The Democratic Party of Ukraine ( uk, Демократична партія України; ''Demokratychna Partiya Ukrayni'') is a
political party
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in
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...
registered in 1991. Until 2006 it had a parliamentary representation, but after associating itself with the
People's Democratic Party People's Democratic Party or ''variant thereof'', could refer to:
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, the Democratic Party disappeared from political arena.
The party did not participate in either the
2012
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The Democratic Party of Ukraine is one of the oldest political institutions of Ukraine. The Democratic Party was founded in 1990 by a group of Ukrainian dissidents.
In the 1994 parliamentary election, the party won 2 seats. In the 1998 elections, the party was part of the Electoral bloc NEP with the Party of Economic Revival, the combination won 1,22% of the national vote;Демократична партія України Databases DATA the party gained 1 ( single-mandate
constituency
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Central Election Commission of Ukraine
The Central Election Commission of Ukraine ( uk, Центральна виборча комісія України, commonly abbreviated in Ukrainian as ЦВК (''Tse-Ve-Ka''); sometimes referred to as the Central Electoral Commission of Ukrai ...
In a union with the Democratic Union the party gained 4 constituency seats during the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election.
In the 2006 elections, the party took part in the alliance Block of People's Democratic Parties but this alliance did not overcome the 3% threshold (winning only 0.49% of the votes) and therefore no seats. In the 30 September 2007 elections, the party failed as part of the Ukrainian Regional Asset to win parliamentary representation.
The merger of United Centre with the Democratic Party of Ukraine failed to materialize prior to the first ever congress of United Centre.
In July 2011 the chairman of the Democratic Party of Ukraine Sergey Kozachenko was sentenced to eight years in prison Kyiv District Court of Simferopol on charges of embezzling ₴65 million in credit union's "Southern".
In November 2011 the party formed a faction in the Kyiv City Council of 7 deputies, this while in the previous 2008 Kyiv City Council election the party had not won any seats.
In the 2014 Kyiv City Council election, the party won 2 seats.In Kyivrada are 9 parties - official results
Ukrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukrai ...
Ukrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukrai ...
Ukrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukrai ...
(4 June 2014) But in the 2015 Kyiv local election it lost these seats (it scored less than 2% of the vote).
The party did not participate in the
Central Election Commission of Ukraine
The Central Election Commission of Ukraine ( uk, Центральна виборча комісія України, commonly abbreviated in Ukrainian as ЦВК (''Tse-Ve-Ka''); sometimes referred to as the Central Electoral Commission of Ukrai ...