Unity (Russian political party)
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Unity Единство | |
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Leader | Sergei Shoigu |
President of Russia | Vladimir Putin |
Founded | 3 October 1999 |
Dissolved | 1 December 2001 |
Split from | Our Home – Russia |
Merged into | United Russia |
Headquarters | Moscow |
Youth wing | Youth Unity |
Ideology | Conservatism Fiscal conservatism Putinism Russian nationalism[1] Centrism (officially)[2] |
Political position | Right-wing[3] |
Colours | Blue |
Slogan | "Unity is our strength" |
Website | |
edin.ru | |
Unity (Russian: Еди́нство,
History
The rise of Unity was meteoric given the short time period it had to create an identity, plan its campaign strategy and carry out its ambitious objectives. The establishment of the movement followed a declaration signed by 39 governors expressing their dissatisfaction with the political battles being fought in Russia. The initial meeting of these governors to form a new electoral movement was held on 24 September 1999. It was at this meeting that Minister of Emergency Situations
Prime Minister Putin immediately pledged support for the new bloc, saying it could help stabilize the political situation in Russia. On November 24, 1999 he told reporters that in his capacity as premier, he "should not define his political preferences" with respect to election blocs but "as an ordinary citizen" he will vote for Unity. The party’s leading candidates in
In the 1999, State Duma elections on December 19, Unity received 23.32 percent of the vote and won 72 of 441 seats (second result after the Communist Party of the Russian Federation). Later ten more seats joined the faction. Shoygu remained Emergencies Minister and did not go into the new State Duma. On January 12, 2000 the party elected Boris Gryzlov leader of its faction.
The party supported Vladimir Putin in the 2000 presidential elections.
In 2001 the same party has created a formal alliance with three other factions represented in the State Duma: Fatherland-All Russia and People's Deputy and Russia's Regions groups, themselves an alliance composed of single-member district deputies who avoided joining one of the party-based factions in that State Duma Convocation. In April of that year the Unity party and the Fatherland - All Russia movement decided to unite into a single political party, United Russia.[5]
Electoral results
Presidential
Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | Result | ||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
2000 | Endorsed Vladimir Putin | 39,740,434 | 52.94 | — | Won |
State Duma
Election | Party leader | Performance | Rank | Government | ||||
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Votes | % | ± pp | Seats | +/– | ||||
1999 | Sergey Shoygu
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15,549,182 | 23.32 | New | 73 / 450
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New | 2nd | Majority |
See also
References
- ^ Current Politics and Economics of Russia, Eastern and Central Europe. Nova Science Publishers. 2000.
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram. "Russia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 20 October 2003.
- ^ Roı̆ Aleksandrovich Medvedev; Roy Aleksandrovich Medvedev; George Shriver, eds. (2000). Post-Soviet Russia: A Journey Through the Yeltsin Era. Columbia University Press.
- ^ a b "Sudden rise of the Unity party". BBC News. BBC. 20 December 1999. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- S2CID 154627794.