Lytvyn Bloc
Template:Infobox Ukrainian Political Party The Lytvyn Bloc, formerly Lytvyn's People's Bloc, (Ukrainian: Блок Литвина, formerly Народний блок Литвина; (Narodnyi) Blok Lytvyna) is a centrist[1] political alliance in Ukraine led by Volodymyr Lytvyn.
History
Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006
During the 2006 parliamentary elections, the bloc was known as Lytvyn's People's Bloc and consisted of:
- People's Party (Narodna Partiya)
- Party of All-Ukrainian Union of the Left "Justice" (Partiya Vseukrayinskoho Obyednannya Livikh "Spravedlivist'")
- Ukrainian Peasant Democratic Party (Ukrayinska Selyanska Demokratychna Partiya)
The bloc had been organized for participation in the 2006 parliamentary election. The electoral bloc's list was headed by:
# | Name | Prior Position |
---|---|---|
1 | Volodymyr Lytvyn | Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada |
2 | Sofia Rotaru | Singer |
3 | Leonid Kadenyuk | Astronaut |
4 | Valeriy Smoliy | Head of the Institite of History of Ukraine |
5 | Vasyl Maliarenko | Head of the Supreme Court of Ukraine |
In the election, which took place on 26 March 2006, the bloc won 2.44% of the popular vote and no seat in the Verkhovna Rada, which was one of the main surprises of the election.
Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007
In the early parliamentary election held on September 30, 2007, the Lytvyn Bloc consisted of
The bloc placed in fifth place, after the Communist Party and Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc.[2] It won 20 out of 450 seats.
References
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