People's Party (Ukraine)
| People's Party Народна Партія |
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| Leader | Volodymyr Lytvyn |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Ideology | Centrism, agrarianism |
| International affiliation | None |
| Official colours | Blue |
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| Politics of Ukraine Political parties Elections |
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The People's Party (Ukrainian: Народна Партія; Narodna Partiya) is a political party in Ukraine. It was previously named as the Agrarian Party of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Аграрна партія України).[1] The party is led by Volodymyr Lytvyn.[1] In September 2011 he claimed that his party was only surpassed in membership by the Party of Regions and Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko.[2]
[edit] History
During the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 1998 the party gained 3,68% of the popular vote,[1] the party won 2 (single-mandate constituency) seats.
At the parliamentary elections on 30 March 2002, the party was part of the For United Ukraine alliance.[1] At the parliamentary elections on 26 March 2006 the party was part of the electoral Lytvyn's People's Bloc, which won 2.44 % of the popular vote and no seats.[1] In the parliamentary elections on 30 September 2007, the party was part of the Lytvyn Bloc alliance,[1] that won 20 out of 450 seats.
In November 2010 the Bloc of Lytvyn faction in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) was renamed People's Party faction.[3]
In the 2010 local elections the party won representative in 20 of the 24 regional parliaments, it did not win seats in the Supreme Council of Crimea.[4]
In August 2011 party leader Lytvyn stated that his People's Party will merge with fellow Ukrainian party Party of Regions.[5] Earlier that month Strong Ukraine had announced the same move.[6][2] But Mid-December 2011 Lytvyn stated that People's Party will participate in the 2012 parliamentary elections independently.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f (Ukrainian) Народна Партія, Database DATA
- ^ a b Regions Party and People's Party holding consultations on unification, Kyiv Post (September 29, 2011)
- ^ Bloc of Lytvyn faction renamed, Kyiv Post (November 19, 2010)
- ^ (Ukrainian) Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps by Ukrayinska Pravda (8 November 2010)
- ^ Azarov: We welcome other parties joining Regions Party, Kyiv Post (August 23, 2011)
- ^ Azarov: Regions Party teams up with Strong Ukraine, Kyiv Post (August 16, 2011)
- ^ (Ukrainian) Литвин поведе Народну партію на вибори саму, Ukrayinska Pravda (12 December 2011)
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