Ukraine's Emerging Electoral Geography: A Regional Analysis of the 1998 Parliamentary Elections

Abstract

A specialist on the electoral geography of Russia and other FSU states and a political scientist with expertise on Ukraine examine the results of the March 1998 elections to the Ukrainian parliament. They focus on identifying spatial characteristics of two important elements of voting behavior—voter turnout and preference for particular political parties—and their relationships with socioeconomic and demographic variables in Ukraine's 27 administrative regions. Also subject to analysis are the regionally unbalanced weight of the vote and variations in party effectiveness (the ability of the 30 parties in the election to win seats vis-´-vis total votes). Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers: H11, I31, O18. 6 figures, 5 tables, 28 references.