Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc

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Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc
Блок Юлії Тимошенко
Leader Yulia Tymoshenko
Founded February 9, 2001
Headquarters
Political Ideology Social liberalism,[1] Solidarism[2]
Political Position centre-left[3][4][5]
International Affiliation European People's Party (observer status) [6][7]
Colours White/Darkred
Website www.ibyut.com
See also Politics of Ukraine

Political parties
Elections in Ukraine

The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, (Ukrainian: Блок Юлії Тимошенко, БЮТ; Blok Yuliyi Tymoshenko, BYuT) is the name of the subsequently created political coalitions in Ukraine led by the politician Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine.

It may refer to one or several of the following:

Unlike the two subsequent "Blocs of Viktor Yushchenko", all three political unions of Tymoshenko are considered to retain largely the same leaders and positions.

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[edit] 2002 elections

At the parliamentary elections on 30 March 2002 the alliance comprised the following liberal and nationalist member parties:

The bloc won 7.2% of the popular vote and 21 out of 450 seats.

The alliance supported Viktor Yushchenko during the Ukrainian presidential election of 2004, and played an active role in the widespread acts of civil non-violent protest that became known as the Ukrainian Orange Revolution.

Map showing the results of BYuT (% of total national vote) per region for the 2006 parliamentary election.
Map showing the results of BYuT (% of total national vote) per region for the 2006 parliamentary election.

[edit] 2006 elections

The results of the parliamentary elections on 26 March 2006 have seen Yulia Tymoshenko move into second place with 22,27% of the vote behind Party of Regions who had 33% and ahead of Our Ukraine who received less than 14% support. It won 129 seats out of 450. After 3 months of negotiations and a coalition agreement it was widely expected that a coalition between supporters of the orange movement will form Ukraine's next government. But after the election of Oleksandr Moroz as speaker of parliament the coalition collapsed.

[edit] 2007 elections

Map showing the results of BYuT (% of total national vote) per region for the 2007 parliamentary election.
Map showing the results of BYuT (% of total national vote) per region for the 2007 parliamentary election.
Map showing geographic distibution of the highest vote (% of total national vote) per region
Map showing geographic distibution of the highest vote (% of total national vote) per region
Swing 2006 to 2007 (Percentage by electoral regions)
Swing 2006 to 2007 (Percentage by electoral regions)

For the 2007 elections, the bloc consists of:

The Ukrainian Republican Party Assembly was part of the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc this time, while the Ukrainian Republican Party had merged into the Party of Regions.

In the parliamentary elections on 30 September 2007, the bloc won 156 out of 450 seats, securing an additional 1.5 million votes (8.24%) in comparison with the 2006 election.[8] In 2007 Yulia Tymoshenko received a swing of 8.24% in comparison their 2006 vote. Most of the swing came as a result of consolidation of the vote in regions in which BYuT already was the leading party. Statistics, published by the Ukrainian Electoral Authority[9], indicate that most of the swing came from minor parties and a swing away from the Socialist Party and to a lesser extent Our Ukraine. In 2007, 27% of voters supported minor parties that received less then the 3% minimum threshold required. In 2007 minor parties (including the Socialist party with 2.86%) represented only 7% of the overall vote.

On October 15, 2007, Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc agreed to form a majority coalition in the new parliament of the 6th convocation.[10] On November 29, a coalition was signed between the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (representing 45% of the national vote[11]). On 18 December 2007 Yulia Tymoshenko, with a margin of two votes, was elected Prime Minister.[12]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ POLITICAL BLOC PROFILE: The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (02/26/06)
  2. ^ Biography of Yulia Tymoshenko leader of BYUT, Ukraine
  3. ^ YULIA TYMOSHENKO TO VISIT WASHINGTON, NEW YORK - Eurasia Daily Monitor
  4. ^ Who’s ‘populist’ in Ukrainian politics. An article in Kyiv Post
  5. ^ Yulia Tymoshenko to visit Washington, New York
  6. ^ Gasprinsessen, mumien og den faldne helt - Verden
  7. ^ VO “Batkivshyna” joins European People's Party, Internet Press Service of Yulia Tymoshenko, 5 August 2007
  8. ^ Yanukovych Loses 300,000 While Tymoshenko Receives Additional 1.5 Million, Ukrainska Pravda
  9. ^ Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine (English)
  10. ^ "Ukrainian Parliament Continues Shift Towards Yushchenko", Korrespondent, October 15, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-10-15. (Russian) 
  11. ^ Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine (English)
  12. ^ >"Youtube", Youtube: Yulia Tymoshenko elected Prime-Minister, December 18, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-18. (Ukrainian) 

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