All-Ukrainian Association "Community" ( uk, Всеукраїнське об'єднання «Громада», translit=Vseukrayins'ke ob'iednannia «Hromada»), often simply known as Hromada, is a

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political party registered in March 1994 and reregistered in March 2005. The party leader's was formerly

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Pavlo Lazarenko Pavlo Ivanovych Lazarenko ( uk, Павло Іванович Лазаренко; born 23 January 1953) is a Ukrainian former politician, convicted criminal, and international fugitive who served as Prime Minister of Ukraine from 1996 to 1997. Bo ...

.Політична партія Всеукраїнське об'єднання „Громада“
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from 1998 to 2002. Since then, it has unsuccessfully participated in national elections. It has not participated in national elections since the

2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election The Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2012 took place on 28 October 2012.

History

In 1994, Hromada was created by

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and

. During the 1998 elections the party won 24 seats in the

, mainly because of its good results in the

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. The party won 4.7% of the vote and 26 seats in the Verkhovna Rada, 16 proportional and 8 individual. When Lazarenko fled to the

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in the spring of 1999 to avoid investigations for embezzlement,A CABINET OF REFORMS?

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(January 12, 2000) various faction members left the party to join other parliamentary factions, including Lazarenko's close ally and future

Yulia Tymoshenko Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko ( uk, Юлія Володимирівна Тимошенко, ; Hrihyan ();Batkivshchyna The All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" ( uk, Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина", translit=Vseukrains'ke obiednannia "Bat'kivshchyna") referred to as Batkivshchyna (), is a political party in Ukraine led by Peo ...

faction. The Hromada faction was disbanded in the Verkhovna Rada on 29 February 2000 because it was unable to meet the minimum requirement of fourteen members. The party did not participate in the 2002 elections.

Lazarenko Bloc

In the

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, Hromada participated in the "Lazarenko Bloc" ( uk, Блок Лазаренка), which consisted of Hromada, the Social Democratic Union, and the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine, but this bloc was supported by only 76,950 voters, or 0.30%, and therefore did not make it to parliament. But the block reached third place in the

council elections of 2006.

's brother, Ivan Lazarenko, is vice-chairman of

council and the party itself governed the city in an alliance with the

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.Hometown might not vote for Tymoshenko

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(December 11, 2009) In the

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the party did not take part because the

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refused to register candidates of Hromada as candidates because Hromada did not notify the Central Election Commission of the right date of its congress.Украинский политический фарс заставляет Лазаренко прощать обиды
, ЛІГА.net (September 10, 2007) The party planned to participate in the elections (again) in an

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with the Social Democratic Union. Social Democratic Union did not participate in the 2007 election either.

Since 2007

During the

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.Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps
by

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(November 8, 2010) In the

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city council, however, the party lost all its seats. In the

2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election The Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2012 took place on 28 October 2012.Proportional votes

,

The

had refused Pavlo Lazarenko's registration for this election.Central Election Commission registers Hromada party ticket without Lazarenko

(15 August 2012)
Lazarenko brothers lead Hromada list of candidates for deputies

(6 August 2012) The party did participate in the

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.Alphabetical Index of parties in 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election
,

Election results

References

External links

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