The Our Ukraine (), formerly known as People's Union "Our Ukraine" (), is a

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formed in 2005.Політична партія «Наша Україна»
, Database DATA The party supported former president

Viktor Yushchenko Viktor Andriiovych Yushchenko (, ; born 23 February 1954) is a Ukrainian politician who was the third president of Ukraine from 23 January 2005 to 25 February 2010. He aimed to orient Ukraine towards Western world, the West, European Union, and N ...

. It has lost much of its support nationwide, yet still has some regional representation in

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. Our Ukraine has not participated in national elections since the

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. On 2 March 2013, there was an attempt to dissolve the party by Serhii Bondarchuk at one of the party congresses in Kyiv./www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/our-ukraine-partys-congress-legitimate-bondarchuk-321207.html However, the same day other sections of the party claimed this congress was illegal and the real party congress would be held on 18 May 2013. While never was officially listed under any status People's Union "Our Ukraine" was delisted as an observer in the

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, according to press release of

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political party.Європейська народна партія взяла до себе "УДАР" і виключила "Нашу Україну" ''European People's Party took a "hit" and excluded "Our Ukraine"''
, ''

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'' (6 September 2013)
Member Parties
,

Youth Union Our Ukraine is the youth wing of the party.

History

As part of Our Ukraine Bloc

The party is the continuation of the electoral alliance of the Viktor Yushchenko Bloc known as "Our Ukraine". The NSNU was formally launched on March 5, 2005 by the group of politicians appointed by the incumbent

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, but it failed to attract most constituent parties that had been members of the previous bloc, which refused to be absorbed into the newly formed party. The constituent congress, held in the capital

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and attended by 6,000 delegates from all the

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, elected Yushchenko as honorary chairman (who received membership card No.1). Former deputy

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Roman Bezsmertnyi was elected head of the party's Presidium and

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as head of the party's Central Executive Committee. During the

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on March 26, 2006, the party took part in the newly formed ''Our Ukraine'' bloc. In the snap

conducted on September 30, 2007, the party was part of the

Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc The Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (, Russian language, Russian: Блок Наша Украина – Народная Самооборона, ''Blok Nasha Ukraina – Narodnaya Samooborona,'' NUNS; until 2007 named Our Ukraine Bloc) w ...

alliance, that won 72 (14,15% of the national vote) out of 450 seats in the

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. In December 2008, the

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(UNIAN) reported that the People's Union Our Ukraine and United Centre parties were to carry out a unifying congress on 17 January 2009. UNIAN also reported that the People's Democratic party may join the move. However, neither of the events happened. In October 2008, the presidium of People’s Union Our Ukraine party had already decided not to team up with any other party for the proposed snap parliamentary poll then the

and had called the idea of teaming up with United Centre "impossible". The

branch of the party decided not to take part in the party congress of June 2009 because they found the party "destructive". In October 2009, the party stated it intended to take part in the October 2012 parliamentary elections. A March 2010 poll predicted that the party would get 1.4% of the vote in these elections (on 19 August 2009

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's support rating had already slumped to 3.8%Socis center for social and political studies
, UkrNews (17 August 2009) and during the

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he won 5.5% of the votes).

Independently (since 2010)

During the

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the party ( political blocs were not permitted to compete in the electionUkraine changes election rules before key vote
, ''

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'' (28 July 2010)Law: All parties registered in Ukraine would be able to participate in local elections
, ''

'' (30 August 2010)) met with total failureLocal government elections in Ukraine: last stage in the Party of Regions’ takeover of power
,

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(4 October 2010) when it took only 2.3% of the national vote The party did quite well in the historical regions

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and Galicia receiving minimal 5% of the votes up through 13,2%, but outside these regions it met with complete failure only managing to win 1,7% in

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, 0,9% in

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and 0,7% in

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. A merging with other parties was discussed in September 2011 but was blocked by the party's council. Ukr elections 2012 multimandate oblasts nu

In a December 2011, poll by

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the party scored 1%. Since then, the rating in various polls of the party stayed around 1%. The party announced that the Ukrainian People's Party would be merged into the party in December 2011. This process started mid-December 2011."Наша Україна" й УНП почали об’єднання з Дніпропетровська
, ''

'' (18 December 2011) Both parties were expected to be unified in February 2012. But by February 2013 Ukrainian People's Party was still an independent party. Nevertheless, they both teamed up with Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists in the

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. In this election this combination won 1.11% of the national votes and no

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and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.Proportional votes

,

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In this election Yushchenko headed the election list of Our Ukraine."Наша Україна" хоче бути альтернативою усім учасникам виборів ''"Our Ukraine" wants to be an alternative to all election participants ''

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(31 July 2012) The party itself had competed in 25 constituencies and lost in all. The Ukrainian People's Party merged with

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in May 2013.

March 2013 attempted dissolution and further history

On 9 February 2013, the

branch of the party, led by Sergii Bondarchuk, expelled

from the party. The same day the political council of the party canceled this decision.http://www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/our-ukraines-political-council-returns-yuschenko-to-party-320199.html

(9 February 2013)
Ющенко і Бондарчук продовжують ділити партію ''Yushchenko and Bondarchuk continue to divide the party''
, ''

'' (11 February 2013) On 2 March 2013, a party congress in Kyiv dissolved Our Ukraine. However, the same day other sections of the party claimed this congress was illegal and that the "real" party congress would be held on 18 May 2013. They claimed the 2 March congress was illegitimate because its organizer, Serhiy Bondarchuk is a former member of the party.Ванникова: Бондарчук міг так само оголосити себе мером Лондона ''Vannikova: Bondarchuk could just declare himself mayor of London''
, ''

'' (2 March 2013) At the 2 March congress Bondarchuk urged to dissolve all current Ukrainian

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extra-parliamentary parties and the creation of a single right-wing party.Бондарчук хоче створити нову праву партію ''Bondarchuk wants to create a new right party''
, ''

'' (2 March 2013) Bondarchuk tried unsuccessfully to remove the registration of Our Ukraine at the

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; they did not accept his documents.Ющенко переніс з’їзд через "сезонні польові роботи" ''Yushchenko postponed the Congress because of the "seasonal field work"''
, ''

'' (16 May 2013) The remains of Our Ukraine re-registered its party members. On 6 September 2013, the party was deprived of its "observer status" in the

because "it did no more comply with the principles that the party declared when it joined the European People's Party". The party did not participate in the

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, it had intended to have a candidate in one single-seat constituency, but his registration was cancelled. In October 2017, the Committee of Voters of Ukraine prepared an appeal to the

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with a request to check the activities of 21 parties including the Movement of New Forces and Our Ukraine because of the presence of signs of shadow financing. The reason for initiating the verification of Our Ukraine was the lack of reporting on the Agency's website for the second quarter of 2017. Our Ukraine did not participate in the

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Election results

Notes

References

External links

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