Ukrainian People's Party

The Ukrainian People's Party (; ) 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 (; ).Українська Народна Партія
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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.

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.

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

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

The party announced it will be merged into Our Ukraine in December 2011. This process started mid-December 2011."Наша Україна" й УНП почали об’єднання з Дніпропетровська
Ukrayinska Pravda (18 December 2011) It was the plan that the parties would be unificated in February 2012. But by February 2013 Ukrainian People's Party was still an independent party.

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.Proportional votes


, Central Election Commission of Ukraine The party itself had competed in 34 constituencies and lost in all.

The party congress approved a merge with People's Movement of Ukraine in May 2013.Ukrainian People's Party, People's Movement Of Ukraine Decide Unite Into Rukh, Elect Kuibida Its Leader
Ukrainian News Agency (19 May 2013) However, a section of the party did not merge and continued the parties activities under the leadership of Oleksandr Ivanovych Klymenko.UNP shrouded in smoke bombs changed the leader in "Donetskogo"
Ukrayinska Pravda (5 October 2013)

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.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
Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC
Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)Political parties in the electoral process in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election
Central Election Commission of Ukraine

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

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

Leadership

Results

Verkhovna Rada

Gallery

Image:Власть украинцам.jpg, Poster of the party reads: "''Power to Ukrainians! We are Ukrainians! This is our land!''" Lviv, 2007
Image:Блок Костенка і Плюща 2006.png, Results of the 2006 elections
Image: Ukrainian People's Party logo.jpg, Former logo of the party (2012–2021)

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References

External links

Ukrainian People's Party
official site

Narodne Slovo
party newspaper

{{Kyiv local political parties

1999 establishments in Ukraine
Conservative parties in Ukraine
National conservative parties
Nationalist parties in Ukraine
Political parties established in 1999
Pro-European political parties in Ukraine
Socially conservative parties