Our Land ( uk, Наш край, translit=Nash krai) is a political party in Ukraine, founded on 23 August 2011, under the name "Bloc Party". In 2014, it was renamed as "Our Land". In the October 2015 Ukrainian local elections the party was one of the winners.Poroshenko Bloc, Batkivschyna, Nash Kray get largest number of seats in local councils – Ukrainian Voters Committee
Interfax-Ukraine (12 November 2015) Our Land took third place with 4,375 seats and 156 seats as mayors, heads of towns and villages. In the 2020 Ukrainian local elections the party gained 1,694 seats.

History

The party was established/registered on 23 August 2011 as "Block Party".Party "Our Land" decided to participate in the local elections in Ukraine

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(23 October 2015) The party did not participate in the

2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election The Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2012 took place on 28 October 2012.2014 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. By the summer of 2015 the majority of representatives of the party changed dramatically, encompassing individuals who still in 2014 were members of the

Party of Regions The Party of Regions ( uk, Партія регіонів, Partiia rehioniv, ; russian: Партия регионов, Partiya regionov) was a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine formed in late 1997 that then grew to be the biggest party of U ...

."Revival" "our land": Who picks up the legacy of "regionals"

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(16 September 2015) "Our Land" claimed in September 2015 that 62 mayors had joined the party, including the mayors of

Mykolaiv Mykolaiv ( uk, Миколаїв, ) is a city and municipality in Southern Ukraine, the administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv city, which provides Ukraine with access to the Black Sea, is the location of the most downriver brid ...

Chernihiv Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within ...

and

Mariupol Mariupol (, ; uk, Маріу́поль ; russian: Мариу́поль) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast ( Pryazovia) of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Prior to the 2022 Russia ...

. Another known member of the party is member of the

Ukrainian parliament The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

(for

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Oleksandr Feldman Olexandr Borisovich Feldman ( uk, Олександр Борисович Фельдман) (born January 6, 1960, Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian politician and public figure of Jewish origin, People's Deputy of Ukraine (since 2002), businessman, multi-mil ...

, who joined the party in August 2015. In the

2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Snap elections to the Ukrainian parliament were held on 21 July 2019. Originally scheduled to be held at the end of October, these elections were brought forward after newly inaugurated President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dissolved parliament on 21 Ma ...

, the party took part in only one single-mandate constituency. Its candidate Dmytro Khomiak received 0.10% of the vote in constituency 95 located in

Irpin Irpin ( uk, Ірпі́нь, ) is a Hero City of Ukraine located on the Irpin River in Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast (province) right next to the city of Kyiv in northern Ukraine. Irpin hosts the administration of Irpin urban hromada, one of the h ...

and was thus not elected to parliament. In the 2020 Ukrainian local elections 1,694 Our Land candidates won seats on the local and regional level, about 5.13% of the total number of contested seats.The CEC showed the top 10 parties that won the most seats in the election

(18 November 2020)

Management

The party is headed by three party leaders, all of whom were members of the

until 2014:

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Anton Kisse Anton Ivanovych Kisse ( bg, Антон Иванович Кисе, translit=Anton Ivanovich Kise, uk, Анто́н Іва́нович Кіссе́; born 10 October 1958) is a Ukrainian politician and Bulgarians in Ukraine, Bulgarian community le ...

, and

Serhii Shakhov Serhii Volodymyrovych Shakhov ( uk, Сергій Володимирович Шахов; born 7 May 1975) is a Ukrainian politician. He is a People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 8th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada. Biography The family dates back to L ...

Ideology and political positions

The party claims its main interest is "defense of the interests of local communities" and claims this is necessary because "the central government takes into account the interests of the community last". The public image of the party has three components: a team of experienced professionals, primarily local managers; disinterest in political games and ideological disputes; party core - regional centers focused on the development of their "small homelands". Despite its roots from the pro-Russian Party of Regions, Our Land has supported Ukrainian military action against the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. ...

Election results

The party was one of the winners of the October 2015 Ukrainian local elections and took 4,640 seats. According to the Committee of Voters of Ukraine, Our Land became the most productive party in terms of the ratio of elected deputies to the number of registered candidates, gaining 32.3%. In July 2016, Serhiy Shakhov won the by-elections to the Verkhovna Rada in constituency No. 114 (Luhansk region) with 37.62% result. According to the results of the local elections of 2015–2019, the party entered the top five by the number of elected deputies. In the first elections in the newly created united territorial communities, which took place in December 2016, 245 candidates became deputies from "Our Land". On December 11, 89 representatives of the party from 15 OTGs became deputies. Leonid Dusha became the mayor of

Baturyn Baturyn ( uk, Бату́рин, ), is a historic city in Chernihiv Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. It is located in Nizhyn Raion (district) on the banks of the Seym River. Baturyn lost its city status in 1923 and received it back only in ...

in the

Chernihiv region Chernihiv Oblast ( uk, Черні́гівська о́бласть, translit=Chernihivska oblast; also referred to as Chernihiv Oblast#Nomenclature, Chernihivshchyna, uk, Черні́гівщина, translit=Chernihivshchyna) is an administra ...

, and Anatoliy Malakhatka became the chairman of the Malotokmach's village council in the Zaporizhia region. The party received 30% of the votes in Mykolayiv and Chernihiv regions (32%), and almost 20% in local elections in Donetsk region. In the OTG elections on June 30, 2019, the party took second place with 17.2% of seats. 127 party representatives in 25 territorial communities became deputies. In local elections up to 86 OTGs (69 rural, 16 settlement, 1 city), which took place on December 22, 2019, in 21 regions of Ukraine, as well as in additional local elections - in 33 OTGs (20 rural, 13 settlement) in 17 regions of Ukraine "Our Land" won 61 seats, which is 6.7% of all deputies elected from the parties, and took third place among the parties in the elections. In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, three representatives of the party became People's Deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 9th convocation:

, Valeriy Davydenko and

. Davydenko was found shot dead in the bathroom of his office on 23 May 2020.Ukrainian MP Valeriy Davydenko found dead in own office's restroom

UNIAN The UNIAN or Ukrainian Independent Information Agency of News ( uk, Українське Незалежне Інформаційне Агентство Новин, УНІАН, translit=Ukrayins'ke Nezalezhne Informatsiyne Ahentstvo Novyn) is a ...

(23 May 2020)

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