The People's Democratic Party ( uk, Народно-демократична партія, translit=Narodno-demokratychna partiya; abbreviated NDP) is a
political party
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in
Ukraine
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established on 24 February 1996. It was registered with the Ministry of Justice on 30 May 1996. The party is
Russophone
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.
History
The People's Democratic Party was established at its constituent congress in
Kyiv
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. The party was created through a merger of three political parties (The
Party of Democratic Revival of Ukraine
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, the
Toiling Congress of Ukraine Toiling Congress of Ukraine (TCU) ( uk, Трудовий конгрес України (ТКУ)) was created in 1993 and in 1996 merged into the People's Democratic Party.
The party was created in September 1993 uniting several public association s ...
, and the
Union of Support for Republic of Crimea
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), two public organizations (The Union of Students of Ukraine and the New Wave) and two political clubs (New Ukraine and the Association of Young Ukrainian Politicians and Political Scientists).
Anatoliy Matviyenko
Anatoliy Matviyenko ( uk, Анатолій Сергійович Матвієнко, March 22, 1953 – May 22, 2020) was a Ukrainian politician, founder of several political parties in the country. Matviyenko was 6 times elected to the Ukrainian p ...
was elected party chairman./(website has automatic
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1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election
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, the party gained 5% of the votes and 28 seats in the Verkhovna Rada. At the time of the election, the party's key member,
Valeriy Pustovoitenko
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, was
Prime Minister of Ukraine
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. Pustovoitenko became the party's leader in May 1999 until April 2006. In September 2001, the (MBR) was merged into the party.
At the parliamentary elections in 2002, the party was part of the
For United Ukraine
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alliance, the alliance won 11.77% of the popular vote and a total of 102 out of 450 seats in the
Verkhovna Rada
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.
At the
2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election
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, the NDP took part in the alliance
Block of People's Democratic Parties Block of People's Democratic Parties "We Know HOW!" ( uk, Блоку народно-демократичних партій "Знаємо ЯК!", Bloku narodno-demokratichnikh partiy "Znayemo YAK!") was a political alliance that took part in the pa ...
, but this alliance did not overcome the 3% threshold (winning only 0.49% of the votes), and therefore taking no seats. After taking responsibility for the defeat Valeriy Pustovoitenko resigned as leader of the party. In his place the party was led by Lyudmyla Suprun.
In the
2007 elections
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, the party failed again as part of the
Ukrainian Regional Asset
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to win parliamentary representation. The current chairman of the NDP is still
Lyudmyla Suprun
Liudmyla Pavlivna Suprun ( uk, Людмила Павлівна Супрун) (born January 7, 1965 in ZaporizhiaБі ...
.
In the
2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election
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(seats); but it won in none and thus missed parliamentary representation.
The party did not participate in the
Central Election Commission of Ukraine
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Election results
Party's Values
Person - Family - Prosperity - Ukraine
Associated organizations
* Association of Deputies "Trust"
* Cultural center "Ukraine Spiritual"
Chairpersons
* 1996 - 1999
Anatoliy Matviyenko
Anatoliy Matviyenko ( uk, Анатолій Сергійович Матвієнко, March 22, 1953 – May 22, 2020) was a Ukrainian politician, founder of several political parties in the country. Matviyenko was 6 times elected to the Ukrainian p ...
* 1999 - 2006
Valeriy Pustovoitenko
Valeriy Pavlovych Pustovoitenko ( uk, Валерій Павлович Пустовойтенко; born 23 February 1947) is a Ukrainian politician who served as prime minister of Ukraine from 1997 to 1999. He resigned in connection with Leonid K ...
* 2006–present
Lyudmyla Suprun
Liudmyla Pavlivna Suprun ( uk, Людмила Павлівна Супрун) (born January 7, 1965 in ZaporizhiaБі ...