Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc
Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc Блок Леоніда Черновецького | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | Leonid Chernovetskyi |
| Founded | 12 February 2006 |
| Dissolved | 22 September 2011 |
| Headquarters | Kyiv |
| Ideology | Kyiv regionalism Christian democracy |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colours | Yellow Red Green |
| Website | |
| blch.kiev.ua | |
Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc (Ukrainian: Блок Леоніда Черновецького) was a regional electoral alliance supporting then–people's deputy and since 2006, the Mayor of Kyiv Leonid Chernovetskyi.
History
[edit]2006 Kyiv local election
[edit]Formed as an alliance based around Chernovetskyi's Christian Liberal Party (Ukrainian: Християнсько-ліберальна партія України), bloc's 120-candidates list was registered by the Kyiv City Territorial Electoral Commission on 12 February 2006,[1] rallying around Leonid Chernovetskyi personality. In a big electoral surprise, the bloc has finished second with 12,94% of the vote, falling just 12 points behind Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and 4 points ahead of Our Ukraine,[2] on the list of which Chernovetskyi ran in the national election the same day. Chernovetskyi himself won the mayoral election in another surprise that evening, winning over 31% of the vote, 8 points ahead of then–favourite to win the position, Vitali Klitschko.[2]
2008 Kyiv local election
[edit]Following the Verkhovna Rada decision to dissolve Kyiv City Council and to hold a snap general election in the city,[3] Chernovetskyi and his team expanded the bloc, and allied with the Green Planet and Women of Ukraine parties[4] to ran in 2008 election. Despite polls showing high disapproval for the incumbent Mayor, Chernovetskyi was successfully re-elected with 38% of the vote, while his bloc won the election in a landslide, receiving over 30% of the vote and 43 seats,[5] gaining 22 deputies in the city council.
Although, the bloc intended to run nationally in the 2012 parliamentary election,[6][7] on 22 September 2011 the bloc's faction in Kyiv City Council has been dissolved.[8][9] All the deputies that were members of the faction became independents.[9]
Membership
[edit]| Party | Leader | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Liberal Party of Ukraine Християнсько-ліберальна партія України |
ChLPU ХЛПУ |
Christian democracy | Leonid Chernovetskyi | |
| Green Planet Зелена планета |
ZP ЗП |
Green politics | Nataliia Zubrytska | |
| Women of Ukraine Жінки України |
ZhU ЖУ |
Feminism | Tamara Fedotova | |
| Christian Democratic Party of Ukraine[a] Християнсько-демократична партія України |
ChDPU ХДПУ |
Christian democracy | Kyrylo Polishchuk | |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Блок Леоніда Черновецького". OBOZREVATEL NEWS (in Russian). 2006-03-08. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
- ^ a b "Черновецькому нарахували перемогу, "Наша Україна" ледь обігнала "регіони"". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-03.
- ^ Laws of Ukraine. Decree of the Verkhovna Rada No. 143-VI: On the designation of early elections to the deputies of the Kyiv City Rada and the Kyiv City Head. Adopted on 2008-03-18. (Ukrainian)
- ^ "Блок Черновецького назвав першу десятку свого виборчого списку". www.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-05.
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Офіційне повідомлення Київської міської територіальної виборчої комісії про результати голосування, список обраних депутатів Київської міської ради Archived 2011-11-24 at the Wayback Machine by Kyiv City Council
- ^ "Ukrainian News - Chernovetskyi Thinks His Name on Election List Determining Factor for His Bloc Victory at Rada Elections". Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ "BBCUkrainian.com | Докладно | Блок Черновецького: великі плани". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
- ^ Faction of Chernovetksyi’s Bloc stopped its existence, UNIAN (September 23, 2011)
- ^ a b Chernovetsky Bloc in Kyiv City Council disbanded, Kyiv Post (September 22, 2011)
- ^ Chernovetsky promises to be a good Prime Minister. UNIAN. 23 October 2008
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Ukrainian)
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