For United Ukraine
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For United Ukraine! За Єдину Україну! |
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Leader | Volodymyr Lytvyn[1] |
Founded | December 15, 2001 |
Headquarters | Kiev, Ukraine |
Political Ideology | Pro-Presidential, Regionalism, Pan-Slavism, Russophilia, Parliamentarism |
Political Position | Centre |
International Affiliation | none |
Colours | Blue |
Website | www.zaedu.org.ua |
See also | Politics of Ukraine |
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For United Ukraine (Ukrainian: «За Єдину Україну!»; Za Yedynu Ukrayinu!) was a political alliance and an electoral bloc in Ukraine founded in December 2001 to partake in the parliamentary election in held on March 30, 2002.
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[edit] 2002 parliamentary election
In the parliamentary election, the party was pro-presidential, supporting the incumbent President Leonid Kuchma. At the election, the alliance won 11.77% of the popular vote and a total of 102 out of 450 seats. The alliance received a lot of its electoral votes in Donetsk Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine.
The alliance consisted of the 5 following members:
- Party of Regions (Partiya Rehioniv),[2] led by Volodymyr Semynozhenko.
- Agrarian Party of Ukraine (Ahrarna Partiya Ukrayiny), led by the Governor of Lviv Oblast Mykhailo Hladiy.
- Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine (Partiya Promislovtsiv i Pidpryiemtsiv Ukrajiny),[3] led by Anatoliy Kinakh.
- People's Democratic Party (Narodno-Demokratychna Partiya),[4] led by former Prime Minister Valeriy Pustovoitenko.
- Labour Ukraine (Trudova Ukrayina),[5] led by Serhiy Tyhipko.
[edit] Since the election
The alliance is now defunct as Viktor Yanukovych's Party of Regions took part in the 2006 elections by itself and the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine went as part of the pro-presidential electoral bloc Our Ukraine.
Labour Ukraine later merged into the Party of Regions in mid-2007. At the early parliamentary elections parliamentary held on September 30, 2007, the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine participated in the elections together with the Party of Regions.[6][7]
The People's Party (formerly Agrarian Party of Ukraine) was part of the electoral Lytvyn's People's Bloc, which won 2.44% of the popular vote and no seats at the 2006 parliamentary elections. During the parliamentary elections 2007 it was part of the Lytvyn's Bloc that won 20 out of 450 seats.[8]
In the 2007 elections, the People's Democratic Party went as part of the Ukrainian Regional Asset and again failed to win parliamentary representation.
[edit] References
- ^ Leaders of the "Za Yedynu Ukrayinu" bloc (Ukrainian). Za Yediny Ukrayinu! (2002-11-24). Retrieved on 2008-02-25.
- ^ Official informational server (English). Party of Regions. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
- ^ Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine (PIEU) (Ukrainian). Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
- ^ Official website of the People's Democratic Party (Ukrainian). People's Democratic Party. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
- ^ Informational portal TRUD.org.ua (now defunct) (Ukrainian). Labour Ukraine (2006-06-12). Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
- ^ "Kinakh Wants to Join Yanukovych at Elections", Ukrayinska Pravda, July 18, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-02-24. (English)
- ^ "PRU Election List Still Disputable", Ukrayinska Pravda, July 31, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-02-24. (English)
- ^ Parties (blocs of parties), who get three (3%) and more percents of votes of voters. Central Election Commission of Ukraine. Retrieved on 2007-10-02.
[edit] External links
- Main Page (now defunct) (Ukrainian). Za Yediny Ukrayinu! (2002-11-24). Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
- Financial account of the Electoral bloc "Za Yedinu Ukrayinu!" (Ukrainian). Central Election Commission of Ukraine. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
- Electoral bloc "Za Yedinu Ukrayinu!" (Ukrainian). party.civicua.org. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.