Vitali Klitschko Bloc

The Vitali Klitschko Bloc (Ukrainian: Блок Віталія Кличка, Russian: Блок Виталия Кличко) were two local political coalitions in the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv who contended in two local elections there.

History

2006 Kyiv local election

On 10 December 2005 the parties PORA and Reforms and Order Party agreed to create a bloc "Civic party" PORA-ROP " that would contend in the March 26, 2006 Kyiv City Council elections.[1] The bloc was led by Vitali Klitschko who was at the time a Ukrainian professional boxer and (then the) current WBC heavyweight champion.[1] This union was named the Bloc Vitali Klitschko "PORA-ROP" which won 14 seats in the 2006 election.[1] Klitschko thus became a deputy of the Kyiv City Council in April 2006[2] The bloc felt apart very soon after the election.[1] During the simultaneous elections for Mayor of Kyiv, Klitschko received 26 percent of votes.

2008 Kyiv local election

During the 2008 Kyiv local election the Vitali Klitschko Bloc was a combination of the parties People's Movement of Ukraine, Political Party "European Capital" and "Ukrainian Social Democrats" and it won 10.61% of the votes and 15 seats in the Kyiv City Council.[3] During the simultaneously held elections for Mayor of Kyiv Klitschko received 17.9 percent of votes.[4]

14 October 2008 Vitali Klitschko announced that participation of his bloc in the then expected to be held 2008 Ukrainian parliamentary election was possible.[5] He added that a decision on the participation in the race would be definitely taken by the entire political team making up the Bloc of Klitschko, not by him personally.[6] A possible candidate to run with the Vitali Klitschko Bloc in an electoral bloc was the European Party of Ukraine.[6][7] But the next Ukrainian parliamentary election was held in 2012.[8]

Vitali Klitschko Bloc:

The party Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform was founded on April 24, 2010, on the basis of the Vitali Klitschko Bloc.[9][10] This party did participate and won 40 seats in the Ukrainian parliament in the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[11]

Election results

Kyiv City Council
Year Popular vote Percentage Overall seats Change Government Remarks
2006 8.51
14 / 120
 Increase 14 Opposition as Vitali Klitschko Bloc "PORA-ROP"
2008 122,243 10.61
15 / 120
 Increase 1 Opposition as Vitali Klitschko Bloc

Verkhovna Rada
Year Popular vote Percentage Overall seats Change Government Remarks
2006 373,478 1.47
0 / 450
 Steady as Civil Bloc "PORA-PRP"

References
  1. (in Ukrainian) Каськів вирішив, що Кличко одноразовий by Ukrayinska Pravda (April 17, 2006)
  2. Biography Vitali Klitschko, official party website
  3. (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
  4. Liang, Yan (May 29, 2008). "Ukraine's Kiev mayor wins re-election". www.chinaview.cn. Xinhua. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
  5. Boxer Klitschko to fight Ukraine's parliamentary polls, UNIAN (14 October 2008)
  6. Klychko Says Participation Of His Bloc In Early Rada Elections Possible, Ukrainian News Agency (October 15, 2008)
  7. Official website news Archived 2012-07-15 at archive.today, European Party of Ukraine (13 October 2008)
  8. Wilson, Andrew (2015). The Ukrainians: Unexpected Nation (page xviii) (4th ed.). New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-300-21725-4.
  9. (in Ukrainian) Віталій Кличко очолив політичну партію «УДАР» (фото), Vitali Klitschko Bloc (April 24, 2010)
  10. (in Ukrainian) Сформовано політичну раду всеукраїнської партії «УДАР», Vitali Klitschko Bloc (April 24, 2010)
  11. Party of Regions gets 185 seats in Ukrainian parliament, Batkivschyna 101 - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (12 November 2012)
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