Unity of Oleksandr Omelchenko

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]

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

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. official website
  2. Results of the 2020 elections of the Kyiv City Council, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  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. Kyiv ex-mayor Omelchenko dies, Interfax-Ukraine (November 25, 2021)
  6. (in Ukrainian) Transformation of the Unity Party into the Unity of Oleksandr Omelchenko, Civil movement "Chesno" (September 29, 2020)
  7. 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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