For United Ukraine!

Not to be confused with United Ukraine.

For United Ukraine! (Ukrainian: «За Єдину Україну!», romanized: Za Yedynu Ukrayinu!) was a political alliance and an electoral bloc in Ukraine founded in December 2001 to participate in the parliamentary election held on 31 March 2002.

For United Ukraine! За Єдину Україну!
Leader	Volodymyr Lytvyn[1]
Founded	15 December 2001 (2001-12-15)
Dissolved	June 2002
Preceded by	Party of Regions Agrarian Party of Ukraine Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine People's Democratic Party Labour Ukraine
Succeeded by	Party of Regions Agrarian Party of Ukraine Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine People's Democratic Party Labour Ukraine
Headquarters	Kyiv
Ideology	Pro-Leonid Kuchma Authoritarianism[2][3] Regionalism Russophilia Parliamentarism
Political position	Centre
Colours	Blue and   Yellow (Ukrainian national colors)
Website
www.zaedu.org.ua
Politics of Ukraine Political parties Elections

History

In the parliamentary election, the party was supportive of authoritarian,^[4][5] incumbent President Leonid Kuchma, and opposed to the pro-democratic Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc.^[6] It was described by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty as a "party of power", including oligarchs, bureaucrats, and pro-Kuchma politicians, as an attempt to further increase Kuchma's power through constitutional and extra-constitutional means.^[2] At the election, the alliance won 11.77%^[7] of the popular vote and a total of 102 out of 450 seats, placing it in third behind Our Ukraine and the Communist Party of Ukraine.^[8] Final poll results had predicted 7-8% of the total votes.^[9] The alliance received many of its votes from Donetsk Oblast.^[10]

The alliance consisted of the 5 following members:^[11][12]

• Party of Regions (Ukrainian: Партія регіонів, romanized: Partiia rehioniv),^[13] led by Volodymyr Semynozhenko.
• Agrarian Party of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Аграрна партія України, romanized: Ahrarna partiia Ukrayiny), led by Governor of Lviv Oblast Mykhailo Hladiy.^[11]
• Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Партія промисловців i підприємців України, romanized: Partiya promyslovtsiv i pidpryiemtsiv Ukrayiny, PPPU),^[14] led by Anatoliy Kinakh.^[11]
• People's Democratic Party (Ukrainian: Народно-демократична партія, romanized: Narodno-demokratychna partiia),^[15] led by former Prime Minister Valeriy Pustovoitenko.^[11]
• Labour Ukraine (Ukrainian: Трудова Україна, romanized: Trudova Ukrayina),^[16] led by Serhiy Tyhypko.^[11]

Top-10 party list: Volodymyr Lytvyn (non-partisan), Anatoliy Kinakh (Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine), Kateryna Vashchuk (Agrarian Party of Ukraine), Volodymyr Boyko (Party of Regions), Viktor Skopenko (Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine), Valeriy Pustovoitenko (People's Democratic Party), Serhiy Tihipko (Labour Ukraine), Volodymyr Semynozhenko (Party of Regions), Mykhailo Hladiy (Agrarian Party of Ukraine), Heorhiy Kirpa (non-partisan).^[17]

Party	PR			Constituency	Total seats	+/–
	Votes	%	Seats	Seats
For United Ukraine (bloc)	3,051,056	12.2	35	66	101	New
Party of Regions			6	25	31	+29
Agrarian Party of Ukraine			7	15	22	+20
Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine			5	1	6	New
People's Democratic Party			7	10	17	-11
Labour Ukraine (Trudova Ukrayina)			2	2	4	New
unaffiliated			8	13	21	-

Since the election

The electoral bloc disintegrated in June 2002, following the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election.^[18]

See also

• United Russia, a pro-Putin political project created in 2001
• Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc, main opponent

References

1. "Leaders of the "Za Yedynu Ukrayinu" bloc". Za Yediny Ukrayinu! (in Ukrainian). 2002-11-24. Archived from the original on 2004-12-08. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
2. "Чим є блок "За єдину Україну", який посів третє місце на виборах у загальнодержавному окрузі і має шанси сформувати найбільшу фракцію у парламенті за рахунок депутатів від мажоритарних округів?" [What is the "For United Ukraine" bloc, which took third place in the elections in the state-wide district and has a chance to form the largest faction in the parliament at the expense of deputies from the majority districts?]. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (in Ukrainian). 9 April 2002. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
3. Ocheretiana, Mariia; Zabolotnyi, Nazar (26 August 2021). "Carried away by authoritarianism. Lessons of the second term of Kuchma". Centre of United Actions. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
4. Kuzio, Taras (June 2005). "Regime type and politics in Ukraine under Kuchma". Communist and Post-Communist Studies. 38 (2): 167–190. doi:10.1016/j.postcomstud.2005.03.007 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
5. Way, Lucan A. (April 2005). "Ukraine's Orange Revolution: Kuchma's Failed Authoritarianism". Journal of Democracy. 16 (2): 131–45. doi:10.1353/jod.2005.0037. S2CID 154821116 – via ResearchGate.
6. "Чи перетворяться блоки "Наша Україна" і "За єдину Україну" на єдині потужні партії?" [Will blocs "Our Ukraine" and "For United Ukraine" become powerful parties?]. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (in Ukrainian). 10 May 2002. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
7. (in Ukrainian) Політична партія „Трудова Україна“, Database DATA
8. ""Наша Україна" лідирує в 14 областях України, Компартія - в 10, блок "За єдину Україну" – аж в 2-ох. Так чому ж такі результати?" ["Our Ukraine" leads in 14 oblasts, KPU in 10, "For United Ukraine" bloc in 2. Why these results?]. Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 1 April 2002. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
9. Ukraine's election frontrunners, BBC News (28 March 2002)
10. State Building in Ukraine: The Ukrainian parliament, 1990-2003 (BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies) by Sarah Whitmore, Routledge, 2004, ISBN 0415331951/ISBN 978-0415331951
11. Communist and Post-Communist Parties in Europe, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2008, ISBN 3-525-36912-3 (page 391)
12. (in Ukrainian) 2002 Виборчий блок політичних партій "За Єдину Україну!", Database DATA
13. "Official informational server". Party of Regions. Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
14. "Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine (PIEU)". Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
15. "Official website of the People's Democratic Party". People's Democratic Party (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 1998-11-11. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
16. "Informational portal TRUD.org.ua (now defunct)". Labour Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 2006-06-12. Archived from the original on 2006-06-12. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
17. Meet the "Eda" faction. 150 deputies (Знакомьтесь, фракция "еды". 150 депутатов). Ukrayinska Pravda. 4 April 2002
18. Democratic Breakthroughs and Revolutions in Five Post-Communist Countries: Comparative Perspectives on the Fourth Wave Archived 2012-10-04 at the Wayback Machine by Taras Kuzio, University of Toronto

External links

• "Main Page (now defunct)". Za Yedynu Ukrayinu! (in Ukrainian). 2002-11-24. Archived from the original on 2005-02-10. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
• "Financial account of the Electoral bloc "Za Yedynu Ukrayinu!"". Central Election Commission of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2008-02-24.
• "Electoral bloc "Za Yedynu Ukrayinu!"". party.civicua.org (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2008-02-24.