Party of Free Democrats
Party of Free Democrats Партія вільних демократів | |
|---|---|
| File:Yabluko Party logo.png | |
| Leader | Mykhailo Brodskyy |
| Registered | November 1999 |
| Split from | |
| Merged into | Batkivshchyna (2005–2007) |
| Membership | 1,000 |
| Website | |
| pvd.ck.ua (Archived) | |
The Party of Free Democrats (Ukrainian: Партія вільних демократів, romanized: Partiia vilnykh demokrativ) is a political party in Ukraine led by Mykhailo Brodskyy.[1] It was registered in November 1999 as Yabluko (Ukrainian: Яблуко; Apple).[2] The party has about 1,000 members.[3]
History
[edit | edit source]Mykhailo Brodskyy, a member of the Hromada faction, formed a 14-member "Yabluko" faction in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) in mid-September 2000.[4]
During the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the party won 1.2% of the popular vote and no seats (as Yabluko).[2]
In March 2005, the party was merged into the Batkivshchyna party, led by Yulia Tymoshenko.[5] In March 2007, however, Brodskyy announced the renewal of the party; renaming it to the Party of Free Democrats.[5]
During the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the party failed again to win parliamentary representation.[2]
In late October 2009, The party nominated Brodskyy as its candidate for President of Ukraine in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election.[1][6]
During the 2010 Ukrainian local elections, the party won representatives in municipalities and did particularly well in Cherkasy.[7] The party won one representative in the Cherkasy Oblast Council and 14 seats in the city council of Cherkasy.[8]
In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party competed in one constituency;[9][10] as it was defeated, the party continued to lack parliamentary representation.[9][11]
The party did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[12] In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party had two candidates in constituencies, but both lost.[9]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b c (in Ukrainian) Партія вільних демократів, Database DATA
Election results of Yabluko, Chesno - ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Ukrainian parliament: sketching a political portrait, [Center for Policy Studies (25 September 2000)]
- ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина" All-Ukrainian Union Batkivshchyna, RBC Ukraine
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Сергій Одарич формуватиме більшість у міськраді Черкас Archived 10 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Cherkasy city council website (8 November 2010)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps by Ukrayinska Pravda (8 November 2010)
- ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Candidates, RBC Ukraine
- ^ Party of Regions gets 185 seats in Ukrainian parliament, Batkivschyna 101 - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (12 November 2012)
- ^ Alphabetical Index of parties in 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Central Election Commission of Ukraine