Party of Free Democrats
The Party of Free Democrats (Ukrainian: Партія Вільних Демократів) is a political party in Ukraine led by Mykhaylo Brodskyy.[1] It was registered in November 1999 as Yabluko (Ukrainian: Яблуко; Apple).[2] The party has about 1,000 members.[3]
History
Mykhaylo Brodskyy (a member of the Hromada faction) formed a 14-member "Yabluko" faction in the Ukrainian Parliament mid-September 2000.[4]
At the parliamentary elections on 30 March 2002, the party won 1.2% of the popular vote and no seats (as Yabluko).[2]
In March 2005, the party was self-liquidated and merged into Fatherland Party (Batkivschuna) led by Yulia Tymoshenko.[5] But in March 2007 Mykhaylo Brodskyy announced the renewal of the party; renaming it Party of Free Democrats.[5]
On 30 September 2007, elections, the party failed again to win parliamentary representation.[2]
The party nominated Brodskyy as its candidate for President of Ukraine in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential elections late October 2009.[1][6]
During the 2010 Ukrainian local elections, the party won representatives in municipalities and did particularly well in Cherkasy.[7]
In the 2010 local elections, the party won 1 representative in the regional parliaments of the Cherkasy Oblast and 14 seats in the city council of Cherkasy.[8]
In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party competed in/for 1 constituency (seat);[9] but it lost in it and thus missed parliamentary representation.[10]
The party did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[11]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Leader Of Free Democrats Party Brodskyi Applies To CEC To Register Him Candidate For President". Ukrainian News. UkraNews. Archived from the original on 31 October 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
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- ^ The Sad End of the Orange Revolution, Der Spiegel (14 January 2010)
- ^ Ukrainian parliament: sketching a political portrait, Center for Policy Studies (25 September 2000)
- ^ a b Template:Uk icon Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина" All-Ukrainian Union Batkivshchyna, RBC Ukraine
- ^ "CEC registered two more candidates for the President UKRAINE". Central Election Commission of Ukraine. Central Election Commission of Ukraine. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
- ^ Template:Uk icon Сергій Одарич формуватиме більшість у міськраді Черкас, Cherkasy city council website (8 November 2010)
- ^ Template:Uk icon Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps by Ukrayinska Pravda (8 November 2010)
- ^ Template:Uk icon Candidates, RBC Ukraine
- ^ Party of Regions gets 185 seats in Ukrainian parliament, Batkivschyna 101 - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (12 November 2012)
- ^ Alphabetical Index of parties in 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Central Election Commission of Ukraine