Republican Platform
Republican Platform | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Pavlo Zhebrivsky[1] |
| Founded | 2002[2] |
| Ideology | Conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Blue |
| Website | |
| http://www.ukrplat.org.ua/ | |
The Ukrainian Platform "Sobor" (Ukrainian: Українська платформа „Собор“) is a political party in Ukraine.
Previous names Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor" (Ukrainian: Українська республіканська партія „Собор“) until 3 December 2011.[1] Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor" was created in 2002 after the merger of the Ukrainian Republican Party (URP) and the Ukrainian People's Party "Assembly" (Sobor).
Legally, since it is the successor of the Ukrainian Republican Party, the party is the first registered political party in Ukraine.[3]
History
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Spring 1999 | Creation of the All-Ukrainian Union "Open Politics" (by members of the People's Democratic Party). The main goal of the Union was the consolidation of all national-democratic forces and patriotic forces for the sake of building the Ukrainian sovereign democratic state and opposition to the re-election of the President Leonid D. Kuchma. The Chairman of the Union, A.Matviyenko. |
| Summer 1999 | Statement on creation of a National Democratic Party was released on June 19 and signed by the Forward, Ukraine!, Democratic Party of Ukraine, People Movement of Ukraine (Kostenko), All-Ukrainian Union Open Politics, Liberal-Democratic Party of Ukraine |
| Fall 1999 | Declaration on creation of the united party was signed on November 10 by the All-Ukrainian Union Open Politics, parliamentary group of Liberal-Democratic Party of Ukraine, parliamentary faction of Democratic Party of Ukraine, Ukrainian Party Unity, Ukrainian Republican Party, Christian Democratic Union |
| Winter 1999 | Establishment of Ukrainian People's Party "Assembly" on December 25 (registration on March 9, 2000) based on the All-Ukrainian Union Open Politics |
| 1999 - 2000 | Along with the Ukrainian Republican Party, "Assembly" initiates the anti-presidential protest action Ukraine without Kuchma |
| Summer 2001 | Establishment of "Forum of National Salvation"[4] (later known as the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko)[5][6] based on Ukrainian People's Party "Assembly", Ukrainian Republican Party, Ukrainian Christian Democratic Party (later merged with Christian Democratic Union), Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party, All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland", Ukrainian Social Democratic Party |
| Spring 2002 | Participation in the 2002 parliamentary election as part of the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko.[2][7][8] On April 21 "Assembly" merged with Ukrainian Republican Party of the same bloc into Ukrainian Republican Party "Assembly"[9] |
| Fall 2004 | Support for Viktor Yushchenko at the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election. As part of Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko and Our Ukraine created pre-election coalition "Power of people" in support of Viktor Yushchenko[10] |
| 2005 - 2006 | Participation in the 2006 parliamentary election as part of the Our Ukraine[2] |
| Fall 2007 | Participation in the 2007 parliamentary election as part of the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc[2] |
| Fall 2008 | Political dialog with the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party |
| Winter 2011 | Merger with the Ukrainian Platform Party[1] |
On 15 October 2012 the party withdrew itself from the national list of the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[11] In the election it did not win any constituencies (it had competed in 12 constituencies[12]) and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.[13]
Local elections
2010
In the 2010 local elections the party won a few representatives in 3 regional parliaments, all in Western Ukraine.[14]
Elections
| Presidential since 2004 (year links to election page) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| 2004 | ||||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||
| Parliamentary since 2002 (year links to election page) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Votes | % | Mandates | Notes | ||||
| 2002 | part of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc | |||||||
| 2006 | part of Our Ukraine | |||||||
| 2007 | part of Our Ukraine | |||||||
| 2012 | independently | |||||||
References
- ^ a b c Template:Uk icon Одна з партій НУНС перейменувалася та змінила голову, Ukrayinska Pravda (3 December 2011)
- ^ a b c d Template:Uk icon Українська республіканська партія „Собор“, Database DATA
- ^ Template:Uk icon Реєстр політичних партій (Register of Political Parties), Ukrainian Ministry of Justice
- ^ Template:Uk icon ТИМОШЕНКО ОЧОЛИЛА ОПОЗИЦІЮ НА ВИБОРАХ, Ukrayinska Pravda (July 10, 2001)
- ^ About Tymoshenko, Official website of Yulia Tymoshenko
- ^ Europa World Year Book 2, Routledge, 2004, ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8, page 4295
- ^ Template:Uk icon Виборчий блок політичних партій "Виборчий блок Юлії Тимошенко", Central Election Commission of Ukraine (December 22, 2001)
- ^ Template:Uk icon Вони – Блок Юлії Тимошенко, Ukrayinska Pravda (January 25, 2002)
- ^ Template:Uk icon Злилися УРП і "Собор": Матвієнко - голова партії, Лук'яненко - голова ради старійшин, Ukrayinska Pravda (April 21, 2002)
- ^ Ukraine timeline, BBC News
- ^ Template:Uk icon Українська платформа "Собор" знімається з виборів на користь опозиційних сил, Krayina (13 October 2012)
Хто і чому змушує кандидатів зніматись з виборів? – розслідування ТВі, TVi (15 October 2012) - ^ Template:Uk icon Candidates, RBC Ukraine
- ^ Template:Uk icon Proportional votes & Constituency seats, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
- ^ Template:Uk icon Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps by Ukrayinska Pravda (November 8, 2010)