Unity (Ukraine)

Unity
Leader	Ivan Ivanovych Ahiy[1][2]
Founded	October 16, 1999 (1999-10-16)[3]
Headquarters	Kiev, Ukraine
International affiliation	None
Colours	Blue
Kiev City Council	15 / 120
Vinnytsia Oblast (2010)	20 / 132 [4]
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Unity (Ukrainian: Єдність) is a political party in Ukraine created in 1999 as a protest.^[3] The party was led by the former mayor of Kiev Oleksandr Omelchenko but in early 2008, he temporally halted his party membership in favor of a membership of Our Ukraine-Peoples Self Defence.^[1]

History

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002

At the 2002 legislative elections, it was part of an alliance (also called Unity) that won 1.1% of the popular vote and 4 out of 450 seats.

The alliance consisted of:

• Unity
• Social Democratic Union (Social-Demokratyčnyj Sojuz)
• Young Ukraine (Moloda Ukrajina)
• Ukrainian Party of Justice - Union of Veterans, Handicapped, Chornobilians, Afghans (Ukrajins'ka Partija Spravedlivosti - Sojuz Veteraniv, Invalidiv, Čornobil'civ, Afganciv)

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006

During the 2006 parliamentary elections the party was part of an electoral alliance led by Yevhen Marchuk^[5] (Electoral Bloc "Yevhen Marchuk - "Unity") which didn't make it into parliament winning only 0,06% of the votes.^[6]

The alliance consisted of:^[5]

• Unity
• Party of Freedom
• Party "Solidarity of women of Ukraine"

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007

The party did not run during the 2007 elections but advised its voters to vote for Forward, Ukraine! or Peoples Self-defence.^[7]

In the 2010 local elections Unity won 22 representatives in the Vinnytsia Oblast Council (regional parliaments of Vinnytsia Oblast).^[8]

References

External links

• Official web site - expired