Unity (Ukraine)
Unity | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leader | Ivan Ivanovych Ahiy[1][2] |
| Founded | October 16, 1999[3] |
| Headquarters | Kiev, Ukraine |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Blue |
| Kiev City Council |
15 / 120 |
| Vinnytsia Oblast (2010) |
20 / 132 |
Unity (Ukrainian: Єдність) is a political party in Ukraine created in 1999 as a protest.[3] The party was led by the former mayor of Kiev Oleksandr Omelchenko but in early 2008, he temporally halted his party membership in favor of a membership of Our Ukraine-Peoples Self Defence.[1]
History
Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002
At the 2002 legislative elections, it was part of an alliance (also called Unity) that won 1.1% of the popular vote and 4 out of 450 seats.
The alliance consisted of:
- Unity
- Social Democratic Union (Social-Demokratyčnyj Sojuz)
- Young Ukraine (Moloda Ukrajina)
- Ukrainian Party of Justice - Union of Veterans, Handicapped, Chornobilians, Afghans (Ukrajins'ka Partija Spravedlivosti - Sojuz Veteraniv, Invalidiv, Čornobil'civ, Afganciv)
Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006
During the 2006 parliamentary elections the party was part of an electoral alliance led by Yevhen Marchuk[5] (Electoral Bloc "Yevhen Marchuk - "Unity") which didn't make it into parliament winning only 0,06% of the votes.[6]
The alliance consisted of:[5]
- Unity
- Party of Freedom
- Party "Solidarity of women of Ukraine"
Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007
The party did not run during the 2007 elections but advised its voters to vote for Forward, Ukraine! or Peoples Self-defence.[7]
In the 2010 local elections Unity won 22 representatives in the Vinnytsia Oblast Council (regional parliaments of Vinnytsia Oblast).[8]
References
- 1 2 Ukrainian Ministry of Justice Archived September 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ WhoIsWho.in.ua
- 1 2 official website
- ↑ (Ukrainian) Results of elections, Central Election Commission
- 1 2 official site news December 16, 2005 Archived October 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ korrespondent Archived June 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ official site news August 4, 2007 (bad reference) Archived December 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ (Ukrainian) Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps Archived March 16, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. by Ukrayinska Pravda (November 8, 2010)
External links
- Official web site - expired