| Country: | Ukraine |
| Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc | |
| Native Name: | Блок Леоніда Черновецького |
| Leader: | Leonid Chernovetskyi |
| Ideology: | Kyiv regionalism Christian democracy |
| Position: | Centre-right |
| Colours: | Yellow Red Green |
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| Headquarters: | Kyiv |
| Website: | blch.kiev.ua |
Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc (uk|Блок Леоніда Черновецького) was a regional electoral alliance supporting then–people's deputy and since 2006, the Mayor of Kyiv Leonid Chernovetskyi.
Formed as an alliance based around Chernovetskyi's Christian Liberal Party (uk|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.
See main article: 2008 Kyiv local election. 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.
| 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 Християнсько-демократична партія України | ChDPU ХДПУ | Christian democracy | Kyrylo Polishchuk | ||