Political party in Ukraine
Civil Position or Civic Position
[1]
[3] (
Ukrainian : Громадянська позиція ) is a
political party in
Ukraine registered in March 2005. It is led by former
Minister of Defence
Anatoliy Hrytsenko .
[4]
History
Mighty Ukraine
The party was registered in March 2005 under the name Mighty Ukraine (
Ukrainian : Могутня Україна ) and it was known as this until 2010.
[5]
[4] At this time the party did not participate in any
parliamentary elections .
[4] The original party leader was Oleksandr Chubatenko.
[6] Chubatenko ran the election headquarters of
Anatoliy Hrytsenko during the
2010 Ukrainian presidential election .
[6]
Civil Position
In February 2010, the party was renamed Civil Position ,
[5] and at the same time Hrytsenko became party leader. The decision to rename the party and change its chairman was approved by a party Congress on 21 January 2010.
[6]
At the
2010 local elections , the party's results were infinitesimal.
[7] Civil Position
gained one seat on the
Ternopil city council.
[7]
In August 2011, the party announced it would merge with the
European Party of Ukraine .
[8] Later, in December 2011 the
Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform and Civil Position announced they were negotiating a merger.
[9] However, in June 2012, the party announced it would compete on a single party list with other opposition parties during the
2012 parliamentary election .
[10]
In a December 2011 poll by
Rating , the party scored 2.3%,
[11] then 2.4% in May 2012.
[12]
The party competed on an "umbrella" party list with
Fatherland , along with several other opposition parties, for the 2012 parliamentary election.
[13]
[14]
[10]
[15]
[16]
[17] This list won 101 seats with 25.55% of the party vote. The breakdown was 62 seats from the party list and 39 seats from
single-member constituencies .
[18] The party itself had competed in 1 constituency where it lost.
[19]
[20] Hrytsenko was placed 3rd on the joint list and was elected.
[21]
[22] When several of the other parties that had competed under the joint list merged into Fatherland in June 2013
[23] the party did not join them and kept its independence.
[24] Hrytsenko left the Fatherland faction on 14 January 2014.
[25] On 17 January 2014 he submitted a letter of resignation to parliament.
[26]
Hrytsenko was a candidate for the party at the
2014 presidential election where he placed 4th in the first and only round. Previously, Hrytsenko was an independent candidate at the
2010 presidential election .
On 7 September 2014, party congress decided that the party would participate in the
2014 parliamentary election on a joint list with members of the
Democratic Alliance .
[27] For elections in single member constituencies, both parties participated separately.
[28] In the election, the party failed to clear the 5%
election threshold (it got 3.1% of the votes) and also did not win a constituency seat and thus no parliamentary seats.
[29]
Concerning the ongoing
War in Donbass , the party advocates an end to the conflict by use of force.
[1]
The party was accepted into the
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) on 4 June 2016.
[30]
The party nominated party leader Hrytsenko as a candidate in the
2019 Ukrainian presidential election on 11 January 2019.
[31] He placed fifth with 6.91% of the votes in the first round and thus did not proceed to the second round of the election.
[32]
In the
2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election , the party gained 1.04% of the national vote and no parliamentary seats, the party also failed to win a constituency seat.
[33]
In the
2020 Ukrainian local elections , the party gained 141 deputies (0.32% of all available mandates).
[34]
Election results
Verkhovna Rada
Election
Popular vote
% of popular vote
Overall seats won
Seat change
Government
2012
352
0.00
0
Extra-parliamentary
2014
489,523
3.11
0
Extra-parliamentary
2019
153,225
1.05
0
Extra-parliamentary
Presidential elections
References
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a
b
c
d Olszański, Tadeusz A. (17 September 2014),
Ukraine's political parties at the start of the election campaign , OSW—Centre for Eastern Studies
^
Кандидати, яких обрано депутатами рад . www.cvk.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020 .
^ Pietnoczka, Paweł (26 October 2014),
"Ukraine's Elections: Where do they stand?" , New Eastern Europe , archived from
the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 26 October 2014 Bateson, Ian (24 October 2014).
"Civic Position hopes to scrape way into parliament" . Kyiv Post .
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a
b
c (in Ukrainian)
Політична партія „Громадянська позиція“ , Database DA-TA
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a
b (in Ukrainian)
Політична партія „Могутня Україна“ , Database ASD
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a
b
c (in Ukrainian)
Hritsenko will go on at the head of the party renamed? ,
Ukrayinska Pravda (February 12, 2010)
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a
b (in Ukrainian)
Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps by
Ukrayinska Pravda (November 8, 2010)
^
Ukrainian Opposition Parties Mull Possible Coordination, Alliances ,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (August 29, 2011)
^ (in Ukrainian)
Гриценко збирається йти на вибори з Кличком ,
Ukrayinska Pravda (9 December 2011)
^
a
b
Civil Position party joins Ukraine's united opposition ,
Kyiv Post (20 June 2012)
^
Electoral moods of the population of Ukraine: December 2011 ,
Rating (20 December 2011)
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Electoral moods of the population of Ukraine: May 2012
^ (in Ukrainian)
Соціально-християнська партія вирішила приєднатися до об'єднаної опозиції ,
Den (newspaper) (24 April 2012)
^
Opposition to form single list to participate in parliamentary elections
Archived 2012-06-05 at the
Wayback Machine ,
Kyiv Post (2 March 2012)(in Ukrainian)
"ФРОНТ ЗМІН" ІДЕ В РАДУ З "БАТЬКІВЩИНОЮ" ,
Ukrayinska Pravda (7 April 2012)
Yatseniuk wants to meet with Tymoshenko to discuss reunion of opposition
Archived 2012-06-14 at the
Wayback Machine ,
Kyiv Post (7 April 2012)
^ (in Ukrainian)
Tymoshenko and Yatsenyuk united ("Тимошенко та Яценюк об'єдналися" ) ,
Ukrayinska Pravda (23 April 2012)
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Ukrainian opposition parties agree to form single list for 2012 elections ,
Kyiv Post (23 January 2012)
^
Opposition to form single list to participate in parliamentary elections
Archived 2012-06-05 at the
Wayback Machine ,
Kyiv Post (2 March 2012)
^ (in Ukrainian)
Proportional votes
Archived October 30, 2012, at the
Wayback Machine and
Constituency seats
Archived November 5, 2012, at the
Wayback Machine ,
Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine
% of total seats ,
Ukrayinska Pravda
^ (in Ukrainian)
Candidates ,
RBC Ukraine
^
Party of Regions gets 185 seats in Ukrainian parliament, Batkivschyna 101 - CEC ,
Interfax-Ukraine (12 November 2012)
^ (in Ukrainian)
Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради ,
Ukrayinska Pravda (11 November 2012)
^
Hrytsenko refused to sign statement of opposition
Archived January 16, 2014, at the
Wayback Machine ,
UNIAN (13.11.2012)
^
Sobolev: Front for Change and Reform and Order Party to join Batkivschyna ,
Interfax-Ukraine (11 June 2013)
Front for Change, Reforms and Order to dissolve for merger with Batkivshchyna - Sobolev ,
Ukrinform (11 June 2013)
^ (in Ukrainian)
Лідер «За Україну!» теж заявив, що не вступить в об’єднану опозиційну партію The leader of the "For Ukraine!" also said he did not join the united opposition party ,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (15 June 2013)
Batkivschyna demands Hrytsenko resign as MP ,
Interfax-Ukraine (18 June 2013)
^
MP Hrytsenko leaving Batkivschyna faction ,
Interfax-Ukraine ( January 2014)
Batkivschyna faction leader expects Hrytsenko to resign from parliament ,
Interfax-Ukraine (14 January 2014)
^
Hrytsenko resigns from parliament ,
Interfax-Ukraine (17 January 2014)
^ (in Ukrainian)
The party decided Gritsenko, who will go to Council ,
Ukrayinska Pravda (7 September 2014)
^
Hrytsenko's party gave to "Demalliance" two places in the top ten . LB. 7 September 2014
^
Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament
Archived 2014-11-10 at the
Wayback Machine ,
Ukrainian Television and Radio (8 November 2014)
People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC
Archived November 12, 2014, at the
Wayback Machine ,
Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC ,
Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
^
"Ciudadanos, Nowoczesna, Naša stranka and Civic Position join ALDE Party | ALDE Party" . Archived from
the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2016-07-15 .
^ (in Ukrainian)
Hrytsenko formally nominated a presidential candidate ,
Ukrayinska Pravda (11 January 2019)
^ (in Ukrainian)
Results of the presidential election in 2019. The first round ,
Ukrayinska Pravda (31 March 2019)
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CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections ,
Ukrinform (26 July 2019)(in Russian)
Results of the extraordinary elections of the People's Deputies of Ukraine 2019 ,
Ukrayinska Pravda (21 July 2019)
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"Results of the 2020 Ukrainian local elections on the official web-server of the" .
Central Election Commission of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 January 2021 .
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