Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc Блок Леоніда Черновецького | |
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Leader | Leonid Chernovetskyi |
Founded | 12 February 2006 |
Dissolved | 22 September 2011 |
Headquarters | Kyiv |
Ideology |
Kyiv
regionalism Christian democracy |
Political position | Centre-right |
Colours |
Yellow Red Green |
Website | |
blch.kiev.ua | |
Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc ( Ukrainian: Блок Леоніда Черновецького) was a regional electoral alliance supporting then– people's deputy and since 2006, the Mayor of Kyiv Leonid Chernovetskyi.
Formed as an alliance based around Chernovetskyi's Christian Liberal Party ( Ukrainian: Християнсько-ліберальна партія України), bloc's 120-candidates list was registered by the Kyiv City Territorial Electoral Commission on 12 February 2006, [1] rallying around Leonid Chernovetskyi personality. In a big electoral surprise, the bloc has finished second with 12,94% of the vote, falling just 12 points behind Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and 4 points ahead of Our Ukraine, [2] on the list of which Chernovetskyi ran in the national election the same day. Chernovetskyi himself won the mayoral election in another surprise that evening, winning over 31% of the vote, 8 points ahead of then–favourite to win the position, Vitali Klitschko. [2]
Following the Verkhovna Rada decision to dissolve Kyiv City Council and to hold a snap general election in the city, [3] Chernovetskyi and his team expanded the bloc, and allied with the Green Planet and Women of Ukraine parties [4] to ran in 2008 election. Despite polls showing high disapproval for the incumbent Mayor, Chernovetskyi was successfully re-elected with 38% of the vote, while his bloc won the election in a landslide, receiving over 30% of the vote and 43 seats, [5] gaining 22 deputies in the city council.
Although, the bloc intended to run nationally in the 2012 parliamentary election, [6] [7] on 22 September 2011 the bloc's faction in Kyiv City Council has been dissolved. [8] [9] All the deputies that were members of the faction became independents. [9]
Party | Leader | |||
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Christian Liberal Party of Ukraine Християнсько-ліберальна партія України |
ChLPU ХЛПУ |
Christian democracy | Leonid Chernovetskyi | |
Green Planet Зелена планета |
ZP ЗП |
Green politics | Nataliia Zubrytska | |
Women of Ukraine Жінки України |
ZhU ЖУ |
Feminism | Tamara Fedotova | |
Christian Democratic Party of Ukraine
[a] Християнсько-демократична партія України |
ChDPU ХДПУ |
Christian democracy | Kyrylo Polishchuk |