
Political Party System
There are about 100 political parties registered in Ukraine. Most of them are the phantom-parties. Only 20 political parties wield influence upon politics.
An increase in number of parties is stimulated by the national legislation, which provides political parties with the considerable rights in the course of elections. Another factor which promotes party organization is the institutional design of Ukraine: the role of the Parliament in the policy making process is comparable with the role of the President.
In future it is expected an increase of influence of these factors upon the party system structuring, as the parliamentary elections will be held on a proportional basis with a rather low electoral barrier (3 %). Local elections are proposed to be held on a proportional basis too.
Main Political Parties of Ukraine:
COMMUNIST PARTY OF UKRAINE (CPU) (Petro SYMONENKO)
CONGRESS OF THE UKRAINIAN NATIONALISTS (CUN)
FATHERLAND PARTY (“BATKIVSCHYNA”) (Yuliya TYMOSHENKO)
LYTVYN-LED PEOPLE'S BLOC GROUP (Ihor SHAROV)
OUR UKRAINE (Viktor YUSHCHENKO)
PARTY OF INDUSTRIALISTS AND ENTREPRENEURS (Anatoliy KINAKH)
PARTY OF REGIONS (Viktor YANUKOVYCH)
PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP)
PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT OF UKRAINE (RUKH) (Borys TARASYUK)
PEOPLE'S PARTY (Volodymyr LYTVYN)
PEOPLE'S TRUST GROUP (Anton KISSE)
PORA! (IT'S TIME!) PARTY (Vladislav KASKIV)
PROGRESSIVE SOCIALIST PARTY (Natalya VITRENKO)
REFORMS AND ORDER PARTY (Viktor PYNZENYK)
REPUBLICAN PARTY (Yuriy BOYKO)
SOCIALIST PARTY OF UKRAINE (SPU) (Oleksandr MOROZ)
“SOLIDARNOST” PARTY (“SOLIDARITY”)
UKRAINIAN PEOPLE'S PARTY (UPP) (Yuriy KOSTENKO)
UNITED CENTER (Igor KRYL)
UNITED SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF UKRAINE (Viktor MEDVEDCHUK)
UNITED UKRAINE (Bohdan HUBSKYY)
WORKING UKRAINE
On March 5, 2005 a new political party People's Union “Our Ukraine” was created on the basis of Our Ukraine Party (the former “Reforms and Order”), “Solidarnost” Party, Congress of the Ukrainian Nationalists and some other political associations which composed the bloc “Our Ukraine”. Viktor Yushchenko, the President of Ukraine was elected the honorary chairman of the party. The Ukrainian People’s Party and the People’s Rukh of Ukraine (both parties are included in the bloc “Our Ukraine”) refused to enter the People’s Union “Our Ukraine”.
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