The People's Party () is a

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. It was previously named as the Agrarian Party of Ukraine ().Народна Партія
Database DATA The party is led by Volodymyr Lytvyn. In September 2011, he claimed that his party was only surpassed in membership by the

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and Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko.Regions Party and People's Party holding consultations on unification

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(September 29, 2011) The party won 2 seats in the

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in the

2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 28 October 2012.Parli ...

. The party did not take part in national elections since 2012.Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament
, Ukrainian Television and Radio (8 November 2014)
People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC

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(8 November 2014)
Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC

(8 November 2014)

History

During the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party gained 3,68% of the popular vote, the party won 2 ( single-mandate

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) seats. At the

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on 30 March 2002, the party was part of the For United Ukraine alliance. At the

on 26 March 2006 the party was part of the electoral Lytvyn's People's Bloc, which won 2.44% of the popular vote and no seats. In the

on 30 September 2007, the party was part of the Lytvyn Bloc alliance, that won 20 out of 450 seats. In November 2010 the Bloc of Lytvyn faction in the

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(Ukraine's parliament) was renamed People's Party faction. In the 2010 local elections the party won representative in 20 of the 24 regional parliaments, it did not win seats in the Supreme Council of Crimea. In August 2011 party leader Lytvyn stated that his People's Party will merge with fellow Ukrainian party

. Earlier that month Strong Ukraine had announced the same move. But Mid-December 2011 Lytvyn stated that People's Party will participate in the 2012 parliamentary elections independently.Литвин поведе Народну партію на вибори саму

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(12 December 2011) In these election the party did not run on the nationwide proportional party-list but it did win 2

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(it had competed in 58 constituencies), one won by Lytvyn and the other one by Serhiy Hrynyvetsky, and thus parliamentary representation.Proportional votes

,

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Hrynyvetsky joined the faction of

in December 2012, while Lytvyn did not join any faction. In the 2014 parliamentary election the party did not compete on the nationwide party list and also did not win a constituency seat and thus no parliamentary seats. Lytvyn was re-elected into parliament as an independent candidate in electoral district 65.Data on vote counting at percincts within single-mandate districts Extraordinary parliamentary election on 26.10.2014
,

Candidates and winners for the seat of the constituencies in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election
, RBK Ukraine Again the party did not take part in the

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. In this election Volodymyr Lytvyn lost his parliamentary seat after losing his constituency. In the 2020 Ukrainian local elections the party gained 13 deputies (0.03% of all available mandates).

Election results

References

External links

People's Party
{{Ukrainian Political Parties Agrarian parties in Ukraine Political parties established in 1996 1996 establishments in Ukraine