The final count: 4,259 candidates (02/22/98)

The final count: 4,259 candidates

by Roman Woronowycz
Kyiv Press Bureau

KYIV - The Central Election Commission announced on February 16 that 4,259 candidates had met all requirements to be registered for the March 29 elections to the Verkhovna Rada.

The candidates will run in a single mandate, first-past-the-post election process authorized by new elections laws in Ukraine, which will decide half the composition of the new Ukrainian Parliament.

The CEC announced that 1,866 of the registered candidates are running as independents, while the remaining 2,393 represent political parties and blocs.

Eight parties have registered more than 100 candidates each in electoral districts across Ukraine. Hromada has the most candidates on the ballots with 199, followed by the National Rukh Party with 191, the Communist Party with 173, the National Front political bloc with 152 and the Social Democratic Party (United) with 118.

The electoral district that has the most candidates is Kyiv city electoral district No. 318 where 38 candidates have registered, while Dnipropetrovsk electoral district No. 40 has the least registered candidates on the ballot at five.

The other 225 seats of the 450-member Verkhovna Rada will be decided by Ukraine's citizens by votes for parties. There are 30 political parties registered for the elections.

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