REPUBLIC OF UKRAINE
LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 29 MARCH 1998
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Elections to the Verkhovna Rada (Great Council). 
Source: Ukrainian Consulate-General New York website


Parties
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* APU (Ahrarna Partiya Ukrayiny) Agrarian Party of 
   Ukraine
* Hromada (Vseukrayinske Obyednannya "Hromada") All-
   Ukrayinian Association Hromada
* KPU (Kommunistychna Partiya Ukrayiny) Communist Party 
   of Ukraine 
* NDPU (Narodne-Demokratychna Partiya Ukrayiny) People's
   Democratic Party of Ukraine
* NRU (Narodnyy Rukh Ukrayiny) People's Movement of 
   Ukraine,
* PSP (Prohresyvna Sotsialistychna Partiya) Progressive 
   Socialist Party)
* PZU (Partiya Zelenykh Ukrayiny) Ukrayinian Green Party
* SDP (Sotsial-Demokratychna Partiya Ukrayiny 
  [Obyednana]) United Social-Democratic Party of Ukraine
* SPU (Sotsialistychna Partiya Ukrayiny) Socialist Party 
   of Ukraine 


NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS
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Party          Votes       %       Seats
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APU              978,281   03.7     10
Hromada        1,242,235   04.7     23
KPU            6,550,353   24.6    113
NDPU           1,331,460   05.0     28
NRU            2,498,262   09.4     46
PSP            1,075,118   04.0     16
PZU            1,444,264   05.4     19
SDP            1,066,113   04.0     26
SPU            2,273,788   08.6     44
Others         7,111,410   26.8    125
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Total         26,571,284           450
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The "others" are mostly local independents.