People's Party (Ukraine)
People's Party | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Volodymyr Lytvyn |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Ideology | Agrarianism,[1] Centrism[1] |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Blue |
| Verkhovna Rada | 0 / 450 |
| Regions (2010) | 136 / 3,056 [2] |
| Website | |
| narodna.org.ua | |
The People's Party (Template:Lang-ua; Narodna Partiya) is a political party in Ukraine. It was previously named as the Party of Ukraine (Template:Lang-ua).[3] The party is led by Volodymyr Lytvyn.[3] In September 2011 he claimed that his party was only surpassed in membership by the Party of Regions and Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko.[4]
The party won 2 seats in the Ukrainian parliament in the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[5] In the 2014 parliamentary election the party won no parliamentary seats.[6][7]
History
During the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 1998 the party gained 3,68% of the popular vote,[3] 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.[3] 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.[3] In the parliamentary elections on 30 September 2007, the party was part of the Lytvyn Bloc alliance,[3] 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.[8]
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.[9]
In August 2011 party leader Lytvyn stated that his People's Party will merge with fellow Ukrainian party Party of Regions.[10] Earlier that month Strong Ukraine had announced the same move.[4][11] But Mid-December 2011 Lytvyn stated that People's Party will participate in the 2012 parliamentary elections independently.[12] In these election the party did not run on the nationwide proportional party-list but it did win 2 constituencies (it had competed in 58 constituencies[13]), one won by Lytvyn and the other one by Serhiy Hrynyvetsky,[14] and thus parliamentary representation.[15] Hrynyvetsky joined the faction of Party of Regions in December 2012, while Lytvyn did not join any faction.[16]
In the 2014 parliamentary election the party did not compete on the nationwide party list and also did not win a constituency seat and thus no parliamentary seats.[6] [7] Lytvyn was re-elected into parliament as an independent candidate in elctorial district 65.[17]
Election results
| Year | Popular vote | % of popular vote | Overall seats won | Seat change | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 978,330 | 3.8% | 2 / 450
|
 2
|
support |
| 2002 | For United Ukraine bloc | 22 / 450
|
20
|
coalition government | |
| 2006 | Lytvyn Bloc | 0 / 450
|
 22
|
N/A | |
| 2007 | Lytvyn Bloc | 20 / 450
|
20
|
opposition | |
| 2012 | 2 / 450
|
18
|
support | ||
References
- ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram, "Ukraine", Parties and Elections in Europe, retrieved 5 November 2012
- ^ Template:Uk icon Results of elections, Central Election Commission
- ^ a b c d e f Template:Uk icon Народна Партія, Database DATA
- ^ a b Regions Party and People's Party holding consultations on unification, Kyiv Post (September 29, 2011)
- ^ Party of Regions gets 185 seats in Ukrainian parliament, Batkivschyna 101 - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (12 November 2012)
- ^ a b Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament, Ukrainian Television and Radio (8 November 2014)
People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014) - ^ a b Olszański, Tadeusz A. (16 October 2014), Before the parliamentary elections in Ukraine, OSW—Centre for Eastern Studies
- ^ Bloc of Lytvyn faction renamed, Kyiv Post (November 19, 2010)
- ^ Template:Uk icon 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)
- ^ Template:Uk icon Литвин поведе Народну партію на вибори саму, Ukrayinska Pravda (12 December 2011)
- ^ Template:Uk icon Candidates, RBC Ukraine
- ^ Results of the vote count, Kyiv Post (9 November 2012)
- ^ Template:Uk icon Proportional votes & Constituency seats, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
- ^ Template:Uk icon National deputies of Ukraine, Verkhovna Rada
- ^ Data on vote counting at percincts within single-mandate districts Extraordinary parliamentary election on 26.10.2014, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
Template:Uk icon Candidates and winners for the seat of the constituencies in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, RBK Ukraine