The People's Democratic Party (; abbreviated NDP) is a

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established on 24 February 1996. It was registered with the Ministry of Justice on 30 May 1996. The party is

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History

The People's Democratic Party was established at its constituent congress in

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. The party was created through a merger of three political parties (The

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, the Toiling Congress of Ukraine, and the Union of Support for Republic of Crimea), two public organizations (The Union of Students of Ukraine and the New Wave) and two political clubs (New Ukraine and the Association of Young Ukrainian Politicians and Political Scientists).

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was elected party chairman./(website has automatic

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, the party gained 5% of the votes and 28 seats in the Verkhovna Rada. At the time of the election, the party's key member,

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, was

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. Pustovoitenko became the party's leader in May 1999 until April 2006. In September 2001, the (MBR) was merged into the party. At the parliamentary elections in 2002, the party was part of the

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alliance, the alliance won 11.77% of the popular vote and a total of 102 out of 450 seats in the

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. At the

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, the NDP 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 taking no seats. After taking responsibility for the defeat Valeriy Pustovoitenko resigned as leader of the party. In his place the party was led by Lyudmyla Suprun. In the

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, the party failed again as part of the Ukrainian Regional Asset to win parliamentary representation. The current chairman of the NDP is still Lyudmyla Suprun. In the

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the party competed in/for 9

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(seats); but it won in none and thus missed parliamentary representation. The party did not participate in the

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.Alphabetical Index of parties in 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election

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Election results

Party's Values

Person - Family - Prosperity - Ukraine

Associated organizations

* Association of Deputies "Trust" * Cultural center "Ukraine Spiritual"

Chairpersons

* 1996 - 1999

* 1999 - 2006

* 2006–present Lyudmyla Suprun

References

External links

Official web siteProfile at www.deputat.org.ua
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