For United Ukraine
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| For United Ukraine! За Єдину Україну! |
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| Leader | Volodymyr Lytvyn[1] |
| Founded | December 15, 2001 |
| Headquarters | Kiev, Ukraine |
| Ideology | Pro-presidential, regionalism, pan-Slavism, pro-Russia, parliamentarism |
| Political position | Centre |
| International affiliation | None |
| Official colours | Blue |
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For United Ukraine (Ukrainian: «За Єдину Україну!»; Za Yedynu Ukrayinu!) was a political alliance and an electoral bloc in Ukraine founded in December 2001 to participate in the parliamentary election in held on March 30, 2002.
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[edit] 2002 parliamentary election
In the parliamentary election, the party was pro-presidential, supporting the incumbent President Leonid Kuchma. At the election, the alliance won 11.77%[2] of the popular vote and a total of 102 out of 450 seats. Final poll results had predicted 7-8% of the total votes.[3] The alliance received a lot of its electoral votes in Donetsk Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine.[4]
The alliance consisted of the 5 following members[5]:
- Party of Regions (Partiya Rehioniv),[6] led by Volodymyr Semynozhenko.
- Agrarian Party of Ukraine (Ahrarna Partiya Ukrayiny), led by the Governor of Lviv Oblast Mykhailo Hladiy.
- Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine (Partiya Promislovtsiv i Pidpryiemtsiv Ukrajiny),[7] led by Anatoliy Kinakh.
- People's Democratic Party (Narodno-Demokratychna Partiya),[8] led by former Prime Minister Valeriy Pustovoitenko.
- Labour Ukraine (Trudova Ukrayina),[9] led by Serhiy Tyhypko.
[edit] Since the election
The electoral bloc disintegrated after the 2002 election.[10]
[edit] References
- ^ "Leaders of the "Za Yedynu Ukrayinu" bloc" (in Ukrainian). Za Yediny Ukrayinu!. 2002-11-24. Archived from the original on 2004-12-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20041208203028/http://www.zaedu.org.ua/index.phtml?razd=leaders. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ^ (Ukrainian) Політична партія „Трудова Україна“, Database DATA
- ^ Ukraine's election frontrunners, BBC News (28 March 2002)
- ^ State Building in Ukraine: The Ukrainian parliament, 1990-2003 (BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies) by Sarah Whitmore, Routledge, 2004, ISBN 0415331951/ISBN 978-0415331951
- ^ (Ukrainian) 2002 Виборчий блок політичних партій "За Єдину Україну!", Database DATA
- ^ "Official informational server". Party of Regions. http://www.partyofregions.org.ua/eng/. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
- ^ "Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine (PIEU)" (in Ukrainian). Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine. http://www.pppu.info/. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
- ^ "Official website of the People's Democratic Party" (in Ukrainian). People's Democratic Party. http://ndp.org.ua/. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
- ^ "Informational portal TRUD.org.ua (now defunct)" (in Ukrainian). Labour Ukraine. 2006-06-12. Archived from the original on 2006-06-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20060612201532/http://trud.org.ua/. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
- ^ Democratic Breakthroughs and Revolutions in Five Post-Communist Countries: Comparative Perspectives on the Fourth Wave by Taras Kuzio, University of Toronto
[edit] External links
- "Main Page (now defunct)" (in Ukrainian). Za Yediny Ukrayinu!. 2002-11-24. Archived from the original on 2005-02-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20050210095119/http://www.zaedu.org.ua/. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
- "Financial account of the Electoral bloc "Za Yedinu Ukrayinu!"" (in Ukrainian). Central Election Commission of Ukraine. http://www.cvk.gov.ua/v98images/doc/Fin_195.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
- "Electoral bloc "Za Yedinu Ukrayinu!"" (in Ukrainian). party.civicua.org. http://party.civicua.org/s0248033.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
