Republican Platform ( uk, Республіканська платформа) is a

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. It was the first registered

, created on November 5, 1990Українська республіканська партія „Собор“
Database DATA by the Ministry of Justice of

UkrSSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

. RP was founded earlier that year in place of the

Ukrainian Helsinki Group The Ukrainian Helsinki Group ( uk, Українська Гельсінська Група) was founded on November 9, 1976, as the "Ukrainian Public Group to Promote the Implementation of the Helsinki Accords on Human Rights" ( uk, Українс ...

in April 1990.

Previous names

*1990 – 2002: Ukrainian Republican party *2002 – 2011: Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor" ( uk, Українська республіканська партія „Собор“)Одна з партій НУНС перейменувалася та змінила голову

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(3 December 2011) *2011 – 2015: Ukrainian Platform "Sobor" *2015: Republican platform

History

November 1976 – Ukrainian community groups was established to promote the implementation of the Helsinki agreements. Almost all members of this

were subsequently repressed; four of them ( V. Stus, Yu. Lytvyn, O. Tykhyi, V. Marchenko) died in Soviet camps. March 1988 – Ukrainian Helsinki Union (UKhS) was formed. Since 1989, UKhS has moved to open propaganda activity, promoting the independence of Ukraine. April 29–30, 1990 – Ukrainian Republican Party (URP) was established in the place of the UKhS. The party was registered on November 5, 1990 by the Ministry of Justice of the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

as the first political party in Ukraine. A 1992 split in the party resulted in the creation of the rival

Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party The Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party ( uk, Українська консервативна республіканська партія) was a political party in Ukraine in 1992 to 2001. It was created after a split in the Ukrainian Republica ...

(UKRP) led by

Stepan Khmara Stepan ( uk, Степань; pl, Stepań; he, סטפאן) is an urban-type settlement in Sarny Raion (district) of Rivne Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its population was 4,073 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Current population: The ...

. In the 1994 parliamentary elections the URP core party obtained nine seats initially, adding three more by the end of the year. During the

1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 29 March 1998. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1976 The Communist Party of Ukraine remained the largest party in the Verkhovna Rada, winning 121 of the 445 ...

the party was part (together with

Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists The Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists ( uk, Конгрес українських націоналістів ''Konhres ukrayinskykh natsionalistiv'') is a far-right political party in Ukraine. It was founded on October 18, 1992, and registered wi ...

) of the Election Bloc "National Front" ( uk, Виборчий блок партій «Національний фронт») which won 2,71% of the national votes and 6 ( single-mandate

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, 2008, (page 353) In January 2001 the "National Front" parliamentary faction had grown to 17 deputies. After being part of the

National Salvation Committee The National Salvation Committee ( uk, Форум національного порятунку, Russian: Форум национального спасения) was a loose organization in opposition against Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma/(webs ...

About Tymoshenko
, Official website of

Yulia Tymoshenko Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko ( uk, Юлія Володимирівна Тимошенко, ; Hrihyan ();Europa World Year Book 2

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, 2004, , page 4295 the party became part of the

Yulia Tymoshenko Electoral Bloc The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc ( uk, Блок Юлії Тимошенко, БЮТ; Blok Yuliyi Tymoshenko, BYuT) was the name of the bloc of political parties in Ukraine led by Yulia Tymoshenko since 2001. In November 2011, the participation of blocs ...

alliance during the Ukrainian 2002 parliamentary elections.Виборчий блок політичних партій "Виборчий блок Юлії Тимошенко"

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 ...

(December 22, 2001)Вони – Блок Юлії Тимошенко

(January 25, 2002) On April 21, 2002 the party merged with the Ukrainian People's Party "Sobor" as the Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor".Злилися УРП і "Собор": Матвієнко – голова партії, Лук'яненко – голова ради старійшин

(April 21, 2002) On 15 October 2012 the party withdrew itself from the national list of the

2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election The Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2012 took place on 28 October 2012.constituencies An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...

(it had competed in 12 constituencies) and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.Proportional votes

,

In the

2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Snap elections to the Verkhovna Rada took place on 26 October 2014. Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine, had pressed for early parliamentary elections since his victory in the presidential election in May.Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament
,

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(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)

Local elections

2010

In the 2010 local elections the party won a few representatives in 3 regional parliaments, all in

Western Ukraine Western Ukraine or West Ukraine ( uk, Західна Україна, Zakhidna Ukraina or , ) is the territory of Ukraine linked to the former Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, which was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Austria ...

.Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps
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(November 8, 2010)

Elections

References

External links

Official site
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