Ukraine

1994 Parliamentary Elections

Date: first round 27 March, second round 2 -10 April
Total electorate: 38,204,100
Votes: total cast: 28,963,982; valid: 27,142,632 [93.71%]
Turnout: 75.81%

Party/Grouping

Votes

% Votes

Seats
(by nomination)

% Seats
(by nomination)

Seats
(by membership)

% Seats
(by membership)
KPU - Communist Party of Ukraine (Komunistychna partiya Ukrainy) 3,683,332

12.72

49

14.49

 86 

25.44

NRU  - Popular Movement of Ukraine [Rukh] (Narodnyi Rukh Ukrainy)  1,491,164

5.15

12

3.55

 20 

5.92

SPU - Socialist Party of Ukraine (Socialistychna Partyia Ukrainy)  895,830

3.09

4

1.18

 14 

4.14

SelPU - Peasant Party of Ukraine (Selyans'ka partyia Ukrainy)  794,614

2.74

29

8.57

 19 

5.62

URP - Republican Party of Ukraine (Ukrains'ka respublikans'ka partyia)  728,614

2.52

5

1.47

 8 

2.37

KUN - Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists (Konhres Ukrains'kykh natsionalistiv ) 361,352

1.25

3

0.88

 5 

1.48

DemPU - Democratic Party of Ukraine (Demokratychna partyia Ukrainy)  312,842

1.08

0

0

 2 

0.59

PDVU - Party of Democratic Rebirth of Ukraine (Partiya demokratychnsho vidrodzhennya Ukrainy) 239,763

0.83

0

0

 4 

1.18

LPU - Liberal Party of Ukraine (Liberal'na partiya Ukrainy) 173,503

0.60

0

0

 0

0

UNA - Ukrainian National Assembly (Ukrains'ka natsionalna asambleya) 148,239

0.51

0

0

 1 

0.30

PPU - Labour Party (Partiya pratsi Ukrainy) 114,409

0.40

2

0.59

 4 

1.18

SDPU - Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (Sotsial - Demokratychna partiya Ukrainy) 104,204

0.36

0

0

 2 

0.59

KhDPU - Christian Democratic Party of Ukraine (Khrystyyans'ko-demokratychna partiya Ukrainy) 100,007

0.35

0

0

 1 

0.30

UKRP - Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party (Ukrains'ka Konservatyva respublikans'ka partiya) 99,028

0.34

1

0.29

 2 

0.59

PZU - Party of Greens of Ukraine (Partiya zelenykh Ukrainy) 71,946

0.25

0

0

 0 0
TKU - Labour Congress (Truovyi Konhrers Ukrainy) 83,702

0.29

0

0

 0 0
HKU - Civic Congress (Hromadyans'kyi Konhres Ukrainy) 72,473

0.25

0

0

 2 

0.59

SNPU - Social Nationalist Party of Ukraine (Sotsial-natsional'na partiya Ukrainy) 49,483

0.17

0

0

 0 0
UPS - Ukrainian Party of Justice (Ukrains'ka partiya spravedlyvosti) 40,414

0.14

0

0

 0 0
DSU - State Independence of Ukraine (Derzhavna Samostiinist' Ukrainy)  24,722

0.09

0

0

 0 0
PEVK - Party of Economic Rebirth of Crimea (Partiya ekonomychnoho vidrodzhennya krymu) 20,829

0.07

0

0

 0 0
OUN - Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (Orhanizatsiya ukrainskyh natsionalistiv) 16,766

0.06

0

0

 0 0
PSYeU - Party of Slavic Unity of Ukraine (Partiya slov'yans'koi yednosti Ukrainy) 18,807

0.06

0

0

0

0

UPSSS - Party of Solidarity & Social Justice (Ukrains'ka partiya solidarnosti i sotsial'noi spravedlyvosti)  12,847

0.04

0

0

0

0

KDPU - Constitutional Democratic Party of Ukraine (Konstytutsiino-demokratychna partiya) 12,711

0.04

0

0

 0 0
USDP - Ukrainian Peasant Democratic Party (Ukrains'ka selyans'ko-demokratychna partiya) 11,827

0.04

0

0

 0 0
LDPU - Liberal Democratic Party of Ukraine (Liberal'no-demokratychna partiya Ukrainy) 8,576

0.03

0

0

 0 0
UNKP - Ukrainian National Conservative Party (Ukrains'ka natsional'na konservatyvna partiya Ukrainy) 6,668

0.02

0

0

 0 0
UkhDP - Ukrainian Christian Democratic Party (Ukrains'ka khrystyyabs'ko-demokratychna partiya) 5,917

0.02

0

0

 0 0
PShPU - Party of Beer Lovers of Ukraine (Partiya shanovalnykiv piva) 1,806

0.01

0

0

 0 0
PVSU - Party of Free Peasants of Ukraine (Partiya vil'nykh selyan Ukrainy) 1,169

<0.01

0

0

 0 0
PNVU - Party of National Salvation of Ukraine (Partiya natsional'nsho vryatuvannya Ukrainy) 515

<0.01

0

0

 0 0
Independents 14,894,269

66.48

217

64.20

 168 

49.70

Unknown 28,166

0.10

16

3.55

 -

-
Total seats vacant

112

24.89

 112

24.89
Total seats

450

 450

 

 

1998 Parliamentary Elections

Date: 29 March
Registered voters: 37,540,092
Votes: total cast: 26,571,273; valid: list: 25,749,574; single-member: 25,667,167
Turnout: 70.78%

 

Party/Grouping

% List votes*

List seats

% List seats

% Single- member votes

Single- member seats*

% Single- member seats*

Total seats

KPU - Communist Party of Ukraine (Komunistychna partiya Ukrainy) 24.65

84

37.33

14.69

37

16.89

121

NRU  - Popular Movement of Ukraine [Rukh] (Narodnyi Rukh Ukrainy)  9.40

32

14.22

6.34

14

6.22

46

Socialist/Peasant bloc (Blok sotsialistychna partiya i Selyans'ka partiya) 8.56

29

12.89

4.49

5¹*

2.22

34

PZU - Party of Greens of Ukraine (Partiya zelenykh Ukrainy) 5.44

19

8.44

0.83

0

0

19

NDP - Popular Democratic Party (Narodno-demokratychna partiya Ukrainy) 5.01

17

7.56

4.17

11

5.33

28

Hromada 4.68

16

7.11

3.72

8

3.11

24

PSPU - Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine (Prohresyvna sotsialistychna partiya Ukrainy) 4.05

14

6.22

0.98

2

0.89

16

SDPU (o) - Social Democratic Party of Ukraine - united (Sotsial - Demokratychna partiya Ukrainy - ob''yednana) 4.01

14

6.22

1.90

3

1.33

17

APU - Agrarian Party of Ukraine (Ahrarna partiya Ukrainy) 3.68

0

0

3.29

9

3.56

9

PRP - Party of Reforms and Order (Partiya "Reformy i Poryadok") 3.13

0

0

1.92

3

1.33

3

Working Ukraine bloc (Trudova Ukraina) 3.06

0

0

0.52

1²*

0.44

1

National Front bloc (Natsional'nyi Front) 2.72

0

0

2.71

5²**

2.22

5

Labour party and Liberal party bloc TOGETHER (Partiya pratsi ta Liberal'na partiya - RAZOM)  1.80

0

0

1.31

1²***

0.44

1

Forward Ukraine! bloc (Vpered Ukraina! bloc) 1.74

0

0

0.55

2³*

0.89

2

KhDPU - Christian Democratic Party of Ukraine (Khrystyyans'ko  -demokratychna partiya Ukrainy) 1.30

0

0

0.81

2

0.89

2

Bloc of Democratic Parties - NEP (Blok demokratychnykh parti - NEP) 1.23

0

0

1.16

1³**

0.44

1

PNERU - Party of National Economic Development of Ukraine (Partiya natsional'no - ekonomichnoho rozvytku Ukrainy) 0.94

0

0

0 0 0

0

SLON - Social Liberal Union bloc (Sotsial'no - liberal'ne ob''yednannya) 0.91

0

0

0.48

1³***

0.44

1

PRVU - Party of Regional Revival (Partiya rehional'noho vidrodzhennya Ukrainy) 0.91

0

0

0.87

2

0.89

2

VPT - Party of Workers (Vseukrains'ka partiya trudyashchykh) 0.79

0

0

0

0

0

0

Soyuz 0.70

0

0

0.16

1

0.44

1

VZhI - Women’s Initiatives (Vseukrains'ka partiya zhinochykh initsyatyv) 0.58

0

0

0

0

0

0

RKhP - Republican Christian party (Respublikans'ka khrystyyans'ka partiya) 0.54

0

0

0

0

0

0

UNA - Ukrainian National Assembly (Ukrains'ka natsional'na asambleya) 0.40

0

0

0

0

0

0

SDPU - Social - Democratic Party of Ukraine (Sotsial - demokratychna partiya Ukrainy) 0.32

0

0

0

0

0

0

PZV - Party of the Defenders of the Fatherland (Partiya zakhysnykiv vitchyzny) 0.31

0

0

0

0

0

0

PDESP - Party of Spiritual, Economic, and Social Progress (Partyia dukhovnoho ekonomichnoho i sotsial'noho prohresu) 0.20

0

0

0

0

0

0

PMU - Party of Muslims of Ukraine (Partiya Musul'man Ukrainy) 0.20

0

0

0

0

0

0

Fewer Words bloc (Menshe sliv) 0.17

0

0

0

1³°

0.44

1

European Choice of Ukraine bloc (Yevropeis'ki vybir Ukrainy) 0.14 0 0

0

0

0

0

Party of Slavic Unity of Ukraine (Partiya slov'yans'koi' yednosti Ukrainy) - 0 0 0

0

0

0

Against all 5.26 -

-

Independents - 0

0

46.90

111

51.56

111

TOTAL 100

225

100

100

220³°°

100

445

** These figures represent the number of elected representatives who were members of each party. This definition of pary affiliation is employed for Ukraine because party membership is printed on the ballot. For the allocation of seats according to nominating party, see the next table.
¹* Three of these seats were won by members of the Socialist Party and two by members of the Peasant Party.
²* This seat was won by a member of the Ukrainian Party of Justice.
²** Three of these seats were won by members of the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists and two by the Ukrainian Republican Party.
²*** This seat was won by a member of the Liberal Party.
³* One of these seats was won by a member of the Ukrainian Christian Democratic Party and one by a member of the Christian National Union.
³** This seat was won by a member of the Democratic Party.
³*** This seat was won by a member of the Inter-Regional Bloc for Reforms.
³° This seat was won by a member of the Social National Party.
³°° Five seats remained unfilled three months after the elections.


 

Party/Grouping

List votes

Single- member votes*

Single- member seats**
KPU - Communist Party of Ukraine (Komunistychna partiya Ukrainy)

6,550,353

3,495,711

35
NRU  - Popular Movement of Ukraine [Rukh] (Narodnyi Rukh Ukrainy) 

2,498,262

1,500,648

13
Socialist/Peasant bloc (Blok sotsialistychna partiya i Selyans'ka partiya)

2,273,788

1,067,267

4
PZU - Party of Greens of Ukraine (Partiya zelenykh Ukrainy)

1,444,264

196,044

0
NDP - Popular Democratic Party (Narodno-demokratychna partiya Ukrainy)

1,331,460

985,770

7
Hromada

1,242,235

880,073

5
PSPU - Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine (Prohresyvna sotsialistychna partiya Ukrainy)

1,075,118

231,043

0
SDPU (o) - Social Democratic Party of Ukraine - united (Sotsial - Demokratychna partiya Ukrainy - ob''yednana)

1,066,113

450,522

2
APU - Agrarian Party of Ukraine (Ahrarna partiya Ukrainy)

978,330

784,287

3
PRP - Party of Reforms and Order (Partiya "Reformy i Poryadok")

832,574

455,166

3
Working Ukraine bloc (Trudova Ukraina)

813,326

123,869

0
National Front bloc (Natsional'nyi Front)

721,966

642,125

5¹*
Labour party and Liberal party bloc TOGETHER (Partiya pratsi ta Liberal'na partiya - RAZOM)

502,969

309,371

3
Forward Ukraine! bloc (Vpered Ukraina! bloc)

461,924

129,378

3
KhDPU - Christian Democratic Party of Ukraine (Khrystyyans'ko  -demokratychna partiya Ukrainy)

344,826

190,783

1
Bloc of Democratic Parties - NEP (Blok demokratychnykh parti - NEP)

326,489

275,460

2¹**
PNERU - Party of National Economic Development of Ukraine (Partiya natsional'no - ekonomichnoho rozvytku Ukrainy)

250,476

28,418

0
SLON - Social Liberal Union bloc (Sotsial'no - Liberal'ne Ob''yednannya)

241,367

112,968

0
PRVU - Party of Regional Revival (Partiya rehional'noho vidrodzhennya Ukrainy)

241,262

204,631

1
VPT - Party of Workers (Vseukrains'ka partiya trudyashchykh)

210,622

57,463

1
Soyuz

186,249

38,467

1
VZhI - Women’s Initiatives (Vseukrains'ka partiya zhinochykh initsyatyv)

154,650

18,208

0
RKhP - Republican Christian party (Respublikans'ka khrystyyans'ka partiya)

143,496

70,064

0
UNA - Ukrainian National Assembly (Ukrains'ka natsional'na asambleya)

105,977

88,136

0
SDPU - Social - Democratic Party of Ukraine (Sotsial - demokratychna partiya Ukrainy)

85,045

36,670

0
PZV - Party of the Defenders of the Fatherland (Partiya zakhysnykiv Vitchyzny)

81,808

26,286

0
PDESP - Party of Spiritual, Economic, and Social Progress (Partyia dukhovnoho ekonomichnoho i sotsial'noho proghresu)

53,147

28,418

0
PMU - Party of Muslims of Ukraine (Partiya Musul'man Ukrainy)

52,613

1,342

0
Fewer Words bloc (Menshe sliv)

45,155

65,760

1
European Choice of Ukraine bloc (Yevropeis'ki vybir Ukrainy)

37,118

59,474

0
Party of Slavic Unity of Ukraine (Partiya slov'yans'koi' yednosti Ukrainy)

-

231,043

0
Against all

1,396,592

1,915,531

.
Independents

-

11,151,695

127
Unknown

3
TOTAL

25,749,574

25,667,167

220

* By party membership.
** By nominating party.
¹* Four of these seats were nominated by the National Front bloc and one by the Congres of Ukrainian Nationalists.
¹** One of these seats was nominated by the NEP bloc and one by the Democratic Party.
 

Sources: 
- 1994: Calculated from the 'Vybory-1994' database constructed by the Petro Mohyla Scientific Society of Kyiv. For the sake of consistency and comparability, figures were calculated on the basis of vote and seat percentages for the March-April electoral rounds only. 
Khto ye khto v ukrains'kii politytsi 1995, Kyiv: KIS, 1995.
- 1998: Central Election Commission http://www.cvk.ukrpack.net/ ; Uryadovyi kur"yer 9 April 1998, p. 5; 21 April 1998 pp. 4-10;  Holos Ukraïny 18 April 1998, pp. 3-9; 28 April 1998, p. 3; Holos Ukraïny 18 August, 1998, p. 2; KIS, Vybory ’98: Yak Ukraïna. holosuvala, Kyïv: KIS, 1998; Vybory 98: Dokumenty, Statystychni dani, analiz, Kyiv: Tsentr Sotsial'no-psykholohichnykh doslidzhen' ta politychnoho menedzhmentu, 1998.

 
 

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