Ukrainian People's Party
Ukrainian People's Party Українська Народна Партія | ||
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Regions (2010) 30 / 43,122 [4] | ||
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The Ukrainian People's Party (
History
At the
In January 2003 it changed the name to "Ukrainian People's Party" to avoid being confused with People's Movement of Ukraine, out of which it was originally split.
At the legislative elections in Ukraine, 26 March 2006, the party was part of the Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch.[5]
In the parliamentary elections on 30 September 2007, the party was part of the Our Ukraine alliance, that won 72 out of 450 seats.[5]
In the 2010 local elections the party won a few representative in regional parliaments.[6]
The party announced it will be merged into Our Ukraine in December 2011.[7] This process started mid-December 2011.[7] It was the plan that the parties would be unificated in February 2012.[7] But by February 2013 Ukrainian People's Party was still an independent party.[8]
The party competed on one single party under "umbrella" party
The party congress approved a merge with
In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election the participated in 8 constituencies; but its candidates lost in all of them and thus the party won no parliamentary seats.[16][17]
In the 2020 Ukrainian local elections, the party saw a total of 30 members elected to any level of political office across Ukraine.[4]
In 2021, Yuri Kostenko was reelected as party leader.[1]
Results
Parliamentary since 1990 (year links to election page) | ||||||||
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Year | Block | Votes | % | Mandates | ||||
2002 | 6,108,088
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24.50
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70 (41)
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2006 | 476,155
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1.87
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0 (0)
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2007 | 3,301,282
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14.15
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72 (0)
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2012 | part of Our Ukraine
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Date | Party leader | Remarks |
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1999–2013 | Yuri Kostenko | |
2013–2021 | Oleksandr Klymenko |
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2021–present | Yuri Kostenko |
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Poster of the party reads: "Power to Ukrainians! We are Ukrainians! This is our land!"
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Results of the 2006 elections
References
- ^ a b "Yuri Kostenko – the leader of the Ukrainian People's Party". www.unp.ua (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian People's Party. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ Ukrayinska Pravda(10 December 2012)
- ^ Haran, Olexiy; Burkovsky, Petro (2009), "In the Aftermath of the Revolution: From Orange Victory to Sharing Power with Opponents", Ukraine on Its Meandering Path Between East and West, Peter Lang, p. 86
- ^ a b "Results of the 2020 local elections by party" (in Ukrainian). Central Election Commission of Ukraine. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d (in Ukrainian) Українська Народна Партія, Database DATA
- Ukrayinska Pravda(November 8, 2010)
- ^ Ukrayinska Pravda(18 December 2011)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) УНП висунула кандидата до Полтавської обласної ради UNP candidate nominated to the Poltava Regional Council, Poltava-Info (11 February 2013)
- Central Election Commission of Ukraine
- ^ "НУ, УНП и КУН объединились в "Союз патриотических сил" для участия в выборах". 31 July 2012.
- RBC Ukraine
- ^ Party of Regions gets 185 seats in Ukrainian parliament, Batkivschyna 101 - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (12 November 2012)
- ^ Ukrainian People's Party, People's Movement Of Ukraine Decide Unite Into Rukh, Elect Kuibida Its Leader, Ukrainian News Agency (19 May 2013)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Events March 29 : congresses held parties nominated presidential candidates, The Ukrainian Week (30 March 2014)
- Ukrayinska Pravda(5 October 2013)
- ^ 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, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014) - Central Election Commission of Ukraine
External links
- (in Ukrainian) Ukrainian People's Party official site
- (in Ukrainian) Narodne Slovo party newspaper