Party of Free Democrats explained

The Party of Free Democrats (Ukrainian: Партія Вільних Демократів) is a political party in Ukraine led by Mykhaylo Brodskyy. It was registered in November 1999 as Yabluko (Ukrainian: Яблуко; Apple).[1] The party has about 1,000 members.[2]

History

Mykhaylo Brodskyy (a member of the Hromada faction) formed a 14-member "Yabluko" faction in the Ukrainian Parliament mid-September 2000.[3]

At the parliamentary elections on 30 March 2002, the party won 1.2% of the popular vote and no seats (as Yabluko).[1]

In March 2005, the party was self-liquidated and merged into Fatherland Party (Batkivschuna) led by Yulia Tymoshenko.[4] But in March 2007 Mykhaylo Brodskyy announced the renewal of the party; renaming it Party of Free Democrats.[4]

On 30 September 2007, elections, the party failed again to win parliamentary representation.[1]

The party nominated Brodskyy as its candidate for President of Ukraine in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential elections late October 2009.[5] [6]

During the 2010 Ukrainian local elections, the party won representatives in municipalities and did particularly well in Cherkasy.[7]

In the 2010 local elections, the party won 1 representative in the regional parliaments of the Cherkasy Oblast and 14 seats in the city council of Cherkasy.[8]

In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party competed in/for 1 constituency (seat);[9] but it lost in it and thus missed parliamentary representation.[10]

The party did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[11]

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party had 2 candidates in constituencies, but both lost.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. Партія вільних демократів, Database DATA
    Election results of Yabluko, Chesno
  2. News: Neef . Christian . Schepp . Matthias . 2010-01-14 . Disillusionment in Ukraine: The Sad End of the Orange Revolution . en . . 2023-12-28 . 2195-1349.
  3. http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00001291/01/27.pdf Ukrainian parliament: sketching a political portrait, [Center for Policy Studies] (25 September 2000)
  4. Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина" All-Ukrainian Union Batkivshchyna, RBC Ukraine
  5. Web site: Leader of Free Democrats Party Brodskyi Applies To CEC To Register Him Candidate For President. www.ukranews.com. 20 October 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091031232654/http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/228249.html. 31 October 2009.
  6. Web site: CEC registered two more candidates for the President UKRAINE. Central Election Commission of Ukraine. Central Election Commission of Ukraine. 2 November 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20110814044741/http://cvk.gov.ua/news/news_02112009.htm. 14 August 2011. dead.
  7. Сергій Одарич формуватиме більшість у міськраді Черкас, Cherkasy city council website (8 November 2010)
  8. Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps by Ukrayinska Pravda (8 November 2010)
  9. Candidates, RBC Ukraine
  10. http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/126937.html#.UUzMyKnCus0 Party of Regions gets 185 seats in Ukrainian parliament, Batkivschyna 101 - CEC
  11. http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2014/wp501e?PT001F01=910 Alphabetical Index of parties in 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election
  12. Web site: Електоральна пам'ять. ukr.vote.

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