Ukrainian Political Parties

Ukrainian Political Parties

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 governments.

Many parties in Ukraine have very small memberships and are unknown to the general public. Party membership in Ukraine is lower than 1% of the population eligible to vote (compared to an 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 November 17, 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. Ukraine’s election law forbids outside financing of political parties or campaigns.

Read more about Ukrainian Political Parties:  Overview, Current Parliamentary Factions, Former Parliamentarian Parties, Political Alliances and Blocs (1998-2012), Minor Parties, Defunct Parties (and Electoral Blocs), Ukrainian Parties Before 1991, See Also, References

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