraine and was a strong runner-up in three others, mostly in the west and Kyiv. The electoral block of Socialists and Peasants was able to secure a victory in only two regions, however it did finish strong in seven other regions across central Ukraine. The new and rising party of Hromada won the Dnipropetrovsk Region, while the Social-Democratic Party of Ukraine managed to secure the Zakarpattia Region. Notable and strong runners up were the Party of Greens, the People's Democratic Party, the Progressive Socialist Party, the People's Party, Working Ukraine, the National Front and Our Ukraine.

By region (single constituency)

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;Crimea (10/10) * No party affiliation: Serhiy Ivanov, Anatoliy Rakhansky, Valeriy Horbatov, Refat Chubarov, Anatoliy Franchuk *

: Yevhen Leshan, Viktor Myronenko * Soyuz:

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People's Democratic Party of Ukraine The People's Democratic Party ( uk, Народно-демократична партія, translit=Narodno-demokratychna partiya; abbreviated NDP) is a political party in Ukraine established on 24 February 1996. It was registered with the Minis ...

: Ihor Franchuk,

Valeriy Khoroshkovsky Valeriy Ivanovych Khoroshkovsky ( uk, Валерій Іванович Хорошковський, born 1 January 1969 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian businessman, former head of the Security Service of Ukraine, former Minister of Finance, and former Firs ...

;Vinnytsia Region (8/8) * No party affiliation: Petro Poroshenko ( No.12),

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, Oleksandr Shpak, Yevhen Smirnov, Oleksandr Stoyan *

: Ihor Kvyatkovsky, Anatoliy Matviyenko *

: Mykola Pasyeka ;Volyn Region (4/5) * National Front ( Republican): Valeriy Dibrova * Agrarian: Kateryna Vashchuk * No party affiliation: Mykola Martynenko * Democratic Party of Ukraine: Oleksandr Svyryda *

: Serhiy Shevchuk ;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 ;Zaporizhzhia 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 ;Odesa Region (10/11) * No party affiliation 6 * Communist 2 * Agrarian 1 (Independent) * Social and Peasant 1 ;Kyiv 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) ;Khmelnytskyi 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 ;Kyiv (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

Party affiliation changes after the elections

The size of the factions created in parliament after the election fluctuated. By January 2000, the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine and

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had not had any deputies; while Peasant Party of Ukraine had deputies only in 1999.Understanding Ukrainian Politics: Power, Politics, and Institutional Design
by Paul D'Anieri,

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, 2006, All these factions where disbanded due to the lack of members.Ukraine and Russia: The Post-Soviet Transition
by Roman Solchanyk, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001 Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine (later to become the biggest party of Ukraine as Party of RegionsAfter the parliamentary elections in Ukraine: a tough victory for the Party of Regions
, Centre for Eastern Studies (7 November 2012)) grew massively in parliament (after in March 2001 it united with four parties) from 2 deputies elected in this election to a faction of 24 people in July 2002 (one deputy left the faction later).2001 Political sketches: too early for summing up
Central European University (January 4, 2002)Ukraine Political Parties
GlobalSecurity.org Later to become second biggest party of Ukraine, Batkivshchyna, started its existence as a faction when in the spring of 1999 members of Hromada left their party to join other parliament factions, among them Yulia Tymoshenko who set up the parliamentary faction "Batkivshchyna" in March 1999.Revolution in Orange: The Origins of Ukraine's Democratic Breakthrough
by Anders Aslund and

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, 2006, Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина" ''All-Ukrainian Union Batkivshchyna''
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Ukrainian Political Update
by Taras Kuzio and

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, Frishberg & Partners, 21 February 2008 (page 22) (27 to 20 members) and

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Explaining State Capture and State Capture Modes
by

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, Central European University, 2001 (page 22)
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(November 27, 2000) (38 members in June 2002); by June 2002 the parliament had 8 more factions then its original 8 in May 1998.

References

External links

Central Election Commission of Ukraine
{{Ukrainian elections Parliamentary elections in Ukraine Parliamentary Ukraine Ukraine 3rd Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada