Unity of Oleksandr Omelchenko Єдності Олександра Омельченка
Founded	October 16, 1999 (1999-10-16) [1]
Headquarters	Kyiv
Colours	Green,   Purple
Kyiv City Council	14 / 120 [2]
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Unity of Oleksandr Omelchenko ( Ukrainian: Єдність Олександра Омельченка), prior to 2020 Unity ( Ukrainian: Єдність) is a political party in Ukraine created in 1999 as a protest party. ^[1] The party was led by the former mayor of Kyiv Oleksandr Omelchenko although in early 2008, he temporally halted his party membership in favor of a membership of Our Ukraine-Peoples Self Defence. ^{[3] [4]} Omelchenko died on November 25, 2021. ^[5]

Prior to the 2020 Kyiv local election the party changed its name to its current name. ^[3] In this election the party was the third most popular party of Kyiv, winning 14 seats. ^[2]

History

The party (then called) Unity supported Yevhen Marchuk in the 1999 Ukrainian presidential election. ^[6] Marchuk took only the 5th place out of 13, while gaining 8.13% of the vote in the first round. ^[6]

In 2001 a parliamentary faction called "Unity" was formed in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament), which included 21 MPs. ^[6]

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002

At the 2002 legislative elections, it was part of an alliance (also called Unity) that won 1.1% of the popular vote and 4 out of 450 seats.

The alliance consisted of:

• Unity
• Social Democratic Union (Social-Demokratyčnyj Sojuz)
• Young Ukraine (Moloda Ukrajina)
• Ukrainian Party of Justice – Union of Veterans, Handicapped, Chornobilians, Afghans (Ukrajins'ka Partija Spravedlivosti – Sojuz Veteraniv, Invalidiv, Čornobil'civ, Afganciv)

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006

During the 2006 parliamentary elections the party was part of an electoral alliance led by Yevhen Marchuk ^[7] (Electoral Bloc "Yevhen Marchuk – "Unity") which didn't make it into parliament winning only 0.06% of the votes. ^[8]

The alliance consisted of: ^[7]

• Unity
• Party of Freedom
• Party " Solidarity of Women of Ukraine"

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007

The party did not run during the 2007 elections but advised its voters to vote for Forward, Ukraine! or Peoples Self-defence. ^[9]

Since 2010, transformation into a local party

In the 2010 local elections Unity won 22 representatives in the Vinnytsia Oblast Council (regional parliaments of Vinnytsia Oblast). ^{[10] [11]}

During the 2014 Kyiv local election Unity won 3.3% of the votes and 2 seats in the Kyiv City Council; including a seat for Omelchenko. ^{[12] [13]} 15 deputies of the party were elected to the Kyiv City Council in the 2015 Kyiv local election. ^[6] In other Ukrainian city councils across the country Unity gained 28 seats in the 2015 Ukrainian local elections. ^[6]

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Unity nominated three candidates, all in constituencies located in Kyiv. ^[6] None won a parliamentary seat. ^[6] Omelchenko took the 5th place in his constituency, gaining a little more than 8%. ^[6]

Prior to the 2020 Kyiv local election the party changed its name to Unity of Oleksandr Omelchenko. ^{[3] [14]} In this election the party won 14 seats, and took third place. ^[2] Omelchenko again was a member of the Kyiv City Council, until he died on November 25, 2021. ^[5]

Election results

Verkhovna Rada

Year	Popular vote	Percentage	Overall seats	Change	Government	Remarks
2001	formed at the first session of parliament		21 / 450	21		as "Unity"
2002	12,027	1.09	4 / 450	4

Kyiv City Council

Year	Popular vote	Percentage	Overall seats	Change	Government
2014	43,788	3.32	2 / 120	2
2015	67,480	7.81	15 / 120	13
2020	60,496	8.74	14 / 120	1

References

External links

• Official web site – expired