The Party of Greens of Ukraine (, PZU) is a Ukrainian
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political party
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founded in 1990 by
Yuriy Shcherbak
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(2007), , page 187 The Green World Association quickly transformed itself into the Party of Greens of Ukraine.
After being electorally successful in the late 20th century, the party became nationally electorally marginal but representatives of the party are present in regional and local governing bodies.Official party site
Overview
The party's main priorities are the alteration of anti-ecological attitudes in the economic system, the reconstruction of the social system, and the protection of human rights.
The Party has been a member of the
European Green Party
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since January 1994.
The registration certificate of the similarly-named ''Green Party of Ukraine'' was cancelled in November 2011 because it had not nominated a candidate in an election since the parliamentary elections of 1998.
Verkhovna Rada
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(Ukrainian parliament). According to historian Andrew Wilson, during this period the party was more of a sanctuary for oligarchs than a legitimate green party, as oligarchs dominated the party's election list.
The 1998 success wasn't repeated in the 2002 election, in which final poll results had predicted that the party would receive between 4% and 5% of the total vote. However, the party fell below expectations and earned a mere 1.3% of the total vote, losing all its seats. In the 2006 parliamentary elections and the 2007 parliamentary elections, the party received 0.54% and 0.40% respectively and failed to earn seats in parliament both times.
The party participated in the 2012 parliamentary elections,Ukrainian Green Party to participate in 2012 parliamentary elections
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(19 December 2011) in which it won 0.35% of the national vote and none of the fifteen
constituencies
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in which it had competed and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.Proportional votes
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The party also participated in the
2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election
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, but received 0.24%, which once again was not enough to gain parliamentary representation. In the
2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election
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the party gained 0.66% of the national vote and no parliamentary seats, with the party also failing to win a constituency seat.CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections
Ukrayinska Pravda
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Green party
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