There have been numerous political parties active in Ukraine in the past and present. Currently, as of 1 January 2020, there are 349 officially registered political parties in the country. Non-partisan Ukraine, The Ukrainian Week (24 June 2020)
Active Parties represented in the Verkhovna Rada Official factions Political parties in Ukraine need to hold at least fifteen seats in parliament in order to be recognized as official parliamentary factions.Rada Approves Cancellation Of Rule That Bans Deputies From Switching Factions , FINANCIAL (October 8, 2010)Update: Return to 1996 Constitution strengthens president, raises legal questions, Kyiv Post (October 1, 2010)Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: The functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine, Kyiv Post (October 5, 2010)Rada amends regulations of its activities, Kyiv Post (October 8, 2010)
Name Founded Ideology Politicalposition Verkhovna Rada Oblast Councils Regions Associations Servant of the People 2019 Centre European:ALDE European Solidarity 2000 Centre-right European:EPP (observer)International:IDU Fatherland 1999 Centre-left European:EPP (observer)International:IDU Holos 2019 Centre-right European:ALDE
Parliamentary groups 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 Politicalposition Verkhovna Rada Notes 2022 Centre tocentre-left Mostly deputies from OPPZh. Dovira2019RegionalismBig tent Restoration of Ukraine 2022 Populism Centre Mostly deputies from OPPZh, but includes deputies from SN and Dovira. For the Future2019Centre-right "Justice" Deputy Association 2021 Centre tocentre-right Split from Holos in response to leadership changes.
Parties without faction status 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 Politicalposition Verkhovna Rada Oblast Councils Regions Associations All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda" 1995 Far-right Union "Self Reliance" 2012 Centre-right National:DoviraEuropean:EPP (observer) Andriy Baloha's Team 2008 National:For the Future Bila Tserkva Together 2019 Decentralization National:Trust
Parties represented in Oblast Councils 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 Ideology/Political position Oblast Councils Regions Region Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv 2020 Regionalism Kharkiv Ukrainian Strategy of Groysman 2015 Centre to centre-left National Proposition 2020 Regionalism National Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform 2010 Centre to centre-right National Radical Party of Oleh Liashko 2010 Left-wing National Native Home 2015 Regionalism Chernihiv All-Ukrainian Union "Cherkashchany" 2015 Regionalism Cherkasy Svitlychna Bloc — Together! 2020 Centre to centre-right Kharkiv Strength and Honor 2009 Centre-right National Vilkul Bloc — Ukrainian Perspective 2020 Regionalism Dnipropetrovsk Unity of Oleksandr Omelchenko 1999 Centre-right Kyiv City 2015 Regionalism Khmelnytskyi Ihor Kolykhaiev's "We Have to Live Here!" 2020 Regionalism Kherson Agrarian Party of Ukraine 2006 Agrarianism National Native Zakarpattia 2020 Regionalism Zakarpattia 2020 Regionalism Odesa 2019 Regionalism Ivano-Frankivsk 2015 Regionalism Khmelnytskyi 2010 Regionalism Dnipropetrovsk Volodymyr Buryak — United 2020 Regionalism Zaporizhzhia Native City 2018 Regionalism Poltava 2020 Regionalism Chernivtsi Party of Hungarians of Ukraine 2005 Zakarpattia Ukrainian Galician Party 2014 Centre-right Western Ukraine People's Movement of Ukraine 1990 Centre-right National People's Control 2015 Centre-right Chernivtsi
Parties with local representation 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.
Party Founded Ideology/political position Regions Region Power of the People 2014 LiberalismPro-Europeanism National Order 2020 Regionalism Zaporizhzhia Oblast Civil Position 2005 National 2020 National Vadym Boychenko Bloc 2014 Regionalism Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast New Faces 2015 Regionalism Kyiv Oblast Serhii Minko's Team 2010 Regionalism Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast Serhii Rudyk's Team — Time for Change! 2014 Regionalism Cherkasy Oblast European Party of Ukraine 2006 National New Politics 2001 Regionalism Eastern Ukraine Bee 2019 Regionalism Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 2020 Western Ukraine Ukrainian People's Party 1999 National 2009 Local government National Party of Greens of Ukraine 1990 Green politics National
Other parties Currently active political parties in Ukraine with no seats in parliament nor in Oblast Councils. PartyEst.Ideology/Political position Party of Christian Socialists2018Christian socialismRussophiliaLeft-wing Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united)1995Social democracyRussophiliaCentre Social Democratic Party of Ukraine1990Democratic socialismFederalismLeft-wing Ukraine – Forward!1998Social democracyCentre-left Soyuz1997Crimean regionalismRussophiliaBig tent Peasant Party of Ukraine1992AgrarianismCentre-left to left-wing All-Ukrainian Agrarian Association "Spade"2011AgrarianismLeft-wing Strong Ukraine1999Social liberalismCentre to centre-left Revival2004Economic nationalismRussophiliaCentre Democratic Party of Ukraine1990National DemocracyCentre-right Republican Platform1990Liberal conservatismCivic nationalismCentre-right For Ukraine!1999ConservatismCentre-right Our Ukraine2005National DemocracyPro-EuropeanismCentre-right Democratic Alliance2011Christian democracyCentre-right People's Front2014National DemocracyPro-EuropeanismCentre-right to right-wing Liberal Democratic Party of Ukraine1992LiberalismCentre-right Hromada1994PopulismCentre-left Christian Democratic Union 1997Christian democracyConservatismCentre-right Democratic Axe2018National liberalism Libertarian Party "5.10"2014LibertarianismMinarchismRight-wing Right Sector2013UltranationalismHard EuroscepticismRight-wing to far-right Party of Free Democrats1999 Internet Party of Ukraine2009E-government All-Ukrainian Party of People's Trust2000Economic nationalism National Corps2016UltranationalismEuroscepticismFar-right Political Party of Small and Medium-sized Businesses of Ukraine1999Economic liberalism Ukrainian Home2004Christian democracy Ukrainian National Union2009Far Right Justice Party2011Social democracy Aktsent1993Liberal conservatism Ukraine is Our Home2021Social conservatism Party of Pensioners of Ukraine1999 Volt Ukraine 2022Social liberalismPro-Europeanism Motherland Defenders Party 1997Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine 2000
Defunct Banned parties Party Founded Banned Ideology/political position Verkhovna Rada at last election Regions at last election Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union) 1918 1991 CommunismFar-left Russian Bloc 2001 2014 Pan-SlavismRussophilia Russian Unity 2008 2014 RussophiliaRight-wing Communist Party of Ukraine 1993 2022 CommunismRussophiliaFar-left Communist Party of Ukraine (renewed) 2000 2015 CommunismFar-left Communist Party of Workers and Peasants 2001 2015 CommunismFar-left Union of Communists of Ukraine 1992 2015 Party of Shariy 2015 2022 LibertarianismRussophiliaRight-wing Party of Regions 1997 2023 Social democracyRussophiliaCentre-left Our Land 2011 2025 WelfarismRussophiliaCentre Ukrainian Choice – Right of the People 2012 2022 ConservatismRussophiliaRight-wing Opposition Bloc 2010 2018 Social liberalismRussophiliaCentre to centre-left Opposition Platform — For Life 1999 2022 Social democracyRussophiliaLeft-wing Opposition Bloc — Party for Peace and Development 2014 2022 Social liberalismRussophiliaCentre to centre-left Socialist Party of Ukraine 1991 2022 Social democracyDemocratic socialismCentre-left to left-wing Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine 1996 2022 National BolshevismRussophiliaFar-left Derzhava 1999 2022 SocialismLeft-wing Union of Left Forces 2007 2022 Socialist populismLeft-wing Nashi 2015 2022 RussophiliaCentre-left Left Opposition 2015 2022 RussophiliaLeft-wing to far-left Ukrainian Association of Patriots 2015 2020Social market economySyncretic Volodymyr Saldo Bloc 2019 2022 Kherson regionalismRussophiliaCentre Slavic Party 1993 2024 Pan-SlavismCentre-left Reforms and Order Party 1997 2013 LiberalismNational DemocracyCentre-right Labour Ukraine 2000 2018 LabourismLiberalismCentre-left Socialists 2014 2022 SocialismLeft-wing On 20 March 2022, in the midst of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the suspension of eleven political parties with claimed ties to Russia, which would last until the end of martial law in Ukraine. Two of the suspended political parties, Opposition Platform — For Life and Opposition Bloc, have a significant presence in national politics, while the remaining nine parties are marginal. In June 2022 various court proceedings tried to ban the parties suspended on 20 March 2022. Of all the parties suspended on 20 March 2022 only the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine and Opposition Platform — For Life actively opposed its banning. The court banned the activities of the parties "Bloc of Volodymyr Saldo" and "Derzhava" - Chesno, Lb.ua (14 June 2022) The court banned OPZZh, Ukrainska Pravda (20 June 2022) In September 2022 the final appeals against the parties' ban were dismissed by the Supreme Court of Ukraine, meaning that the parties were fully banned in Ukraine.
Former parliamentary parties