For United Ukraine!

For United Ukraine! (Ukrainian: «За Єдину Україну!»; Za Yedynu Ukrayinu!) was a political alliance and an electoral bloc in Ukraine founded in December 2001 to participate in the parliamentary election in held on March 30, 2002.

Not to be confused with United Ukraine.
For United Ukraine!

За Єдину Україну!
LeaderVolodymyr Lytvyn[1]
FoundedDecember 15, 2001 (2001-12-15)
HeadquartersKyiv
IdeologyPro-Presidential
Pro-Kuchma
Regionalism
Russophilia
Parliamentarism
Political positionCentre
ColoursBlue
Website
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2002 parliamentary election

In the parliamentary election, the party was pro-presidential, supporting the incumbent President Leonid Kuchma. At the election, the alliance won 11.77%[2] of the popular vote and a total of 102 out of 450 seats. Final poll results had predicted 7-8% of the total votes.[3] The alliance received a lot of its electoral votes in Donetsk Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine.[4]

The alliance consisted of the 5 following members:[5][6]

Top-10 party list: Volodymyr Lytvyn (non-partisan), Anatoliy Kinakh (Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine), Kateryna Vashchuk (Agrarian Party of Ukraine), Volodymyr Boiko (Party of Regions), Viktor Skopenko (Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine), Valeriy Pustovoitenko (People's Democratic Party), Serhiy Tihipko (Labour Ukraine), Volodymyr Semynozhenko (Party of Regions), Mykhailo Hladiy (Agrarian Party of Ukraine), Heorhiy Kirpa (non-partisan).[11]

Party PR Constituency Total
seats		 +/–
Votes % Seats Seats
For United Ukraine (bloc)3,051,05612.23566101New
Party of Regions62531+29
Agrarian Party of Ukraine71522+20
Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine516New
People's Democratic Party71017-11
Labour Ukraine (Trudova Ukrayina)224New
unaffiliated81321-

Since the election

The electoral bloc disintegrated after the 2002 election in June.[12]

See also

References
  1. "Leaders of the "Za Yedynu Ukrayinu" bloc". Za Yediny Ukrayinu! (in Ukrainian). 2002-11-24. Archived from the original on 2004-12-08. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
  2. (in Ukrainian) Політична партія „Трудова Україна“, Database DATA
  3. Ukraine's election frontrunners, BBC News (28 March 2002)
  4. State Building in Ukraine: The Ukrainian parliament, 1990-2003 (BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies) by Sarah Whitmore, Routledge, 2004, ISBN 0415331951/ISBN 978-0415331951
  5. Communist and Post-Communist Parties in Europe, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2008, ISBN 3-525-36912-3 (page 391)
  6. (in Ukrainian) 2002 Виборчий блок політичних партій "За Єдину Україну!", Database DATA
  7. "Official informational server". Party of Regions. Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
  8. "Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine (PIEU)". Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2008-02-24.
  9. "Official website of the People's Democratic Party". People's Democratic Party (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 1998-11-11. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
  10. "Informational portal TRUD.org.ua (now defunct)". Labour Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 2006-06-12. Archived from the original on 2006-06-12. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
  11. Meet the "Eda" faction. 150 deputies (Знакомьтесь, фракция "еды". 150 депутатов). Ukrayinska Pravda. 4 April 2002
  12. Democratic Breakthroughs and Revolutions in Five Post-Communist Countries: Comparative Perspectives on the Fourth Wave Archived 2012-10-04 at the Wayback Machine by Taras Kuzio, University of Toronto
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