Civil Position
Civil Position/Civic Position Громадянська позиція | |
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Leader | Anatoliy Hrytsenko |
Founded | March 2005 |
Ideology | Conservative liberalism[1] Economic liberalism Centrism Pro-Europeanism[1] |
Political position | Centre |
European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
Colours | Yellow and Blue |
Verkhovna Rada | 0 / 450 |
Regions[2] | 135 / 43,122
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Party flag | |
Website | |
gp.org.ua | |
Civil Position or Civic Position[1][3] (Ukrainian: Громадянська позиція) is a political party in Ukraine registered in March 2005. It is led by former Minister of Defence Anatoliy Hrytsenko.[4]
History
Mighty Ukraine
The party was registered in March 2005 under the name Mighty Ukraine (Ukrainian: Могутня Україна) and it was known as this until 2010.[5][4] At this time the party did not participate in any parliamentary elections.[4] The original party leader was Oleksandr Chubatenko.[6] Chubatenko ran the election headquarters of Anatoliy Hrytsenko during the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election.[6]
Civil Position
In February 2010, the party was renamed Civil Position,[5] and at the same time Hrytsenko became party leader. The decision to rename the party and change its chairman was approved by a party Congress on 21 January 2010.[6]
At the 2010 local elections, the party's results were infinitesimal.[7] Civil Position gained one seat on the Ternopil city council.[7]
In August 2011, the party announced it would merge with the European Party of Ukraine.[8] Later, in December 2011 the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform and Civil Position announced they were negotiating a merger.[9] However, in June 2012, the party announced it would compete on a single party list with other opposition parties during the 2012 parliamentary election.[10]
In a December 2011 poll by
The party competed on an "umbrella" party list with
Hrytsenko was a candidate for the party at the 2014 presidential election where he placed 4th in the first and only round. Previously, Hrytsenko was an independent candidate at the 2010 presidential election.
On 7 September 2014, party congress decided that the party would participate in the
Concerning the ongoing
The party was accepted into the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) on 4 June 2016.[30]
The party nominated party leader Hrytsenko as a candidate in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election on 11 January 2019.[31] He placed fifth with 6.91% of the votes in the first round and thus did not proceed to the second round of the election.[32]
In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the party gained 1.04% of the national vote and no parliamentary seats, the party also failed to win a constituency seat.[33]
In the 2020 Ukrainian local elections, the party gained 141 deputies (0.32% of all available mandates).[34]
Election results
Verkhovna Rada
Election | Popular vote | % of popular vote | Overall seats won | Seat change | Government |
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2012 | 352 | 0.00 | 0 / 450
|
0 | Extra-parliamentary |
2014 | 489,523 | 3.11 | 0 / 450
|
0 | Extra-parliamentary |
2019 | 153,225 | 1.05 | 0 / 450
|
0 | Extra-parliamentary |
Presidential elections
Election year | Candidate | # of 1st round votes | % of 1st round vote | # of 2nd round votes | % of 2nd round vote | Won/Loss |
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2014 | Anatoliy Hrytsenko | 989,029 | 5.48 | Loss | ||
2019 | Anatoliy Hrytsenko | 1,306,450 | 6.91 | Loss |
References
- ^ a b c d Olszański, Tadeusz A. (17 September 2014), Ukraine's political parties at the start of the election campaign, OSW—Centre for Eastern Studies
- ^ Кандидати, яких обрано депутатами рад. www.cvk.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ Pietnoczka, Paweł (26 October 2014), "Ukraine's Elections: Where do they stand?", New Eastern Europe, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 26 October 2014
Bateson, Ian (24 October 2014). "Civic Position hopes to scrape way into parliament". Kyiv Post. - ^ a b c (in Ukrainian) Політична партія „Громадянська позиція“, Database DA-TA
- ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Політична партія „Могутня Україна“, Database ASD
- ^ Ukrayinska Pravda(February 12, 2010)
- ^ Ukrayinska Pravda(November 8, 2010)
- ^ Ukrainian Opposition Parties Mull Possible Coordination, Alliances, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (August 29, 2011)
- Ukrayinska Pravda(9 December 2011)
- ^ a b Civil Position party joins Ukraine's united opposition, Kyiv Post (20 June 2012)
- Rating(20 December 2011)
- ^ Electoral moods of the population of Ukraine: May 2012
- Den (newspaper)(24 April 2012)
- Ukrayinska Pravda (7 April 2012)(7 April 2012)
Yatseniuk wants to meet with Tymoshenko to discuss reunion of opposition Archived 2012-06-14 at the Wayback Machine, Kyiv Post - Ukrayinska Pravda(23 April 2012)
- ^ Ukrainian opposition parties agree to form single list for 2012 elections, Kyiv Post (23 January 2012)
- ^ Opposition to form single list to participate in parliamentary elections Archived 2012-06-05 at the Wayback Machine, Kyiv Post (2 March 2012)
- Ukrayinska Pravda
- RBC Ukraine
- ^ Party of Regions gets 185 seats in Ukrainian parliament, Batkivschyna 101 - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (12 November 2012)
- Ukrayinska Pravda(11 November 2012)
- UNIAN(13.11.2012)
- ^ Sobolev: Front for Change and Reform and Order Party to join Batkivschyna, Interfax-Ukraine (11 June 2013)
Front for Change, Reforms and Order to dissolve for merger with Batkivshchyna - Sobolev, Ukrinform (11 June 2013) - ^ (in Ukrainian) Лідер «За Україну!» теж заявив, що не вступить в об’єднану опозиційну партію The leader of the "For Ukraine!" also said he did not join the united opposition party, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (15 June 2013)
Batkivschyna demands Hrytsenko resign as MP, Interfax-Ukraine (18 June 2013) - ^ MP Hrytsenko leaving Batkivschyna faction, Interfax-Ukraine ( January 2014)
Batkivschyna faction leader expects Hrytsenko to resign from parliament, Interfax-Ukraine (14 January 2014) - ^ Hrytsenko resigns from parliament, Interfax-Ukraine (17 January 2014)
- Ukrayinska Pravda(7 September 2014)
- ^ Hrytsenko's party gave to "Demalliance" two places in the top ten. LB. 7 September 2014
- ^ Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament Archived 2014-11-10 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrainian Television and Radio (8 November 2014)
People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC Archived November 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014) - ^ "Ciudadanos, Nowoczesna, Naša stranka and Civic Position join ALDE Party | ALDE Party". Archived from the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
- Ukrayinska Pravda(11 January 2019)
- Ukrayinska Pravda(31 March 2019)
- Ukrayinska Pravda(21 July 2019)
- Central Election Commission of Ukraine(in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 January 2021.