The Unity Party ( os, Иудзинад, ka, ერთიანობის, russian: Единство; officially, the South Ossetian Republican Political Party "Unity") was a major

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with a socially conservative ideology in

South Ossetia South Ossetia, ka, სამხრეთი ოსეთი, ( , ), officially the Republic of South Ossetia – the State of Alania, is a partially recognised landlocked state in the South Caucasus. It has an officially stated populat ...

during the 2000s. South Ossetia is a partially recognized

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republic, considered by most countries to be a part of

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. The Unity Party, founded in 2003, supported former

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Eduard Kokoity Eduard Dzhabeyevich Kokoyty ( os, Кокойты Джабейы фырт Эдуард, Kokojty Ĝabejy fyrt Edward; born 31 October 1964) is an Ossetian politician who served as President of the partially recognized state of South Ossetia. His t ...

, and was for a decade the largest political party in South Ossetia. After the 2009 elections, the party held 17 out of 34 seats in South Ossetia's parliament. It is modeled after and is closely linked to the

United Russia United Russia ( rus, Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya, (j)ɪˈdʲinəjə rɐˈsʲijə) is a Russian conservative political party. As the largest party in Russia, it holds 325 (or 72.22%) of the 450 seats in the State Duma , havin ...

party, with which it has signed an inter-party cooperation agreement. The party is a winner of the 2004 and 2009 parliamentary elections. It is currently led by Zurab Kokoyev.

Election results

Parliament

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Political parties established in 2003 Political parties in South Ossetia Conservative parties Social conservative parties {{SouthOssetia-stub

Election results

Parliament

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