Unity of Oleksandr Omelchenko ( uk, Єдність Олександра Омельченка), prior to 2020 Unity ( uk, Єдність) is a political party in
Ukraine
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created in 1999 as a protest party.
The party was led by the former
mayor of Kyiv
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Oleksandr Omelchenko
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Omelchenko ( uk, Олександр Олександрович Омельченко; 9 August 1938 – 25 November 2021) was a Ukrainian politician who served as mayor of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, first elected in 1 ...
although in early 2008, he temporally halted his party membership in favor of a membership of
Our Ukraine-Peoples Self Defence
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.
[Ukrainian Ministry of Justice](_blank)
Omelchenko died on November 25, 2021.
Interfax-Ukraine
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(November 25, 2021)
Prior to the
2020 Kyiv local election the party changed its name to its current name.
In this election the party was the third most popular party of
Kyiv
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, winning 14 seats.
History
The party (then called) Unity supported
Yevhen Marchuk
Yevhen Kyrylovych Marchuk ( uk, Євге́н Кири́лович Марчу́к; 28 January 1941 – 5 August 2021) was a Ukrainian politician, intelligence officer, and general who served as the fourth Prime Minister of Ukraine after its indep ...
in the
1999 Ukrainian presidential election.
Marchuk took only the 5th place out of 13, while gaining 8.13% of the vote in the first round.
In 2001 a parliamentary faction called "Unity" was formed in the
Verkhovna Rada
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(Ukraine's parliament), which included 21 MPs.
Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002
At the 2002 legislative
elections
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative ...
, it was part of an alliance (also called Unity) that won 1.1% of the popular vote and 4 out of 450 seats.
The alliance consisted of:
*Unity
*
Social Democratic Union (''Social-Demokratyčnyj Sojuz'')
*Young Ukraine (''Moloda Ukrajina'')
*
Ukrainian Party of Justice
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...
– Union of Veterans, Handicapped, Chornobilians, Afghans (''Ukrajins'ka Partija Spravedlivosti – Sojuz Veteraniv, Invalidiv, Čornobil'civ, Afganciv'')
Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006
During the
2006 parliamentary elections the party was part of an
electoral alliance
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led by
Yevhen Marchuk
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[official site news December 16, 2005](_blank)
(Electoral Bloc "Yevhen Marchuk – "Unity") which didn't make it into parliament winning only 0.06% of the votes.
The alliance consisted of:
*Unity
*Party of Freedom
*Party "
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The party was created in base of the public organization "All-Ukrainian Female Union Solidarity" that existed since 1994. Solidarity of Women of ...
"
Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007
The party did not run during the
2007 elections
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Africa
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but advised its voters to vote for
Forward, Ukraine!
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or
Peoples Self-defence.
Since 2010, transformation into a local party
In the
2010 local elections Unity won 22 representatives in the
Vinnytsia Oblast Council
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Council members are elected for five year terms. In order to ...
(regional parliaments of
Vinnytsia Oblast
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).
[Results of 2010 local elections]
Central Election Commission of Ukraine
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During the
2014 Kyiv local election Unity won 3.3% of the votes and 2 seats in the
Kyiv City Council
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; including a seat for Omelchenko. 15 deputies of the party were elected to the Kyiv City Council in the
2015 Kyiv local election.
[Transformation of the Unity Party into the Unity of Oleksandr Omelchenko]
Civil movement "Chesno"
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(September 29, 2020) In other Ukrainian city councils across the country Unity gained 28 seats in the
2015 Ukrainian local elections.
In the
2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election
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Unity nominated three candidates, all in constituencies located in Kyiv.
None won a parliamentary seat.
Omelchenko took the 5th place in his constituency, gaining a little more than 8%.
Prior to the
2020 Kyiv local election the party changed its name to Unity of Oleksandr Omelchenko.
[Oleksandr Omelchenko's Unity has announced the lists of candidates for the Kyiv City Council]
Civil movement "Chesno"
Chesno ( uk, Чесно, lit=honestly, fairly) is a Ukrainian public campaign that emerged late 2011 to advance a fair election process. It is widely known for its critical analysis and evaluation of politicians and the Verkhovna Rada (parliame ...
(September 21, 2020)Rada appoints next elections to local self-govt bodies for Oct 25
Interfax-Ukraine
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(July 15, 2020) In this election the party won 14 seats, and took third place.[Results of the 2020 elections of the Kyiv City Council](_blank)
Central Election Commission of Ukraine
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Omelchenko again was a member of the Kyiv City Council, until he died on November 25, 2021.[
]
Election results
Verkhovna Rada
Kyiv City Council
References
External links
Official web site
– ''expired''
{{Kyiv local political parties
Political parties in Ukraine