1994 Ukrainian parliamentary election

1994 Ukrainian parliamentary election
All 450 seats to the Verkhovna Rada; 226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	75.81% ( 8.88 pp)
	Results by region
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada before election; Ivan Plyushch; Independent	Elected Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada ; Oleksandr Moroz; SPU

Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 27 March 1994, with a second round between 2 and 10 April.^[1] 15 political parties gained seats and the majority of deputies were independents.^[2] However, 112 seats were remained unfilled, and a succession of by-elections were required in July, August, November and December 1994 and more in December 1995 and April 1996.^[1] Three hundred (300) seats or two thirds (2/3) of the parliament were required to be filled for the next convocation.

In what were the first elections held after Ukraine broke away from the Soviet Union, the Communist Party of Ukraine emerged as the largest party in the Verkhovna Rada, winning 86 of the 338 seats decided in the first two rounds.^[3] This election was the result of a compromise between the President and the Verkhovna Rada, which was reached on 24 September 1993 because of a political crisis caused by mass protests and strikes particularly from students and miners. On that day, the Rada adopted a decree to organize parliamentary elections ahead of schedule, and ahead of scheduled presidential elections in June.

^ ^a ^b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1976 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Cite error: The named reference ukrainianweek223538 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1991

[NS-1] Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1976 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

[ukrainianweek223538-2] Cite error: The named reference ukrainianweek223538 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] Nohlen & Stöver, p1991

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