Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 29 March 1998.[2] The Communist Party of Ukraine remained the largest party in the Verkhovna Rada, winning 121 of the 445 seats.[3]
Quick Facts All 450 seats to the Verkhovna Rada 226 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...
1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election|
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Turnout | 70.78% ( 5.03 pp) |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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Leader |
Petro Symonenko |
Viacheslav Chornovil |
Oleksandr Moroz |
Party |
KPU |
Rukh |
SPU–SelPU |
Leader since |
19 June 1993 |
4 December 1992 |
1 November 1997 |
Leader's seat |
Party list |
Party list |
Kyiv 92 [uk] |
Last election |
86 seats, 13.57% |
20 seats, 5.49% |
33 seats, 6.23% |
Seats won |
121 |
46 |
34 |
Seat change |
35 |
26 |
1 |
Popular vote |
6,550,353 |
2,498,262 |
2,273,788 |
Percentage |
25.44% (PR) |
9.70% (PR) |
8.83% (PR) |
Swing |
11.87% |
4.21% |
2.60% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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Leader |
Anatoliy Matviyenko |
Pavlo Lazarenko |
Vitaliy Kononov |
Party |
NDP |
Hromada |
Party of Greens |
Leader since |
24 February 1996 |
22 March 1994 |
9 October 1992 |
Leader's seat |
Vinnytsia 17 [uk] |
Dnipropetrovsk 40 [uk] |
Party list |
Last election |
New |
New |
0 seats 0.27% |
Seats won |
28 |
24 |
19 |
Seat change |
New |
New |
19 |
Popular vote |
1,331,460 |
1,242,235 |
1,444,264 |
Percentage |
5.17% (PR) |
4.82% (PR) |
5.61% (PR) |
Swing |
New |
New |
5.34% |
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Seventh party |
Eighth party |
Ninth party |
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Leader |
Leonid Kravchuk |
Nataliya Vitrenko |
Kateryna Vashchuk |
Party |
SDPU(o) |
PSPU |
Agrarian Party |
Leader since |
January 1998[1] |
20 April 1996 |
March 1997 |
Leader's seat |
Party list |
Sumy 160 [uk] |
Volyn 20 [uk] |
Last election |
New |
New |
New |
Seats won |
17 |
16 |
9 |
Seat change |
New |
New |
New |
Popular vote |
1,066,113 |
1,075,118 |
978,330 |
Percentage |
4.14% (PR) |
4.18% (PR) |
3.80% (PR) |
Swing |
New |
New |
New |
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Party-list results
Constituency results |
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Close
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.