Social Christian Party (Ukraine) Explained
The Social-Christian Party (uk|Соціально-християнська партія) is a political party in Ukraine registered in July 2004.[1]
The party participated independently in the 2006 parliamentary elections winning 0.09% of the votes and no seats.[1]
In the 30 September 2007 elections, the party failed again as part of the Christian Bloc to win parliamentary representation.[1]
The party was reported to merge with United Centre in October 2008;[2] however it continued to exist.[3]
The party competed on one single party under "umbrella" party "Fatherland", together with several other parties, during the 2012 parliamentary elections[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] During the election this list won 62 seats (25.55% of the votes) under the proportional party-list system and another 39 by winning 39 simple-majority constituencies; a total of 101 seats in Parliament.[10]
In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election the participated in 1 constituency; but its candidate lost and thus the party won no parliamentary seats.[11] [12]
Notes and References
- Соціально-Християнська Партія, Database DATA
- Соціально-Християнська партія України cамоліквідувалася, z i k (October 16, 2008)
- Зорян Шкіряк офіційно очолив Соціально-Християнську Партію, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine (October 16, 2008)
- Соціально-християнська партія вирішила приєднатися до об'єднаної опозиції, Den (newspaper) (24 April 2012)
- http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/123555/ Opposition to form single list to participate in parliamentary elections
- Tymoshenko and Yatsenyuk united ("Тимошенко та Яценюк об'єдналися"), Ukrayinska Pravda (23 April 2012)
- http://www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/civil-position-party-joins-ukraines-united-opposit.html Civil Position party joins Ukraine's united opposition
- http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/120987/ Ukrainian opposition parties agree to form single list for 2012 elections
- http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/123555/ Opposition to form single list to participate in parliamentary elections
- Proportional votes & Constituency seats, Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine
% of total seats, Ukrayinska Pravda
- http://utr.tv/eng/news-from-www-ukrinform-ua/327072-poroshenko_bloc_to_have_greatest_number_of_seats_in_parliament_327072.html Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament
- http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2014/wp501e?PT001F01=910 Political parties in the electoral process in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election
