Socialist Party – Peasant Party (; SPU–SelPU), officially known as the Electoral Bloc of the Socialist Party of Ukraine and the Peasant Party of Ukraine "For the Truth, For the People, For Ukraine!" () was the political alliance and an electoral bloc in Ukraine that managed to win parliamentary seats on party list. The alliance was founded in November 1997 to participate in the 1998 parliamentary election and consisted of the Socialist Party of Ukraine and the Peasant Party of Ukraine.
Election results
Top-10 on the party list: Oleksandr Moroz (SPU), Serhiy Dovhan (SelPU), Viktor Suslov (independent), Ivan Chyzh (SPU), Ivan Bokyi (independent), Stanislav Nikolaenko (SPU), Oleksandr Tkachenko (SelPU), Kostiantyn Dovhan (SelPU), Yosyp Vinskyi (SPU), Nina Markovska (SPU).
PartyPRConstituencyTotalseats+/–Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsSocialist Party – Peasant Party2,273,7888.8291,067,2674.2635NewSocialist Party of Ukraine 14 317+3Peasant Party of Ukraine 10 212-7Independents 5 16-
Parliamentary faction Following the election, the bloc has created a faction "Left Center" in the Verkhovna Rada.
On 17 October 2000 on proposition of the Left Center deputy, several members of Verkhovna Rada left in protest against the closing of publishing of "Peasant Herald".Left Center stands against closure of newspaper "Silski Visti". Ukrinform. 17 October 2000 On 3 July 2001, the faction requested on urgent creation of provisional parliamentary commission in investigation of board governors of the Agrarian Bank "Ukraine" that led to bankruptcy of that bank."Left Center" requests to create a commission to check activity of Bank "Ukraine". Ukrayinska Pravda. 3 July 2001
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