Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc

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.

Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc
Блок Леоніда Черновецького
LeaderLeonid Chernovetskyi
Founded12 February 2006 (2006-02-12)
Dissolved22 September 2011 (2011-09-22)
HeadquartersKyiv
IdeologyKyiv regionalism
Christian democracy
Political positionCentre-right
Colours  Yellow
  Red
  Green
Website
blch.kiev.ua

History

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2006 Kyiv local election

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Joined on the 23 October 2008[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Блок Леоніда Черновецького". OBOZREVATEL NEWS (in Russian). 2006-03-08. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
  2. ^ a b "Черновецькому нарахували перемогу, "Наша Україна" ледь обігнала "регіони"". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ "Блок Черновецького назвав першу десятку свого виборчого списку". www.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-05.
  5. ^ (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
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "BBCUkrainian.com | Докладно | Блок Черновецького: великі плани". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
  8. ^ Faction of Chernovetksyi’s Bloc stopped its existence, UNIAN (September 23, 2011)
  9. ^ a b Chernovetsky Bloc in Kyiv City Council disbanded, Kyiv Post (September 22, 2011)
  10. ^ Chernovetsky promises to be a good Prime Minister. UNIAN. 23 October 2008
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