Unity Party (South Ossetia)

The Unity Party (Ossetian: Иудзинад, Georgian: ერთიანობის, Russian: Единство; officially, the South Ossetian Republican Political Party "Unity") is a major political party with a socially conservative ideology in South Ossetia, a partially recognized Caucasian republic, considered by most countries to be a part of Georgia. The Unity Party, founded in 2003, supported former President Eduard Kokoity, and was for a decade the largest political party in South Ossetia. After the 2009 elections, the party held 17 out of 34 seats in South Ossetia's parliament. It is modeled after and is closely linked to the United Russia party, with which it has signed an inter-party cooperation agreement.[1] The party is a winner of the 2004 and 2009 parliamentary elections.

Unity Party

Иудзинад
LeaderZurab Kokoyev
Founded2003
IdeologySocial conservatism
Political positionCentre

It is currently led by Zurab Kokoyev.

Election results

Parliament
YearVotesSeatsGovernment
200454.6%20Majority
200946.3%17Majority
20146.0%0Extra-parliamentary
20192.9%0Extra-parliamentary

Legislative Elections
Parliament of South Ossetia
Election year # of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/– Leader
2004 (#1) 54.6
20 / 34
Zurab Kokoyev
2009 21,246 (#1) 46.32
17 / 34
Zurab Kokoyev
2014 1,219 (#6) 6.02
0 / 34
17
Zurab Kokoyev
2019 630 (#7) 2.83
0 / 34
Zurab Kokoyev

See also

References
  1. Соглашение о межпартийном сотрудничестве между партией «Единая Россия» и Югоосетинской партией «Единство» (in Russian). OSInform News Agency. 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
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