The Liberal Democratic Party of Ukraine ( uk, Ліберально-демократична партія України, Liberalno-demokratychna partiya Ukrayiny) is a
political party
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in
Ukraine
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Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union
The Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union (LDPSU; russian: Либерально-демократическая партия Советского Союза (ЛДПСС), Liberal'no-demokraticheskaya partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza (LDPSS)) was a ...
and was based on the ''People's Union in Support of Reforms'' (
Perestroika
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). In fall of 1990, it split, and its Kiev branch (Kiev Liberal Democratic Union) later joined the
Party of Democratic Revival of Ukraine
Party of Democratic Revival of Ukraine (PDVU) was a political party in 1990-96 that was created as an offshoot of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In 1996 along with number of other parties, it merged into the People's Democratic Party.
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Team of Winter Generation
The Team of Winter Generation ( uk, Команда Озимого Покоління; ''Komanda Ozimogo Pokolinnja'') was an electoral alliance in Ukraine.
At the parliamentary elections on 30 March 2002, the alliance won 2.0% of the popular vote a ...
alliance. Both alliances won a marginal number of votes and no seats. On 3 March 2006, the party announced at its website that it will not take part in the
parliamentary elections
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on 26 March 2006 because of "regional egoism". The party did not participate in the Ukrainian parliamentary elections of
2006
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and
2007
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. In the
2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election
The Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2012 took place on 28 October 2012.constituency
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(seat), but it did not won this constituency and thus missed parliamentary representation. The party did not participate in the
Central Election Commission of Ukraine
The Central Election Commission of Ukraine ( uk, Центральна виборча комісія України, commonly abbreviated in Ukrainian as ЦВК (''Tse-Ve-Ka''); sometimes referred to as the Central Electoral Commission of Ukrai ...
See also
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Contributions to liberal theory
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Liberal democracy
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Liberalism in Ukraine
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Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
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, Russian branch of the former
Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union
The Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union (LDPSU; russian: Либерально-демократическая партия Советского Союза (ЛДПСС), Liberal'no-demokraticheskaya partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza (LDPSS)) was a ...