The Ukrainian People's Party ( uk, Українська Народна Партія; ) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...

, registered on Old Year's Day 1999 as the Ukrainian National Movement ( uk, Український Народний Рух; ).Українська Народна Партія
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History

At the legislative elections in Ukraine, 30 March 2002, the ''Ukrainian National Movement'' was part of the

Viktor Yushchenko Bloc Our Ukraine The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

. 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, Ru ...

, out of which it was originally split. At the legislative elections in Ukraine, 26 March 2006, the party was part of the

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 A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-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 ''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 Ukrai ...

(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; 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 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 ...

The party itself had competed in 34 constituencies and lost in all. The party congress approved a merge with

in May 2013.Ukrainian People's Party, People's Movement Of Ukraine Decide Unite Into Rukh, Elect Kuibida Its Leader

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.UNP shrouded in smoke bombs changed the leader in "Donetskogo"

(5 October 2013) 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
, 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 The Interfax-Ukraine ( uk, Інтерфакс-Україна) is a Kyiv-based Ukrainian independent news agency founded in 1992. The company does not belong to the Russian news corporation Interfax Information Services. The company publishes i ...

(8 November 2014)
Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC

(8 November 2014)Political parties in the electoral process in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election

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

References

External links

Ukrainian People's Party
official site
Narodne Slovo
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