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Ukraine – Forward! Україна – Вперед! Украина — Вперёд! | |
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Leader | Natalia Korolevska[1][2] |
Founded | 1998[3] (as the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party)[3] |
Split from | Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) |
Preceded by | Ukrainian Social Democratic Party |
Headquarters | Kyiv |
Membership (2010) | About 86,000[4] |
Ideology | Social democracy |
Political position | Centre-left |
National affiliation | Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (2001–2012) Opposition Bloc (2014–2018) Opposition Platform — For Life (2018–2022) |
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Ukraine – Forward! (Ukrainian: Україна – Вперед!, Ukrajina – Vpered!, Russian: Украина — Вперёд!) is a social democratic[1][4][5] political party in Ukraine. From its registration in December 1998[3] until March 2012 it was named Ukrainian Social Democratic Party.[2] The party has, according to official figures, about 86,000 party members.[4] The official name of the party is: Party of Natalia Korolevska "Ukraine – Forward!" (Ukrainian: Партію Наталії Королевської "Україна - Вперед!", Russian: Партию Натальи Королевской "Украина — Вперёд!")[6][7]
Ukrainian Social Democratic Party was from its first
it failed to win parliamentary representation.Ukraine – Forward! is commonly seen in Ukraine as a pro-business party and as representing corporate interests, although during the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych and throughout Euromaidan, the party also campaigned for Yulia Tymoshenko's release from jail.[15]
History
Party of Human Rights
The party traces its history back to 1994 when the Minister of Justice of Ukraine
Ukrainian Social Democratic Party
The Ukrainian Social Democratic Party (Ukrainian: Українська соціал-демократична партія, УСДП, romanized: Ukrayins’ka Sotsial-Demokratychna Partiya, USDP, Russian: Украинская социал-демократическая партия, УСДП) was founded in 1998[3] by former members of the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united).[4] The first leader of the party was Vasyl Onopenko who in the Presidential elections in 1999 got 0,47% of the votes.[4]
At the
(director of "Agro-Ros").During the parliamentary elections on 26 March 2006 the party also took part in the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc.[3] Out of 129 seats won by the bloc only eight were given to members of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party.
- Top 10 members
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In November 2006
In the parliamentary elections on 30 September 2007, the party was again part of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc.,[3] that won 156 out of 450 seats. Again the party only received eight seats in parliament.
- Top 10 members
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In August 2011 Korniychuk voluntarily resigned from his post in connection with
Ukraine – Forward!
Party leader Korolevska was expelled from the “Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko-
- Top 10 members[24]
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On 22 March 2012 party congress the party was renamed Party of Natalia Korolevska "Ukraine – Forward!" (
The party did participate in the
The election campaign of the "Ukraine — Forward!" party, according to experts' estimates as a result of monitoring outdoor and television advertising, cost 150-200 million US dollars. The party filed a lawsuit against the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) and the "Democratic Initiatives" foundation for publishing the results of a joint sociological survey , which specifically indicated that 2.1% of voters in 2012 were ready to vote for the party, arguing the number was much higher. In an interview conducted in Russian (the party’s primary language until 2014) with Kommersant’s Ukraine correspondent, Party leader Natalia Korolevska stated:
«— Социологические войны ведутся перед каждыми выборами, но такого, как сейчас, еще никогда не было. И поэтому мы, получив данные внутренних опросов, которые подтвердили наш результат в 7%, решили судиться. Мы считаем, что это поможет избежать манипуляции. Социология манипулирует мнением людей и является одним из элементов фальсификации выборов — людям заранее навязывают сфабрикованный результат. — Если выборы покажут, что ваш рейтинг гораздо ниже 7%, вы отзовете свой иск к КМИС и фонду "Демократические инициативы"? — Мы не будем отзывать иск, поскольку точно знаем, что их исследование не проводилось. А выборы покажут, что наш рейтинг — 10%! |
("- Sociological wars are conducted before every election, but there has never been anything like this before. That is why after having received the data of the internal opinion polls, which confirmed our 7% of the votes, we decided to take legal action. We think this will help us avoid manipulation. Sociology manipulates people's opinion and is one of the elements of election fraud - people are foisted a fabricated result on them in advance.
- If the elections show that your rating is much lower than 7%, will you withdraw your lawsuit against KMIS and the Democratic Initiatives Fund?
- We will not withdraw the lawsuit because we know for a fact that their study was not conducted. And the election will show that our rating is 10%!")
However, in the election, despite its vast and widely criticised spending on promotion, the party won 1.58% of the national votes and no
Despite that in June 2012 the party had stated it would not cooperate with the
For the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the party joined the Opposition Bloc along with other five parties; in these elections Opposition Bloc won 29 seats.[12][13][14]
2012 Manifesto
During the campaign for the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party promised to relieve small and medium business to the maximum possible extent, “an active part of a fair and efficient state”, “securing social justice and high social standards”, “more welfare” and counteraction against “societal rifts along cultural, linguistic, religious and national lines” and they committed to introduce “total citizen control on all government levels”.[5]
Elections
Presidential since 1999 (year links to election page) | ||||||||
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Year | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
1999 | 124,040
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0.5
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Parliamentary since 2002 (year links to election page) | ||||||||
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Year | Votes | % | Mandates | Notes | ||||
2002 | 1,882,087
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7.26
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22
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part of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc | ||||
2006 | 5,652,876
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22.29
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129
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part of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc | ||||
2007 | 7,162,193
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30.71
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156
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part of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc | ||||
2012 | 322,202
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1.58
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No seats
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independently | ||||
2014 | 1,486,203
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9.43
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29
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part of the Opposition Bloc | ||||
2019 | 1,908,087
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13.05
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43
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part of the Opposition Platform — For Life |
References
- ^ a b c Korolevska promises not to change ideology of Ukrainian Social Democratic Party, Kyiv Post (24 December 2011)
- ^ a b Korolevska everywhere, but is she going anywhere?, Kyiv Post (30 March 2012)
- ^ a b c d e f g h (in Ukrainian) Українська соціал-демократична партія, Database DATA
- ^ a b c d e (in Russian) Украинская социал-демократическая партия, Информационно-аналитический центр "ЛІГА"
- ^ a b c d A Royal Gift to the Government, The Ukrainian Week (5 June 2012)
- ^ Ukrayinska Pravda(22 March 2012)
- ^ BBC Ukrainian(22 March 2012)
- ^ a b Ukraine's Shevchenko gives up soccer for politics, Reuters (28 July 2012)
- ^ a b c Kyiv Economic Court closes Korolevska party's case against pollsters, Kyiv Post (29 November 2012)
- ^ Central Election Commission of Ukraine
- ^ a b Yanukovych appoints new Cabinet of Ministers, Kyiv Post (24 December 2012)
- ^ a b Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament, Ukrinform (8 November 2014)
People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014) - ^ a b Opposition Bloc boosts rating by distancing itself from Yanukovych era, Kyiv Post (24 October 2014)
- ^ Radio Liberty. 14 September 2014
- ^ a b Shevchenko hangs up boots for politics[permanent dead link], AFP (28 July 2012)
- ^ Social Democratic Party leader calls on authorities to resolve conflict with Channel 5 and TVi, Kyiv Post (16 August 2010)
- ^ Official website of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party Archived 27 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Court grants amnesty for former First Deputy Justice Minister Korniychuk, Kyiv Post (9 December 2011)
- ^ Ukrayinska Pravda(27 December 2011)
- ^ Ukrayinska Pravda(14 March 2012)
- ^ a b c (in Ukrainian) Заява УСДП:Керівництво «БЮТ-Батьківщини» зрадило 10-річне співробітництво Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, Official website of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party (14 March 2012)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Наталія Королевська:УСДП вийшла з КОДу Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, Official website of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party (14 March 2012)
- Ukrayinska Pravda(15 March 2012)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) «Україна-Вперед!» оголосила топ-10 кандидатів (СПИСОК) "Ukraine-Go" announced the top 10 candidates (list), Коментарі (2 August 2012)
- Ukrayinska Pravda(6 April 2012)
- ^ a b Korolevska's party not planning to cooperate with Regions Party in new parliament, Kyiv Post (5 June 2012)
- ^ Parliament passes law on parliamentary elections, Kyiv Post (17 November 2011)
- ^ "Ratings of parties in elections to the Verkhovna Rada: May 2012".
- UNIAN(12 April 2012)
- Rating(2 April 2012)
- ^ a b c Korolevska recruits acting, sports stars for campaign, Kyiv Post (2 August 2012)
- ^ Parties spend over Hr 600 million on elections, according to report, Kyiv Post (16 November 2012)
- ^ Candidates spent $2.5 billion on election campaign, says expert, Kyiv Post (2 November 2012)
- ^ Footballers and other candidates, The Economist (8 October 2012)
- RBC Ukraine
- Ukrayinska Pravda(24 December 2012)