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. It was registered in November 1999 as Yabluko (; ''Apple'').Партія вільних демократів
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The party has about 1,000 members.

History

, a member of the

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faction, formed a 14-member "Yabluko" faction in the

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(Ukrainian parliament) in mid-September 2000. During the

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, the party won 1.2% of the popular vote and no seats (as ''Yabluko''). In March 2005, the party was merged into the

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party, led by

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.Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина" ''All-Ukrainian Union Batkivshchyna''

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In March 2007, however, Brodskyy announced the renewal of the party; renaming it to the Party of Free Democrats. During the

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, the party failed again to win parliamentary representation. In late October 2009, The party nominated Brodskyy as its candidate for

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in the

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. During the

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, the party won representatives in municipalities and did particularly well in

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. The party won one representative in the

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and 14 seats in the city council of

. In the

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the party competed in one constituency; as it was defeated, the party continued to lack 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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In the

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the party had two candidates in constituencies, but both lost.

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History

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