Lytvyn Bloc

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Lytvyn Bloc
Блок Литвина
Leader Volodymyr Lytvyn
Founded
Headquarters
Political Ideology Centrism[1], Agrarianism
Political Position Centre
International Affiliation none
Colours Green
Website litvin.com.ua
See also Politics of Ukraine

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The Lytvyn Bloc, formerly Lytvyn's People's Bloc, (Ukrainian: Блок Литвина, formerly Народний блок Литвина; (Narodnyi) Blok Lytvyna) is a centrist[1] political alliance in Ukraine led by Volodymyr Lytvyn.

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[edit] History

[edit] Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006

Main article: Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006

During the 2006 parliamentary elections, the bloc was known as Lytvyn's People's Bloc and consisted of:

The bloc had been organized for participation in the 2006 parliamentary election. The electoral bloc's list was headed by:

# Name Prior Position
1 Volodymyr Lytvyn Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada
2 Sofia Rotaru Singer
3 Leonid Kadenyuk Astronaut
4 Valeriy Smoliy Head of the Institite of History of Ukraine
5 Vasyl Maliarenko Head of the Supreme Court of Ukraine

In the election, which took place on 26 March 2006, the bloc won 2.44% of the popular vote and no seat in the Verkhovna Rada, which was one of the main surprises of the election.

[edit] Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007

A map showing the results of the Lytvyn Bloc (percentage of total national vote) per region for the 2007 parliamentary election.
A map showing the results of the Lytvyn Bloc (percentage of total national vote) per region for the 2007 parliamentary election.
Main article: Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007

In the early parliamentary election held on September 30, 2007, the Lytvyn Bloc consisted of

The bloc placed in fifth place, after the Communist Party and Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc.[2] It won 20 out of 450 seats.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b BBC NEWS | Europe | Ukraine rivals claim poll victory
  2. ^ Parties (blocs of parties), who get three (3%) and more percents of votes of voters. Central Election Commission of Ukraine. Retrieved on 2007-10-02.

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