electoral alliance
An electoral alliance (also known as a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral pact, electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc) is an association of political parties or individuals that exists solely to stand in elections.
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Mayor of Kyiv
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Leonid Chernovetskyi
Leonid Mykhaylovych Chernovetskyi (; born 25 November 1951) is a former Mayor of Kyiv, the capital (city), capital of Ukraine, from 2006 until the summer of 2012. He was a successful businessman, founder and controlling stakeholder of the Pravex ...
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History
2006 Kyiv local election
Formed as an alliance based around Chernovetskyi's '' Christian Liberal Party ()'', bloc's 120-candidates list was registered by the Kyiv City Territorial Electoral Commission on 12 February 2006, 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
The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc () was the name of the bloc of political parties in Ukraine led by Yulia Tymoshenko since 2001. In November 2011, the participation of blocs of political parties in parliamentary elections was banned.
and 4 points ahead of Our Ukraine, 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
Vitalii Volodymyrovych Klychko (; ; born 19 July 1971), known as Vitali Klitschko, is a Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer. He serves as mayor of Kyiv,
2008 Kyiv local election
Following the Verkhovna Rada decision to dissolve
Kyiv City Council
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and to hold a snap general election in the city, Chernovetskyi and his team expanded the bloc, and allied with the Green Planet and Women of Ukraine parties 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, gaining 22 deputies in the city council.
Although, the bloc intended to run nationally in the 2012 parliamentary election, on 22 September 2011 the bloc's faction in
Kyiv City Council
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UNIAN
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(September 23, 2011)Chernovetsky Bloc in Kyiv City Council disbanded
Kyiv Post
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In 2018, the publication was acquired by prominent Ukrainian businessman Adnan Kivan, foun ...
(September 22, 2011) All the deputies that were members of the faction became independents.