This is a list of political parties in Ukraine, both past and present. As of January 1, 2020, there are 349 officially registered political parties in Ukraine.[1]
Political parties in Ukraine need to hold at least fifteen seats in parliament in order to be recognized as official parliamentary factions.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
| Name | Founded | Ideology | Political position | Verkhovna Rada | Oblast Councils | Regions | Associations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Servant of the People Слуга народу | 2019 | Liberalism Populism | Centre | European: ALDE | |||||||
| European Solidarity Європейська солідарність | 2000 | Liberal conservatism Christian democracy | Centre-right | European: EPP (observer) International: IDU | |||||||
| Fatherland Батьківщина | 1999 | Conservatism Populism | Centre-left | European: EPP (observer) International: IDU | |||||||
| Holos Голос | 2019 | Liberalism Anti-corruption | Centre-right | European: ALDE | |||||||
In the Verkhovna Rada, parliamentary groups are formed by deputies during a session of parliament. Usually, parliamentary groups are made up of independent deputies or deputies from parties that did not gain enough seats in parliament to form an official faction. Sometimes, they can also be formed through the splintering of official factions. Two parties in the current session of parliament, For the Future and Dovira, were originally formed as parliamentary groups after the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election but later expanded into full-fledged political parties.
| Party | Founded | Ideology | Political position | Verkhovna Rada | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platform for Life and Peace Платформа за життя та мир | 2022 | Social democracy Pro-Europeanism | Centre-left | Created by deputies from OPPZh (former pro-Russian party) in April 2022 following the party's suspension. | |||||
| Dovira Довіра | 2019 | Regionalism | Big tent | Created mostly by independent, non-partisan deputies, or deputies from parties with representation not enough to form a separate group. | |||||
| Restoration of Ukraine Відновлення України | 2022 | Created mostly by deputies from former OPPZh, but includes deputies from Servant of the People and Dovira. | |||||||
| For the Future За майбутнє | 2019 | Populism Liberalism Economic nationalism | Centre-right | Created mostly by independent, non-partisan deputies, or deputies from parties with representation not enough to form a separate group. | |||||
| "Justice" Deputy Association ДО «Справедливість» | 2021 | Liberalism Anti-corruption Pro-Europeanism | Centre to centre-right | Split from Holos in response to leadership changes. | |||||
Because of the use of first-past-the-post single-mandate electoral districts in Ukrainian parliamentary elections, it is possible for a political party to get fewer than fifteen seats in parliament, meaning that it is not recognized as an official faction. While these deputies were elected as representatives of their respective parties, and continue to be affiliated with their political parties during their time in office, they officially sit as independents. Often, they join parliamentary groups in order to gain more influence over the legislative process (while maintaining their affiliation to their original party).
| Party | Founded | Ideology | Political position | Verkhovna Rada | Oblast Councils | Regions | Associations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda" ВО «Свобода» | 1995 | Ultranationalism Social conservatism Right-wing populism | Far-right | ||||||||
| Union "Self Reliance" Об'єднання «Самопоміч» | 2012 | Christian democracy Liberal conservatism | Centre-right | National: Trust European: EPP (observer) | |||||||
| Andriy Baloha's Team Команда Андрія Балоги | 2008 | Populism Pro-Europeanism | National: For the Future | ||||||||
| Bila Tserkva Together Біла Церква разом | 2019 | Decentralization | National: Trust | ||||||||
Ukraine is made up of 24 oblasts, as well as two cities with special status (Kyiv and Sevastopol) and one autonomous republic (the Autonomous Republic of Crimea). All of these entities have oblast Councils (or city councils in the case of Kyiv and Sevastopol), which function as regional legislatures, and are the second level of government after the Verkhovna Rada. In total, there are 1,780 seats across all oblast Councils in Ukraine. These parties have representation on at least one oblast Councils, but no seats in parliament.
| Party | Founded | Position | Oblast Councils | Regions | Region | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv Блок Кернеса — Успішний Харків | 2020 | Regionalism | Kharkiv | ||||||
| Our Land Наш край | 2014 | Centre-left | National | ||||||
| Ukrainian Strategy of Groysman Українська стратегія Гройсмана | 2015 | Centre to centre-left | National | ||||||
| Proposition Пропозиція | 2020 | Regionalism | National | ||||||
| Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform Український демократичний альянс за реформи Віталія Кличка | 2010 | Centre to centre-right | National | ||||||
| Radical Party of Oleh Liashko Радикальна Партія Олега Ляшка | 2010 | Left-wing | National | ||||||
Рідний дім | 2015 | Regionalism | Chernihiv | ||||||
| All-Ukrainian Union "Cherkashchany" Всеукраїнське об'єднання «Черкащани» | 2015 | Regionalism | Cherkasy | ||||||
Блок Світличної «Разом!» | 2020 | Centre to centre-right | Kharkiv | ||||||
| Strength and Honor Сила і честь | 2009 | Centre-right | National | ||||||
| Vilkul Bloc — Ukrainian Perspective Блок Вілкула «Українська Перспектива» | 2020 | Regionalism | Dnipropetrovsk | ||||||
| Unity of Oleksandr Omelchenko Єдність Олександра Омельченка | 1999 | Centre-right | Kyiv City | ||||||
Команда Симчишина | 2015 | Regionalism | Khmelnytskyi | ||||||
| Ihor Kolykhaiev's "We Have to Live Here!" Партія Ігоря Колихаєва «Нам тут жити | » | 2020 | Regionalism | Kherson | |||||
| Agrarian Party of Ukraine Аграрна партія України | 2006 | Agrarianism | National | ||||||
| Native Zakarpattia Рідне Закарпаття | 2020 | Regionalism | Zakarpattia | ||||||
Довіряй ділам | 2020 | Regionalism | Odesa | ||||||
Всеукраїнське об'єднання «Платформа Громад» | 2019 | Regionalism | Ivano-Frankivsk | ||||||
За конкретні справи | 2015 | Regionalism | Khmelnytskyi | ||||||
Громадська сила | 2010 | Regionalism | Dnipropetrovsk | ||||||
| Volodymyr Buryak — United Партія Володимира Буряка «Єднання» | 2020 | Regionalism | Zaporizhzhia | ||||||
| Native City Рідне місто | 2018 | Regionalism | Poltava | ||||||
Єдина Альтернатива | 2020 | Regionalism | Chernivtsi | ||||||
| Party of Hungarians of Ukraine (KMKSZ) «КМКС» Партія угорців України | 2005 | RegionalismHungarian minority interests | Zakarpattia | ||||||
| Ukrainian Galician Party Українська Галицька партія | 2014 | Centre-right | Western Ukraine | ||||||
| People's Movement of Ukraine Народний рух України | 1990 | Centre-right | National | ||||||
Громадський рух «Народний контроль» | 2015 | Centre-right | Chernivtsi | ||||||
These political parties have no seats in parliament or any regional legislature, but do have local representation on city or town councils, mayorships, or other municipal bodies. Many of these parties are local organizations and operate only in a specific city or oblast.
Currently active political parties in Ukraine with no seats in parliament nor in Oblast Councils.
| Party | Year Founded | Year Banned | Position | Verkhovna Rada at last election | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union) | 1918 | 1991 | Communism Far-left | ||||
| Russian Bloc | 2001 | 2014 | Pan-Slavism Russophilia | ||||
| Russian Unity | 2008 | 2014 | Right-wing Russophilia | ||||
| Communist Party of Ukraine | 1993 | 2015 | Communism Far-left | ||||
| Communist Party of Ukraine (renewed) | 2000 | 2015 | Communism Far-left | ||||
| Communist Party of Workers and Peasants | 2001 | 2015 | Communism Far-left | ||||
| Opposition Platform — For Life | 2018 | 2022 | Centre-left Russophilia | ||||
| Opposition Bloc | 2019 | 2022 | Centre-left Russophilia | ||||
| Socialist Party of Ukraine | 1991 | 2022 | Centre-left to left-wing | ||||
| Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine | 1996 | 2022 | Far-left Russophilia | ||||
| Derzhava | 1999 | 2022 | Socialism Left-wing | ||||
| Union of Left Forces | 2007 | 2022 | Socialist populism Left-wing | ||||
| Nashi | 2015 | 2022 | Centre-left Russophilia | ||||
| Left Opposition | 2015 | 2022 | Left-wing to far-left Russophilia | ||||
| Volodymyr Saldo Bloc | 2019 | 2022 | Kherson regionalism Russophilia | ||||
| Socialists | 2014 | 2022 | Socialism Left-wing | ||||
| Party of Shariy | 2019 | 2022 | Russophilia Libertarianism | ||||
| Party of Regions | 1997 | 2023 | Centre-left Russophilia | ||||
| Individual parties | years in parliament | Block association (years) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union) | 1937 – 1994 | Bloc of Communists and Komsomol activists | |
| 1990 – 2014 | Our Ukraine Bloc (2002 – 2006) Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (2007 – 2012) Fatherland-Unites Opposition (2012 – 2014) | ||
| 1994 – 2014 | |||
| Socialist Party of Ukraine | 1994 – 2007 | Bloc of SPU-SelPU (1998 – 2002) | |
| 1994 – 2002 2002 – 2007 | National Front (1998 – 2002) Bloc of Viktor Yushchenko (Our Ukraine) (2002–2007) | ||
| 1994 – 2002 | Bloc of SPU-SelPU (1998 – 2002) | ||
| 1994 – 1998 | |||
| 1994 – 1998 | |||
| 1994 – 2006 | |||
| 1994 – 2006 | Bloc of DemPU-DemU (2002 – 2006) | ||
| 1994 – 1998 | |||
| 1994 – 1998 | |||
| 1994 – 1998 | |||
| 1994 – 1998 | |||
| 1994 – 2002 | National Front (1998 – 2002) | ||
| 1994 – 1998 | |||
| Party of Regions | 1997 – 2014 | For United Ukraine (2002) | |
| 1998 – 2002 2007 – 2014 | For United Ukraine (2002) Lytvyn Bloc (2006 – 2014) | ||
| 1998 – 2002 2012 – 2014 | |||
| 1998 – 2006 | For United Ukraine (2002 – 2006) | ||
| 1998 – 2002 | |||
| 1998 – 2002 | |||
| 1998 – 2002 | |||
| 1998 – 2002 | |||
| 2002 – 2006 | For United Ukraine (2002 – 2006) | ||
| 2002 – 2006 2006 – 2007 | For United Ukraine (2002 – 2006) Our Ukraine bloc (2006 – 2007) | ||
| People's Self-Defense (also as Forward, Ukraine!) | 2002 – 2014 | Our Ukraine Bloc (2002 – 2006) Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (2007 – 2012) Fatherland-Unites Opposition (2012 – 2014) | |
| 2002 – 2006 | Bloc of DemPU-DemU (2002–2006) | ||
| 2002 – 2006 | |||
| Ukrainian Marine Party | 2002 – 2006 | ||
| 2002 – 2006 | Unity (2002–2006) | ||
| 2002 – 2006 | Unity (2002 – 2006) | ||
| Young Ukraine | 2002 – 2006 | Unity (2002 – 2006) | |
| Ukrainian Party of Justice - Union of Veterans, Handicapped, Chornobilians, Afghans | 2002 – 2006 | Unity (2002 – 2006) | |
| 2002 – 2006 | Bloc of Viktor Yushchenko (2002 – 2006) | ||
| 2002 – 2006 2007 – 2012 | Bloc of Viktor Yushchenko (2002 – 2006) Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (2007–2012) | ||
| 2002 – 2006 | Bloc of Viktor Yushchenko (2002 – 2006) | ||
| 2002 – 2006 | Bloc of Viktor Yushchenko (2002 – 2006) | ||
| 2002 – 2012 | Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko (2002 – 2012) | ||
| 2002 – 2006 2006 – 2012 | Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko (2002 – 2006) Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (Our Ukraine) (2006 – 2012) | ||
| 2006 – 2012 | Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (Our Ukraine) (2006 – 2012) | ||
| 2007 – 2012 | Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (2007 – 2012) | ||
| 2007 – 2012 | Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (2007 – 2012) | ||
| 2007 – 2012 | Bloc of Volodymyr Lytvyn (2007 – 2012) | ||
| 2012 – 2014 | Fatherland-Unites Opposition (2012 – 2014) | ||
| 2012 – 2014 | Fatherland-Unites Opposition (2012 – 2014) | ||
| 2012 – 2014 | Fatherland-Unites Opposition (2012 – 2014) |
The Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union) was prohibited in 1991, however its members were not excluded from the Ukrainian parliament. They formed a parliamentary faction of the Socialist Party of Ukraine. For the 1994 parliamentary elections however the ban on communist parties was lifted and there were two parties with similar ideologies running for parliament the Socialist Party of Ukraine and the Communist Party of Ukraine that was reestablished in 1993.
List of defunct political parties by founding year:
The idea of electoral blocs as a loose association of parties was introduced in 1998, however it did not become popular right away. The real success of electoral blocks came in 2002 when the Bloc of Victor Yushchenko "Our Ukraine" gained the most parliamentary seats. The electoral blocs system was liquidated in 2011[23] forcing registration of individual parties for the next 2012 parliamentary elections. The longest existing political blocs were Our Ukraine and Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko.
The association of parties however was transformed into a new concept of an "umbrella party" when several parties temporarily unite under such party that becomes a core party of informal electoral bloc.[24] [25] [26] Below is the list of official electoral blocs in 1998 - 2012 that led to creation of their own parliamentary factions.
The following blocs did not form their parliamentary factions due to small number of their representatives.