Ukrainian People's Party

Ukrainian People's Party
Українська Народна Партія
LeaderYuri Kostenko[1]
Deputy LeadersOlha Davyd
Oleksii Miroshnychenko
Founded12 July 1999 (1999-31-12)
Split fromPeople's Movement of Ukraine
HeadquartersMechnykova 3, Kyiv
Youth wingUkrainian People's Youth
IdeologyChristian democracy
Ukrainian nationalism
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre-right[2]
Colours  Blue
  Yellow
Verkhovna Rada
0 / 450
Regions[3]
19 / 43,122
Website
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The Ukrainian People's Party (Ukrainian: Українська Народна Партія; Ukrains'ka Narodna Partiya) is a centre-right political party in Ukraine, registered on Old Year's Day in 1999, and known until 2003 as the Ukrainian People's Movement (Ukrainian: Український Народний Рух; Ukrajins'kyi Narodnyj Rukh).[4]

History

The party was founded as a merger of separate local branches of the People's Movement of Ukraine.

In the legislative elections in Ukraine, 30 March 2002, the Ukrainian National Movement was part of the Viktor Yushchenko Bloc Our Ukraine.[4]

In January 2003 it changed the name to Ukrainian People's Party to avoid being confused with People's Movement of Ukraine, out of which it was originally split. Later that year, UNP on its first party congress under the new name, endorsed Viktor Yushchenko for the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election.

In the legislative elections in Ukraine, 26 March 2006, the party was part of the Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch, which has not crossed the 3% threshold in that election, and would later be dissolved.[4]

In the parliamentary elections on 30 September 2007, the party was part of the Our Ukraine alliance, that won 72 out of 450 seats.[4]

In the 2010 local elections the party won a few representative in regional parliaments.[5]

The party announced it will be merged into Our Ukraine in December 2011.[6] This process started mid-December 2011.[6] It was the plan that the parties would be unificated in February 2012.[6] But by February 2013 Ukrainian People's Party was still an independent party.[7]

The party competed on one single party under "umbrella" party Our Ukraine in the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election, together with Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists; this list won 1.11% of the national votes and no constituencies and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.[8][9] The party itself had competed in 34 constituencies and lost in all.[10][11]

The party congress approved a merge with People's Movement of Ukraine in May 2013.[12] However, a section of the party did not merge and continued the parties activities under the leadership of Oleksandr Ivanovych Klymenko.[13][14]

In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election the participated in 8 constituencies; but its candidates lost in all of them and thus the party won no parliamentary seats.[15][16]

In the 2020 Ukrainian local elections, the party saw a total of 30 members elected to any level of political office across Ukraine.[3]

In June 2021, Yuri Kostenko was reelected as party leader.[1]

Leadership

Date Party leader
1999–2013 Yuri Kostenko
2013–2021 Oleksandr Klymenko
2021–present Yuri Kostenko

Results

Verkhovna Rada

Year Votes % Position Seats won +/- Government
2002 With Our Ukraine Bloc 1st
11 / 450
[a] 		Opposition (2002–2005)
Coalition government (2005)
Coalition government (2005–2006)
2006 With Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch Decrease8th
0 / 450
 Decrease11 Extra-parliamentary
2007 With Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc Increase3rd
5 / 450
[b] 		Increase5 Coalition government (2007–2010)
Opposition (2010–2012)
2012 Did not participate in the election[c]
0 / 450
 Decrease 5 Extra-parliamentary
2014 Did not participate in the election[d]
0 / 450
 Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
2019 Did not participate in the election
0 / 450
 Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
  • Poster of the party reads: "Power to Ukrainians! We are Ukrainians! This is our land!" Lviv, 2007
    Poster of the party reads: "Power to Ukrainians! We are Ukrainians! This is our land!" Lviv, 2007
  • Results of the 2006 elections
    Results of the 2006 elections
  • Former logo of the party (2012–2021)
    Former logo of the party (2012–2021)

Notes

  1. ^ UNR seats within the Our Ukraine Bloc total.
  2. ^ UNP seats within the Our Ukraine Bloc total.
  3. ^ However, UNP did nominate 34 candidates in single-mandate constituencies.
  4. ^ However, UNP did nominate 8 candidates in single-mandate constituencies.

References

  1. ^ a b "Yuri Kostenko – the leader of the Ukrainian People's Party". www.unp.ua (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian People's Party. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  2. ^ Haran, Olexiy; Burkovsky, Petro (2009), "In the Aftermath of the Revolution: From Orange Victory to Sharing Power with Opponents", Ukraine on Its Meandering Path Between East and West, Peter Lang, p. 86
  3. ^ a b "Results of the 2020 local elections by party" (in Ukrainian). Central Election Commission of Ukraine. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d (in Ukrainian) Українська Народна Партія, Database DATA
  5. ^ (in Ukrainian) Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps by Ukrayinska Pravda (November 8, 2010)
  6. ^ a b c (in Ukrainian) "Наша Україна" й УНП почали об’єднання з Дніпропетровська, Ukrayinska Pravda (18 December 2011)
  7. ^ (in Ukrainian) УНП висунула кандидата до Полтавської обласної ради UNP candidate nominated to the Poltava Regional Council, Poltava-Info (11 February 2013)
  8. ^ (in Ukrainian) Proportional votes Archived 2012-10-30 at the Wayback Machine & Constituency seats Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  9. ^ "НУ, УНП и КУН объединились в "Союз патриотических сил" для участия в выборах". 31 July 2012.
  10. ^ (in Ukrainian) Candidates, RBC Ukraine
  11. ^ Party of Regions gets 185 seats in Ukrainian parliament, Batkivschyna 101 - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (12 November 2012)
  12. ^ Ukrainian People's Party, People's Movement Of Ukraine Decide Unite Into Rukh, Elect Kuibida Its Leader, Ukrainian News Agency (19 May 2013)
  13. ^ (in Ukrainian) Events March 29 : congresses held parties nominated presidential candidates, The Ukrainian Week (30 March 2014)
  14. ^ (in Ukrainian) UNP shrouded in smoke bombs changed the leader in "Donetskogo", Ukrayinska Pravda (5 October 2013)
  15. ^ Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament Archived 2014-11-10 at the Wayback Machine, 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)
  16. ^ Political parties in the electoral process in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Central Election Commission of Ukraine