Unity (Ukraine)
Unity is a political party in Ukraine created in 1999 as a protest. The party was led by the former mayor of Kiev Oleksandr Omelchenko but in early 2008, he temporally halted his party membership in favor of a membership of Our Ukraine-Peoples Self Defence.History
At the 2002 legislative elections, it was part of an alliance that won 1.1% of the popular vote and 4 out of 450 seats.
The alliance consisted of:
- Unity
- Social Democratic Union
- Young Ukraine
- Ukrainian Party of Justice - Union of Veterans, Handicapped, Chornobilians, Afghans
During the 2006 parliamentary elections the party was part of an electoral alliance led by Yevhen Marchuk which didn't make it into parliament winning only 0,06% of the votes.
The alliance consisted of:
- Unity
- Party of Freedom
- Party "Solidarity of Women of Ukraine"
The party did not run during the 2007 elections but advised its voters to vote for Forward, Ukraine! or Peoples Self-defence.
In the 2010 local elections Unity won 22 representatives in the Vinnytsia Oblast Council.
