Unity of Oleksandr Omelchenko
Єдності Олександра Омельченка
FoundedOctober 16, 1999 (1999-10-16)[1]
HeadquartersKyiv
Colours  Green,   Purple
Kyiv City Council
14 / 120
[2]

Unity of Oleksandr Omelchenko (Ukrainian: Єдність Олександра Омельченка), prior to 2020 Unity (Ukrainian: Єдність) is a political party in Ukraine created in 1999 as a protest party.[1] The party was led by the former mayor of Kyiv Oleksandr Omelchenko although in early 2008, he temporally halted his party membership in favor of a membership of Our Ukraine-Peoples Self Defence.[3][4] Omelchenko died on November 25, 2021.[5]

Prior to the 2020 Kyiv local election the party changed its name to its current name.[3] In this election the party was the third most popular party of Kyiv, winning 14 seats.[2]

History

The original logo of the Unity Party

The party (then called) Unity supported Yevhen Marchuk in the 1999 Ukrainian presidential election.[6] Marchuk took only the 5th place out of 13, while gaining 8.13% of the vote in the first round.[6]

In 2001 a parliamentary faction called "Unity" was formed in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament), which included 21 MPs.[6]

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002

At the 2002 legislative elections, it was part of an alliance (also called Unity) that won 1.1% of the popular vote and 4 out of 450 seats.

The alliance consisted of:

  • Unity
  • Social Democratic Union (Social-Demokratyčnyj Sojuz)
  • Young Ukraine (Moloda Ukrajina)
  • Ukrainian Party of Justice – Union of Veterans, Handicapped, Chornobilians, Afghans (Ukrajins'ka Partija Spravedlivosti – Sojuz Veteraniv, Invalidiv, Čornobil'civ, Afganciv)

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006

During the 2006 parliamentary elections the party was part of an electoral alliance led by Yevhen Marchuk[7] (Electoral Bloc "Yevhen Marchuk – "Unity") which didn't make it into parliament winning only 0.06% of the votes.[8]

The alliance consisted of:[7]

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007

The party did not run during the 2007 elections but advised its voters to vote for Forward, Ukraine! or Peoples Self-defence.[9]

Since 2010, transformation into a local party

In the 2010 local elections Unity won 22 representatives in the Vinnytsia Oblast Council (regional parliaments of Vinnytsia Oblast).[10][11]

During the 2014 Kyiv local election Unity won 3.3% of the votes and 2 seats in the Kyiv City Council; including a seat for Omelchenko.[12][13] 15 deputies of the party were elected to the Kyiv City Council in the 2015 Kyiv local election.[6] In other Ukrainian city councils across the country Unity gained 28 seats in the 2015 Ukrainian local elections.[6]

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Unity nominated three candidates, all in constituencies located in Kyiv.[6] None won a parliamentary seat.[6] Omelchenko took the 5th place in his constituency, gaining a little more than 8%.[6]

Prior to the 2020 Kyiv local election the party changed its name to Unity of Oleksandr Omelchenko.[3][14] In this election the party won 14 seats, and took third place.[2] Omelchenko again was a member of the Kyiv City Council, until he died on November 25, 2021.[5]

Election results

Verkhovna Rada

Year Popular vote Percentage Overall seats Change Government Remarks
2001 formed at the first session of parliament
21 / 450
 Increase 21 as "Unity"
2002 12,027 1.09
4 / 450
 Increase 4

Kyiv City Council

Year Popular vote Percentage Overall seats Change Government
2014 43,788 3.32
2 / 120
 Increase 2
2015 67,480 7.81
15 / 120
 Increase 13
2020 60,496 8.74
14 / 120
 Decrease 1

References

  1. 1 2 official website
  2. 1 2 3 Results of the 2020 elections of the Kyiv City Council, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  3. 1 2 3 (in Ukrainian) Oleksandr Omelchenko's Unity has announced the lists of candidates for the Kyiv City Council, Civil movement "Chesno" (September 21, 2020)
  4. ↑ Ukrainian Ministry of Justice Archived September 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. 1 2 Kyiv ex-mayor Omelchenko dies, Interfax-Ukraine (November 25, 2021)
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (in Ukrainian) Transformation of the Unity Party into the Unity of Oleksandr Omelchenko, Civil movement "Chesno" (September 29, 2020)
  7. 1 2 official site news December 16, 2005 Archived December 29, 2013, at archive.today
  8. ↑ korrespondent Archived June 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ official site news August 4, 2007 (bad reference) Archived December 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ (in Ukrainian) Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps Archived March 16, 2016, at the Wayback Machine by Ukrayinska Pravda (November 8, 2010)
  11. ↑ (in Ukrainian) Results of 2010 local elections, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  12. ↑ Nine parties including Democratic Alliance win seats in Kyiv Council, Interfax-Ukraine (June 2, 2014)
    (in Ukrainian) In Kyivrada are 9 parties – official results, Ukrayinska Pravda (June 3, 2014)
    (in Ukrainian) 60% of the new Kyivrada is filled by UDAR, Ukrayinska Pravda (June 4, 2014)
  13. ↑ (in Ukrainian) Oleksandr Omelchenko biography Archived December 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine at the Kyiv City Council official website
  14. ↑ Rada appoints next elections to local self-govt bodies for Oct 25, Interfax-Ukraine (July 15, 2020)
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