In 1998 during parliamentary electoral campaign Baloha was the campaign chief of the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) in Zakarpattia region: the Social Democratic Party (united) received the fifth part of its votes in Zakarpattia.
V roku 1998 počas parlamentnej volebnej kampane Baloha bol vedúci volebného štábu Sociálno-demokratickej strany Ukrajiny (spojenej) v Zakarpatskej oblasti – pätinu všetkých hlasov SDPU (o) bolo získané na Zakarpatsku.