The Ukrainian People's Party ( uk, Українська Народна Партія; ) is a
political party
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in
Ukraine
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Viktor Yushchenko Bloc Our Ukraine
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In January 2003 it changed the name to ''"Ukrainian People's Party"'' to avoid being confused with
People's Movement of Ukraine
The People's Movement of Ukraine ( uk, Народний Рух України, Narodnyi Rukh Ukrayiny) is a Ukrainian political party and first opposition party in Soviet Ukraine. Often it is simply referred to as the Movement ( uk, Рух, Rukh ...
Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch
The Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch, ( uk, Український Народний Блок Костенка і Плюща, translit=Ukraïnskyj narodnyj blok Kostenka i Pljušča) is a defunct political alliance in Ukraine led b ...
.
In the
parliamentary elections
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Ukrayinska Pravda
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(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
The Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2012 took place on 28 October 2012.Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists
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; this list won 1.11% of the national votes and no
constituencies
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Central Election Commission of Ukraine
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The party itself had competed in 34 constituencies and lost in all.
The party congress approved a merge with
People's Movement of Ukraine
The People's Movement of Ukraine ( uk, Народний Рух України, Narodnyi Rukh Ukrayiny) is a Ukrainian political party and first opposition party in Soviet Ukraine. Often it is simply referred to as the Movement ( uk, Рух, Rukh ...
Ukrainian News Agency
The Ukrainian News Agency ( uk, Інформаційне агентство "Українські Новини"; ''Informatsiyne ahentstvo "Ukrayins'ki Novyny"'') is a Kyiv-based Ukrainian news agency. It produces and provides political, business ...
(19 May 2013) However, a section of the party did not merge and continued the parties activities under the leadership of
Oleksandr Ivanovych Klymenko
Oleksandr Ivanovych Klymenko ( uk, Олександр Іванович Клименко; born April 14, 1965 in Marinka, Donetsk Oblast) is a Ukrainian politician, entrepreneur. From late 2013 until 2021, he was a leader of the Ukrainian People' ...
Ukrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukraini ...
Ukrainian Television and Radio
UTR ( uk, Українське телебачення і радіомовлення; Ukrayins'ke telebachennya i radiomovlennya) is the Ukrainian state owned TV channel targeting a foreign Ukrainian-speaking audience. Programming is provided with ...
Interfax-Ukraine
The Interfax-Ukraine ( uk, Інтерфакс-Україна) is a Kyiv-based Ukraine, Ukrainian independent news agency founded in 1992. The company does not belong to the Russian news corporation Interfax Information Services. The company pub ...
Interfax-Ukraine
The Interfax-Ukraine ( uk, Інтерфакс-Україна) is a Kyiv-based Ukraine, Ukrainian independent news agency founded in 1992. The company does not belong to the Russian news corporation Interfax Information Services. The company pub ...
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 ...
In the 2020 Ukrainian local elections, the party saw a total of 30 members elected to any level of political office across Ukraine.
In 2021, Yuri Kostenko was reelected as party leader.
Results
Image:Власть украинцам.jpg, Poster of the party reads: "''Power to Ukrainians! We are Ukrainians! This is our land!''"
Image:Блок Костенка і Плюща 2006.png, Results of the 2006 elections