Party of Economic Freedom

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The Party of Economic Freedom (Russian: Партия экономической свободы, Partiya Ekonomicheskoi svobody) was a political party in Russia led by Konstantin Borovoy.

History

The party was established in May 1992. It joined the "August" bloc for the 1993 parliamentary elections, but the bloc failed to obtain the 100,000 signatures necessary to get on the ballot.[1] However, two party members, Irina Khakamada and Leonid Nekrasov, were elected after running as independents.

The party did manage to run in the 1995 parliamentary elections, but received 0.13% of the proportional representation vote, failing to cross the electoral threshold. However, it did win a single constituency seat in the State Duma,[2] taken by Borovoy. Prior to the 1999 parliamentary elections the party was in negotiations to become part of the Union of Right Forces alliance,[3] which it eventually joined.[4] The Union won 29 of the 450 seats.

The party was deregistered in 2003.

References

  1. ↑ Michael McFaul (1994) Understanding Russia's 1993 parliamentary elections, Hoover Institution, p8, 47
  2. ↑ 1995 Parliamentary elections Political Transformation and the Electoral Process in Post-Communist Europe
  3. ↑ Timothy J Colton & Michael McFaul (2003) Popular Choice and Managed Democracy: The Russian Elections of 1999 and 2000, Brookings Institution Press, 4 Nov 2003, p141
  4. ↑ NDI's final pre-election report on the December 19, 1999 parliamentary elections in Russia NDI
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