Vitali Klitschko Bloc
The Vitali Klitschko Bloc (Ukrainian: Блок Віталія Кличка, Russian: Блок Виталия Кличко) were two local political coalitions in the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv who contended in two local elections there.
History[edit]
2006 Kyiv local election[edit]
On 10 December 2005 the parties PORA and Reforms and Order Party agreed to create a bloc "Civic party" PORA-ROP " that would contend in the March 26, 2006 Kyiv City Council elections.[1] The bloc was led by Vitali Klitschko who was at the time a Ukrainian professional boxer and (then the) current WBC heavyweight champion.[1] This union was named the Bloc Vitali Klitschko "PORA-ROP" which won 14 seats in the 2006 election.[1] Klitschko thus became a deputy of the Kyiv City Council in April 2006[2] The bloc felt apart very soon after the election.[1] During the simultaneous elections for Mayor of Kyiv, Klitschko received 26 percent of votes.[citation needed]
2008 Kyiv local election[edit]
During the 2008 Kyiv local election the Vitali Klitschko Bloc was a combination of the parties People's Movement of Ukraine, Political Party "European Capital" and "Ukrainian Social Democrats" and it won 10.61% of the votes and 15 seats in the Kyiv City Council.[3] During the simultaneously held elections for Mayor of Kyiv Klitschko received 17.9 percent of votes.[4]
14 October 2008 Vitali Klitschko announced that participation of his bloc in the then expected to be held 2008 Ukrainian parliamentary election was possible.[5] He added that a decision on the participation in the race would be definitely taken by the entire political team making up the Bloc of Klitschko, not by him personally.[6] A possible candidate to run with the Vitali Klitschko Bloc in an electoral bloc was the European Party of Ukraine.[6][7] But the next Ukrainian parliamentary election was held in 2012.[8]
Vitali Klitschko Bloc:
- People's Movement of Ukraine
- European capital
- Ukrainian social-democrats
The party Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform was founded on April 24, 2010, on the basis of the Vitali Klitschko Bloc.[9][10] This party did participate and won 40 seats in the Ukrainian parliament in the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[11]
Election results[edit]
Kyiv City Council[edit]
| Year | Popular vote | Percentage | Overall seats | Change | Government | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 8.51 | 14 / 120
|
 14
|
Opposition | as Vitali Klitschko Bloc "PORA-ROP" | |
| 2008 | 122,243 | 10.61 | 15 / 120
|
1
|
Opposition | as Vitali Klitschko Bloc |
Verkhovna Rada[edit]
| Year | Popular vote | Percentage | Overall seats | Change | Government | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 373,478 | 1.47 | 0 / 450
|
|
as Civil Bloc "PORA-PRP" |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d (in Ukrainian) Каськів вирішив, що Кличко одноразовий by Ukrayinska Pravda (April 17, 2006)
- ^ Biography Vitali Klitschko, official party website
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Офіційне повідомлення Київської міської територіальної виборчої комісії про результати голосування, список обраних депутатів Київської міської ради Archived 2011-11-24 at the Wayback Machine by Kyiv City Council
- ^ Liang, Yan (May 29, 2008). "Ukraine's Kiev mayor wins re-election". www.chinaview.cn. Xinhua. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ Boxer Klitschko to fight Ukraine's parliamentary polls, UNIAN (14 October 2008)
- ^ a b Klychko Says Participation Of His Bloc In Early Rada Elections Possible, Ukrainian News Agency (October 15, 2008)
- ^ Official website news Archived 2012-07-15 at archive.today, European Party of Ukraine (13 October 2008)
- ^ Wilson, Andrew (2015). The Ukrainians: Unexpected Nation (page xviii) (4th ed.). New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-300-21725-4.
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Віталій Кличко очолив політичну партію «УДАР» (фото), Vitali Klitschko Bloc (April 24, 2010)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Сформовано політичну раду всеукраїнської партії «УДАР», Vitali Klitschko Bloc (April 24, 2010)
- ^ Party of Regions gets 185 seats in Ukrainian parliament, Batkivschyna 101 - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (12 November 2012)