The Party of Free Democrats ( Ukrainian: Партія Вільних Демократів) is a political party in Ukraine led by Mykhaylo Brodskyy. [1] It was registered in November 1999 as Yabluko ( Ukrainian: Яблуко; Apple). [2] The party has about 1,000 members. [3]
Mykhaylo Brodskyy (a member of the Hromada faction) formed a 14-member "Yabluko" faction in the Ukrainian Parliament mid-September 2000. [4]
At the parliamentary elections on 30 March 2002, the party won 1.2% of the popular vote and no seats (as Yabluko). [2]
In March 2005, the party was self-liquidated and merged into Fatherland Party (Batkivschuna) led by Yulia Tymoshenko. [5] But in March 2007 Mykhaylo Brodskyy announced the renewal of the party; renaming it Party of Free Democrats. [5]
On 30 September 2007, elections, the party failed again to win parliamentary representation. [2]
The party nominated Brodskyy as its candidate for President of Ukraine in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential elections late October 2009. [1] [6]
During the 2010 Ukrainian local elections, the party won representatives in municipalities and did particularly well in Cherkasy. [7]
In the 2010 local elections, the party won 1 representative in the regional parliaments of the Cherkasy Oblast and 14 seats in the city council of Cherkasy. [8]
In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party competed in/for 1 constituency (seat); [9] [10] but it lost in it and thus missed parliamentary representation. [9] [11]
The party did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election. [12]
In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party had 2 candidates in constituencies, but both lost. [9]
The Party of Free Democrats ( Ukrainian: Партія Вільних Демократів) is a political party in Ukraine led by Mykhaylo Brodskyy. [1] It was registered in November 1999 as Yabluko ( Ukrainian: Яблуко; Apple). [2] The party has about 1,000 members. [3]
Mykhaylo Brodskyy (a member of the Hromada faction) formed a 14-member "Yabluko" faction in the Ukrainian Parliament mid-September 2000. [4]
At the parliamentary elections on 30 March 2002, the party won 1.2% of the popular vote and no seats (as Yabluko). [2]
In March 2005, the party was self-liquidated and merged into Fatherland Party (Batkivschuna) led by Yulia Tymoshenko. [5] But in March 2007 Mykhaylo Brodskyy announced the renewal of the party; renaming it Party of Free Democrats. [5]
On 30 September 2007, elections, the party failed again to win parliamentary representation. [2]
The party nominated Brodskyy as its candidate for President of Ukraine in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential elections late October 2009. [1] [6]
During the 2010 Ukrainian local elections, the party won representatives in municipalities and did particularly well in Cherkasy. [7]
In the 2010 local elections, the party won 1 representative in the regional parliaments of the Cherkasy Oblast and 14 seats in the city council of Cherkasy. [8]
In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party competed in/for 1 constituency (seat); [9] [10] but it lost in it and thus missed parliamentary representation. [9] [11]
The party did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election. [12]
In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party had 2 candidates in constituencies, but both lost. [9]